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The Absence of Mr. Glass

A Story

by Gilbert K. Chesterton

McClure's Magazine, November 1912, pp. 33-42

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    1. The Merchants from Cathay by William R. Benet, pp. 241-242
    2. Mr. Zirkle and Ruthless Rose Amy by Henry Sydnor Harrison, pp. 243-254
    3. The Creation of Airmen by Henry Woodhouse, pp. 255-268
    4. Susie Essenheimer and Ma by Mary Heaton Vorse, pp. 269-272
    5. "My Fidil is Singing" by Joseph Campbell, p. 273
    6. The Nazarene by John Fleming Wilson, pp. 274-276
    7. "Because My Own Life Falters Here" by Florence Kiper, p. 277
    8. The Adventures of Miss Gregory by Perceval Gibbon, pp. 278-288
    9. The Montessori Apparatus by Josephine Tozier, pp. 289-302
    10. Stover at Yale by Owen Johnson, pp. 303-323
    11. Winter Branches by Jeannette Marks, p. 324
    12. How Burns Caught the Dynamiters, pp. 325-328
    13. The Arson Mysteries As Told by Detective Burns by Harvey J. O'Higgins, pp. 329-337
    14. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil by Jane Addams, pp. 338-344
    15. My Lady of the Chimney Corner by Alexander Irvine, pp. 345-350
    16. The Song of the Friend by Mary Austin, p. 351
    17. Industrial Democracy or Monopoly? by William W. Cook, pp. 352-362
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    1. Eilean-an-Uane by Edith B. Spaulding, pp. 361-362
    2. Gompers and Burns on Unionism and Dynamite, pp. 363-376
    3. Leaders of the New Democracy, pp. 377-384
    4. Alexander's Masquerade by Willa Sibert Cather, pp. 385-394
    5. A Wanderer by Mrs. Ernest Radford, p. 395
    6. John Reginald's Ideal by Henry Sydnor Harrison, pp. 396-403
    7. Oscar W. Underwood by Burton J. Hendrick, pp. 404-419
    8. Corrymeela by Moira O'Neill, p. 420
    9. The Incubus by May Bateman, pp. 421-428
    10. The Achievement by Perceval Gibbon, pp. 429-438
    11. The Old Brooch by Charles F. Lummis, p. 439
    12. Flanagan's Stool-Pigeon by Frederick R. Bechdolt, pp. 440-448
    13. How American Missionaries Disappointed Me by Yoshio Markino, pp. 449-454
    14. Stover at Yale by Owen Johnson, pp. 455-470
    15. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil by Jane Addams, pp. 471-477
    16. The Mountains by Katharine Tynan, p. 478
    17. The World We Live In, pp. 479-482
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    March 1912 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. The Queen's Mood by Harriet Prescott Spofford, pp. 481-482
    2. The Passing of a Great Railroad Dynasty by Burton J. Hendrick, pp. 483-501
    3. The White Mole by Henry Sydnor Harrison, pp. 502-513
    4. Leaves by Dora Sigerson Shorter, p. 514
    5. Off the Trail by George Pattullo, pp. 515-521
    6. The Accursed Isle by Theodore Botrel, p. 522
    7. Alexander's Masquerade by Willa Sibert Cather, pp. 523-536
    8. Some Burns Plants by Harvey J. O'Higgins, pp. 537-544
    9. The Soldier's Tent by Carmen Sylva, pp. 545-546
    10. The Gift of Tongues by Lucille Baldwin Van Slyke, pp. 547-556
    11. Whistles by Wilton Agnew Barrett, p. 557
    12. Stover at Yale by Owen Johnson, pp. 558-574
    13. The Thing Above the Law by George Kibbe Turner, pp. 575-591
    14. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil by Jane Addams, pp. 592-597
    15. The Silence of Unlabored Fields by Joseph Campbell, p. 598
    16. The World We Live In, p. 599
    17. The Rebellion of the Idealists , p. 600
    18. Will Conflagration Destroy New York , p. 600
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      Books Talked About, pp. 601-602 - 13 Reviews
      1. The Amazing Adventures of Letitia Carberry by Mary Roberts Rinehart
      2. Where Half the World Is Waking Up by Clarence Hamilton Poe
      3. The Golden Silence by C.N. Williamson and A.M. Williamson
      4. Martin Luther: The Man and His Work by Arthur Cushman McGiffert
      5. The Grip of Fear by Maurice Level
      6. Joan of the Tower by Warwick Deeping
      7. A Likely Story by William De Morgan
      8. Panama: The Canal, the Country and the People by Albert Edwards
      9. The Unofficial Honeymoon by Dolf Wyllarde
      10. The Sick-a-Bed Lady by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
      11. Vagabond Journeys by Percival Pollard
      12. South Sea Tales by Jack London
      13. Hard Labor, and Other Poems by John Carter
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    1. Great French Mysteries by Marie Belloc Lowndes, pp. 603-618
    2. Judson Harmon: Progressive Candidate by Burton J. Hendrick, pp. 619-624
    3. Matrimony---Our Most Neglected Profession, pp. 625-634
    4. Vita Nuova by Allan Updegraff, pp. 635-636
    5. The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol, pp. 637-650
    6. Progressive Leaders of Both Parties, pp. 651-658
    7. Alexander's Masquerade by Willa Sibert Cather, pp. 659-667
    8. The Hermit-Thrush, p. 668
    9. Pabalita's Part by Viola Roseboro', pp. 669-675
    10. Coronach by Joseph Campbell, p. 676
    11. Why We Have No Army by Leonard Wood, pp. 677-683
    12. My "Immoral" Play by Mary Shaw, pp. 684-694
    13. The Road to Tuli by Cynthia Stockley, pp. 695-705
    14. Stover at Yale by Owen Johnson, pp. 706-719
    15. The World We Live In, p. 720
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      2. The Search Party by George A. Birmingham
      3. Lalage's Lovers by George A. Birmingham
      4. Spanish Gold by George A. Birmingham
      5. The Joy of Gardens by Lena May McCauley
      6. The Man Who Understood Women, and Other Stories by Leonard Merrick
      7. The Beacon by Eden Phillpotts
      8. Memories of Two Wars by Frederick Funston
      9. Tante by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
      10. The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton
      11. Average Jones by Samuel Hopkins Adams
      12. Peter Ruff, and the Double-Four by E. Phillips Oppenheim
      13. Hadji Murad by Leo Tolstoy
      14. Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey
      15. The New Democracy by Walter E. Weyl
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    7. A City of 4,000,000 Cats by Edwin Tenney Brewster, pp. 54-64
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      5. Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Atkinson
      6. Many Celebrities and a Few Others by William H. Rideing
      7. The American Government by Frederic J. Haskin
      8. The Butterfly House by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
      9. The Mystery of No. 47 by J. Storer Clouston
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    5. CQ---In the Wireless House by Arthur Train, pp. 161-176
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    10. How the Big Split Came by Samuel G. Blythe, pp. 205-214
    11. The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol, pp. 215-228
    12. "Sing Cuccu Nu" by Paul Scott Mowrer, p. 229
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      3. The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet by Burton E. Stevenson
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      5. Beyond the Law by Miriam Alexander
      6. The Counsel for the Defense by Leroy Scott
      7. A Hoosier Chronicle by Meredith Nicholson
      8. The Matador of the Five Towns, and Other Stories by Arnold Bennett
      9. The Bandbox by Louis Joseph Vance
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    1. The Business of Baseball by Edward Mott Woolley, pp. 241-256
    2. Great French Mysteries by Marie Belloc Lowndes, pp. 257-268
    3. The Prodigal by Arthur Howard, pp. 269-284
    4. CQ---In the Wireless House by Arthur Train, pp. 285-299
    5. The Blue Store by Richard Bracefield, pp. 300-307
    6. The Little Number Ones by Lucy Pratt, pp. 308-315
    7. Manufacturing Public Opinion by George Kibbe Turner, pp. 316-327
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    9. The Spokesman for Suffrage in America, pp. 335-338
    10. The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol, pp. 339-347
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    2. Two Wives by Marie Belloc Lowndes, pp. 374-384
    3. The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol, pp. 385-397
    4. The Millionaire of Ephemera City by Wallace Irwin, pp. 398-408
    5. The Greatest Killing in Wall Street by Albert W. Atwood, pp. 409-420
    6. The Bohemian Girl by Willa Sibert Cather, pp. 421-443
    7. A Case of Corruption by Harvey J. O'Higgins, pp. 444-453
    8. "CQ"---In the Wireless House by Arthur Train, pp. 454-464
    9. The Prodigal by Arthur Howard, pp. 465-479
    10. The World We Live In, pp. 480-482
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    2. Great French Mysteries by Marie Belloc Lowndes, pp. 495-508
    3. The Gift Horse by Frederick Orin Bartlett, pp. 509-518
    4. The Prodigal by Arthur Howard, pp. 519-533
    5. The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol, pp. 534-547
    6. Bottling Up New Engalnd by Burton J. Hendrick, pp. 548-561
    7. His First-Born by Annie Howells Frechette, pp. 562-571
    8. The Factories by Margaret Widdemer, p. 572
    9. "CQ"---In the Wireless House by Arthur Train, pp. 573-585
    10. Lighting Calculators by H. Addington Bruce, pp. 586-596
    11. Margaret Mayo, pp. 597-599
    12. The World We Live In, pp. 600-602
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    1. Pursuing the President by George Kibbe Turner, pp. 601-613
    2. Wild Justice by William Patterson White, pp. 614-632
    3. The Prodigal by Mayor Howard, pp. 633-636
    4. One Day in Vaudeville by Helen Green, pp. 637-647
    5. The Sixty-first Second by Owen Johnson, pp. 648-669
    6. Detective Burns' Great Cases by Arthur B. Reeve, pp. 670-683
    7. Pilgrim by Francis Hill, pp. 684-691
    8. The Boy from Ballytearim by Moira O'Neill, p. 692
    9. Why French Plays Seem Daring by Madame Simone Casimir-Perier, pp. 693-697
    10. The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol, pp. 698-713
    11. Dreams and Forgetting by Edwin Tenney Brewster, pp. 714-718
    12. The Presidential Convention---A Blot on American Democracy by Andrew D. White, pp. 719-722
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    1. Magnates of Crime by Judge Joseph E. Corrigan, pp. 1-11
    2. My Experiences as a Progressive Delegate by Jane Addams, pp. 12-14
    3. A Letter to a Gentleman by Samuel Merwin, pp. 15-25
    4. The Great Chance by Edward Mott Woolley, pp. 26-32
    5. The Absence of Mr. Glass by Gilbert K. Chesterton, pp. 33-42
    6. The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol, pp. 43-58
    7. Blue Ribbons by Maravene Kennedy Thompson, pp. 59-64
    8. Fortunes in Films by Bennet Musson, Robert Grau, and Burton J. Hendrick, ..., pp. 65-76
    9. The Montessori Method and the American Kindergarten by Ellen Yale Stevens, pp. 77-81
    10. Announcement of a Montessori Training Course, p. 82
    11. The Prodigal by Mayor Howard, pp. 83-96
    12. The Sixty-first Second by Owen Johnson, pp. 97-112
    13. The Marvels of Dream Analysis by H. Addington Bruce, pp. 113-119
    14. The World We Live In, pp. 120-122
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    1. My Little Sister by Elizabeth Robins, pp. 121-146
    2. Dinner at Eight by Samuel Merwin, pp. 147-157
    3. The Diary of a New York Policeman by Alfred Henry Lewis, pp. 158-168
    4. Insurance for Workingmen by Burton J. Hendrick, pp. 169-176
    5. "Life on Broadway" by Helen Green Van Campen, pp. 177-180
    6. The Amateur Gentleman by Jeffery Farnol, pp. 181-192
    7. Fortunes in Films by Bennet Musson and Robert Grau, pp. 193-202
    8. The Sixty-first Second by Owen Johnson, pp. 203-218
    9. Like One of the Family by Maravene Kennedy Thompson, pp. 219-225
    10. Prairie Spring by Willa Sibert Cather, p. 226
    11. A Short Cut to Salvation by Edward Mott Woolley, pp. 227-236
    12. Judge Mudge by Hugh Johnson, pp. 237-240
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