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Issues of the 1920s = 6 Years, 72 Issues, 2,358 Articles-
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Issues of 1924 = 12 Issues, 321 Articles
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Issues of 1925 = 12 Issues, 376 Articles
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Issues of 1926 = 12 Issues, 373 Articles
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Issues of 1927 = 12 Issues, 418 Articles-
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January 1927 Issue = 30 Articles- Hypocrisy by Thomas Beer, pp. 1-9
- The Plague of Laws by William P. Helm, Jr., pp. 10-16
- China Boy by Idwal Jones, pp. 17-24
- Happy Days by Raymond Clapper, pp. 25-29
- Cyprian Hymn by Joseph Warren Beach, pp. 30-32
- Herman Melville by Fred Lewis Pattee, pp. 33-43
- Americana, pp. 44-48
- Black Child by Winifred Sanford, pp. 49-55
- Comstock the Less by Henry F. Pringle, pp. 56-63
- The Machine and Its Products by Lewis Mumford, pp. 64-66
- Man in America by Pliny E. Goddard, pp. 67-70
- Witchcraft in West Polk Street by Alice Hamilton, pp. 71-75
- A First-Class Fighting Man by George Sterling, pp. 76-80
- Theodore Parker by Charles Angoff, pp. 81-88
- Men of Vision by Stanley Walker, pp. 89-93
- The Landscape Priesthood by Elbert Peets, pp. 94-100
- Old Whitey by Nels Anderson, pp. 101-105
- Guantanamo by K.C. McIntosh, pp. 106-112
- Reunion by Carter Brooke Jones, pp. 113-117
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 118-121
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 122-127
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-146
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Check List of New Books - 5 Reviews- Which Way Parnassus? by Percy Marks
- Homes of the Freed by Rossa B. Cooley
- The Law of Social Revolution by Scott Nearing
- The Great Secret of Free Masonry by Warner W. Williams
- Humanizing Education by Samuel D. Schmalhausen
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History The People Next Door, by George Creel - 2 Reviews- The People Next Door by George Creel
- New York in the Elegant Eighties by Henry Collins Brown
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Biography Cortes, the Conqueror, by Henry Dwight Sedgwick - 2 Reviews- Cortes, the Conqueror by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
- I am a Woman---and a Jew by Leah Morton
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The Theatre The Admirable Crichton, by J.M. Barrie - 3 Reviews- The Admirable Crichton by J.M. Barrie
- What Every Woman Knows, and Other Plays by J.M. Barrie
- The Best Plays of 1925-26 by Burns Mantle
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Travel East of the Sun and West of the Moon, by Theod... - 2 Reviews- East of the Sun and West of the Moon by Theodore Roosevelt and Kermit Roosevelt
- Islands of the Mediterranean by Paul Wilstach
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Reprints The Reconstruction of Belief, by Charles Gore - 2 Reviews- The Reconstruction of Belief by Charles Gore
- Golden Tales of Anatole France by Anatole France
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Philosophy Philosophy of the Recent Past, by Ralph Barton... - 2 Reviews- Philosophy of the Recent Past by Ralph Barton Perry
- Thinking About Thinking by Cassius J. Keyser
- Editorial Notes
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February 1927 Issue = 31 Articles- The Parsons and the War by Granville Hicks, pp. 129-142
- The Complete American by Benjamin DeCasseres, pp. 143-147
- Logic and the Stock Market by Fred C. Kelly, pp. 148-153
- Front Page Stuff by Henry F. Pringle, pp. 154-162
- Editorial, pp. 163-165
- The Ballad of the Ghost-Arrow by George Sterling, pp. 166-167
- The Changing East Side by Zelda F. Popkin, pp. 168-175
- Americana, pp. 176-182
- On Approaching Holy Men by D.L. Paul, pp. 183-192
- A Resolute Lady by L.M. Hussey, pp. 193-201
- Freedom of Speech and Its Limitations by Roger Sherman Hoar, pp. 202-204
- The Jewish Cuisine by Nettie Zimmerman, pp. 205-207
- Be It Resolved by William Seagle, pp. 208-215
- America Conquers Death by Milton Waldman, pp. 216-221
- Pitch Doctors by W.A.S. Douglas, pp. 222-226
- Rhodes Scholars by O.B. Andrews, Jr., pp. 227-233
- Sunburned Portraits by John L. Van Zant, pp. 234-240
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 241-244
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 245-250
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The Science of Life by H.L. Mencken, p. 251 - 1 Review- An Introduction to General Biology by S.J. Holmes
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The Movies by H.L. Mencken, pp. 252-253 - 1 Review- A Million and One Nights by Terry Ramsaye
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Review by H.L. Mencken, pp. 254-255 - 1 Review- Life and Letters of Henry William Thomas, Mixologist by Henry William Thomas
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-280
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Check List of New Books - 2 Reviews- A Critical Medley by Eric Partridge
- Anatole France: The Degeneration of a Great Artist by Barry Cerf
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Biography Turgenev: The Man, His Art, and His Age, by Av... - 5 Reviews- Turgenev: The Man, His Art, and His Age by Avrahm Yarmolinsky
- Over My Left Shoulder by Robert H. Davis
- William Henry Harrison: A Political Biography by Dorothy Burne Goebel
- An Autobiography of Abraham Lincoln by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson and Abraham Lincoln, ...
- Mother Dear: The Empress Marie of Russia and Her Times by Vladimir Poliakoff
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Public Affairs The Oil War, by Anton Mohr - 12 Reviews- The Oil War by Anton Mohr
- Foundations of the Republic by Calvin Coolidge
- Imperialism and World Politics by Parker Thomas Moon
- The Meaning of Adult Education by Edward C. Lindeman
- The Geographic Background of Chicago by J. Paul Goode
- New Tactics in Social Conflict by Harry W. Laidler and Norman Thomas
- The World's Debt to the Irish by James J. Walsh
- The New Universe by Baker Brownell
- Everybody's Job by William W. Williams
- The Consumers' Co-Operative Movement in Illinois by Colston Estey Warne
- The Urban Community by Ernest Watson Burgess
- Asia in the Twentieth Century by A. Frederick Whyte
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Anthologies American Criticism, 1926, by William A. Drake - 3 Reviews- American Criticism, 1926 by William A. Drake
- Current Reviews by Lewis Worthington Smith
- The Mind of Rome by Cyril Bailey
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History The American Civil War, by David Knowles - 3 Reviews- The American Civil War by David Knowles
- A History of Minnesota by William Watts Folwell
- English Men and Manners in the Eighteenth Century by Arthur S. Turberville
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The Fine Arts An Interpretation, a Credo, and Ten Drawings, ... - 2 Reviews- An Interpretation, a Credo, and Ten Drawings by Alexander King
- So This Is Jazz! by Henry O. Osgood
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Reprints Delineations of American Scenery and Character... - 2 Reviews- Delineations of American Scenery and Character by John James Audubon and Francis Hobart Herrick, ...
- The Ballad of Agincourt and the Ode to the Virginian Voyage by Michael Drayton
- Editorial Notes
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March 1927 Issue = 34 Articles- Have Painters Minds? by Thomas Craven, pp. 257-262
- Think Stuff Unwanted by Horace J. Hubbell, pp. 263-267
- Santa Fe Sketches by Carl Sandburg, pp. 268-272
- Eminence by Ruth Suckow, pp. 273-280
- Editorial, pp. 281-283
- Memoirs of a Four-Minute Man by E.T. Saintsbury, pp. 284-291
- The First Day by Robert Joyce Tasker, pp. 292-299
- Americana, pp. 300-305
- Elusive America by John Cowper Powys, pp. 306-309
- At the Court of St. Calvin by Duff Gilfond, pp. 310-315
- Beethoven by O.G. Sonneck, pp. 316-319
- Keeping Up with the Infantry by Robert Ginsburgh, pp. 320-323
- Anarchist's Progress by Albert Jay Nock, pp. 324-334
- Slaves of Democracy by H.E. Buchholz, pp. 335-343
- The Yiddish Press by Philip Rubin, pp. 344-353
- The Laws We Escape by William Seagle, pp. 354-363
- Aesculapius in Manhattan by Henry F. Pringle, pp. 364-369
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 370-372
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 373-378
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Portrait of a Lady by H.L. Mencken, p. 379 - 1 Review- The Case of Mr. Crump by Ludwig Lewisohn
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Die Polizei by H.L. Mencken, pp. 380-381 - 1 Review- The Story of Scotland Yard by George Dilnot
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Literary Confidences by H.L. Mencken, pp. 382-383 - 2 Reviews- Tar: A Midwest Childhood by Sherwood Anderson
- More Miles by Harry Kemp
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-418
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Check List of New Books - 8 Reviews- Ranching with Roosevelt by Lincoln A. Lang
- The Yankee Whaler by Clifford W. Ashley
- From Myth to Reason by Woodbridge Riley
- The Third British Empire by Alfred E. Zimmern
- Chaucer and the Mediaeval Sciences by Walter Clyde Curry
- Turkey by Arnold J. Toynbee and Kenneth P. Kirkwood
- The Adventure of Man by F. Crossfield Happold
- Old Towpaths by Alvin F. Harlow
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The Sciences The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniu... - 3 Reviews- The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses by Catherine Morris Cox
- The Prostate Gland by Chester Tilton Stone
- The Nature of the World and of Man by Horatio H. Newman
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Public Affairs The Khaki Cabinet and Old Manila, by Walter J.... - 11 Reviews- The Khaki Cabinet and Old Manila by Walter J. Robb
- Social Progress by Ulysses G. Weatherly
- Man Is War by John Franklin Carter
- The Pulse of Progress by Ellsworth Huntington
- Elements of Political Education by Aleksandr I. Berdnikov and F. Svetlov
- Political and Industrial Democracy, 1776-1926 by William Jett Lauck
- American Labor and American Democracy by William English Walling
- The Gang by Frederic M. Thrasher
- Aspects of Mexican Civilization by Jose Vasconcelos and Manuel Gamio
- Some Mexican Problems by Moises Saenz and Herbert I. Priestley
- The British General Strike by Scott Nearing
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Biography Guy de Maupassant: A Biographical Study, by Er... - 4 Reviews- Guy de Maupassant: A Biographical Study by Ernest A. Boyd
- The Great Woman Statesman by Nanette B. Paul
- Her Majesty by Elsie Thornton-Cook
- The Book Without a Name by Edwin A.R. Rumball-Petre
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Text-Books The Individual and the Social Order, by Joseph... - 2 Reviews- The Individual and the Social Order by Joseph Alexander Leighton
- The Book of Play Production for Little Theaters, Schools and Colleges by Milton M. Smith
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Reprints Winds of Doctrine, and Platonism and the Spiri... - 3 Reviews- Winds of Doctrine, and Platonism and the Spiritual Life by George Santayana
- Memoirs of Thomas Holcroft by Thomas Holcroft
- Thirty Years' Musical Recollections by Henry F. Chorley
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The Theatre The Plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, by Ric... - 3 Reviews- The Plays of Richard Brinsley Sheridan by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
- Little Theatre Organization and Management by Alexander Dean
- New Plays for Mummers by Glenn Hughes
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The Fine Arts A History of Caricature, by Bohun Lynch - 2 Reviews- A History of Caricature by Bohun Lynch
- Pieter Bruegel the Elder by Virgil Barker
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Fiction The Mathematics of Guilt, by Isabel Ostrander - 14 Reviews- The Mathematics of Guilt by Isabel Ostrander
- Blindness by Henry Green
- High Silver by Anthony Richardson
- The Pleasure Lover by E.H.W. Meyerstein
- Summer Storm by Frank Swinnerton
- The Magic Flight by Joseph Gaer
- The Goat Without Horns by Beale Davis
- Kasriel the Watchman, and Other Stories by Rufus Learsi
- The Yellow-Maned Lion by Ernest Glanville
- The Clio by L.H. Myers
- The Golden Key by Henry Van Dyke
- The Two Virginities by Herbert S. Gorman
- The Spite of Heaven by Oliver Onions
- Page Mr. Tutt by Arthur Train
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Miscellaneous The Spell of the Turf, by Samuel C. Hildreth a... - 3 Reviews- The Spell of the Turf by Samuel C. Hildreth and James R. Crowell
- Read 'Em and Weep by Sigmund Gottfried Spaeth
- Arguments and Addresses of Joseph Hodges Choate by Frederick C. Hicks and Joseph Hodges Choate
- Editorial Notes
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April 1927 Issue = 36 Articles- The Associated Press by Dewey M. Owens, pp. 385-393
- Go Down, Death! A Funeral Sermon by James Weldon Johnson, pp. 394-395
- The Youngest Generation by Chester T. Crowell, pp. 396-403
- Hemp by James M. Cain, pp. 404-409
- Boomer of the Skidroad by Kate Mullen, pp. 410-414
- Editorial, pp. 415-417
- The Socialists in the War by James Oneal, pp. 418-426
- Americana, pp. 427-433
- Vox Mazuma by Henry F. Pringle, pp. 434-441
- The Harpsichord by Grace Overmyer, pp. 442-444
- New Uses for Salt by James Wynn, pp. 445-448
- Harriet Beecher Stowe by G.D. Eaton, pp. 449-459
- Dwellers in Neurotica by Eleanor Rowland Wembridge, pp. 460-465
- The Education of a Journalist by W.A.S. Douglas, pp. 466-469
- A Short View of St.Louis by Arthur Strawn, pp. 470-477
- Funeral Orgies by Duff Gilfond, pp. 478-485
- Portrait of a Rolling-Mill by Malcolm B. Susser, pp. 486-494
- Three Poems by John McClure, p. 495
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 496-499
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 500-505
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Man of God: American Style by H.L. Mencken, pp. 506-507 - 1 Review- Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
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The Origin of Species by H.L. Mencken, pp. 508-509 - 1 Review- Symbiotism and the Origin of Species by Ivan E. Wallin
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Man and His Instincts, p. 510 - 1 Review- The Natural History of Our Conduct by William E. Ritter
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume X, pp. 512-546
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Check List of New Books - 5 Reviews- Gilbert and Sullivan by Augustine H. Godwin
- Words and Music by Sigmund Gottfried Spaeth
- Pastiche by Yvonne Cloud
- Music and Music Makers by Constance Morse
- J. Francis Murphy by Eliot Candee Clark
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Criticism Robinson Jeffers, by George Sterling - 5 Reviews- Robinson Jeffers by George Sterling
- New Methods for the Study of Literature by Edith Rickert
- John Galsworthy as a Dramatic Artist by Robert Hay Coats
- The Patriot Novelist of Poland: Henryk Sienkiewicz by Monica M. Gardner
- Rabindranath Tagore by Edward J. Thompson
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The Sciences Our Own and Our Cousins' Eyes, by Thomas Hall ... - 4 Reviews- Our Own and Our Cousins' Eyes by Thomas Hall Shastid
- The New Science and the Old Religion by Thornwell Jacobs
- The Conquest of Disease by Thurman B. Rice
- Fogs and Clouds by W.J. Humphreys
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History An Outline Introduction to the History of Reli... - 3 Reviews- An Outline Introduction to the History of Religions by Theodore Henry Robinson
- A History of the Ancient World by Michael I. Rostovtzeff
- Main Currents in the History of American Journalism by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
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Education Federal and State School Administration, by Wi... - 3 Reviews- Federal and State School Administration by William A. Cook
- Adult Education by Joseph K. Hart
- School Supervision: In Theory and Practice by Ellsworth Collings
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Public Affairs The New Korea, by Alleyne Ireland - 11 Reviews- The New Korea by Alleyne Ireland
- Farmers of Forty Centuries by F.H. King
- Southern Albania or Northern Epirus in European International Affairs, 1912-1923 by Edith Pierpont Stickney
- The American Race Problem by Edward Byron Reuter
- China and Her Political Entity by Shuhsi Hsu
- German After-War Problems by Kuno Francke
- Present Day Japan by Yusuke Tsurumi
- The Babbitt Warren by C.E.M. Joad
- The Meaning of a Liberal Education by Everett Dean Martin
- Birth Control Laws by Mary Ware Dennett
- Sex Freedom and Social Control by Charles W. Margold
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Biography John Wyclif: A Study of the English Medieval C... - 5 Reviews- John Wyclif: A Study of the English Medieval Church by Herbert B. Workman
- The Life and Works of Francis Hopkinson by George Everett Hastings
- Who's Who in American Jewry, 1926 by Julius Schwartz and Solomon Aaron Kaye
- Whitman: An Interpretation in Narrative by Emory Holloway
- Luther Burbank by Frederick W. Clampett
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Reprints Imperialism, by Vladimir I. Lenin - 7 Reviews- Imperialism by Vladimir I. Lenin
- Individual Liberty by Benjamin R. Tucker
- The Essentials of Marx by Karl Marx and Algernon Lee
- George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation by Charles Moore and George Washington
- The Mistress by Abraham Cowley
- The Evolution of Modern Capitalism by John A. Hobson
- Saint's Progress by John Galsworthy
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Reference Books The Winston Implified Dictionary, by William D... - 2 Reviews- The Winston Implified Dictionary by William Dodge Lewis and Edgar A. Singer
- Pierre Key's Music Year-Book by P.V.R. Key
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Fiction The Painted City, by Mary Badger Wilson - 5 Reviews- The Painted City by Mary Badger Wilson
- Shoot! by Luigi Pirandello
- The Pacer by Viola Paradise
- The Delectable Mountains by M. Struthers Burt
- The Young Anarchy by Philip Gibbs
- Editorial Notes
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May 1927 Issue = 37 Articles- Masters of Pedagogy by T.N. Gillespie, pp. 1-12
- Are Explorers to Join the Dodo? by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, pp. 13-18
- The Citadel of Thrift by Dane Yorke, pp. 19-25
- Five Poems by Sherwood Anderson, pp. 26-27
- Editorial, pp. 28-30
- The Mortician by Elmer Davis, pp. 31-40
- Americana, pp. 41-47
- Couzens of Michigan by Frank R. Kent, pp. 48-55
- The Old Ladies' Man by Ferner Nuhn, pp. 56-64
- George Sterling at Carmel by Mary Austin, pp. 65-72
- The Southern Accent by Burton Rascoe, pp. 73-74
- Toothache by Howard R. Raper, pp. 75-77
- Gilbert and Sullivan in America by Isaac Goldberg, pp. 78-83
- Evolution While You Watch by Emmett Reid Dunn, pp. 84-90
- The Amusement Octopus by Don Carle Gillette, pp. 91-99
- Pearls by Henry Tetlow, pp. 100-103
- The Great Medicine Road by Bernard De Voto, pp. 104-112
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 113-115
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 116-122
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The Powers of the Air by H.L. Mencken, pp. 123-124 - 1 Review- The History of Witchcraft and Demonology by Montague Summers
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American Speech by H.L. Mencken, p. 125 - 1 Review- A Dictionary of English Pronunciation with American Variants by Harold E. Palmer, J. Victor Martin, and F.G. Blandford, ...
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The Art of Barabbas by H.L. Mencken, pp. 126-127 - 1 Review- The Truth About Publishing by Stanley Unwin
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-162
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Check List of New Books - 13 Reviews- The Undefeated by Gerald W. Johnson
- Adventures in Habit-Craft by Henry Park Schauffler
- Diminishing Returns in Agriculture by E. Lester Patton
- Five Weeks by Jonathan French Scott
- France by Sisley Huddleston
- The Negro in American Life by Jerome Dowd
- Social Differentiation by Cecil Clare North
- American Soundings by John St. Loe Strachey
- What Is News? by Gerald W. Johnson
- Sex and the Love-Life by William J. Fielding
- Family Disorganization by Ernest R. Mowrer
- The Inequality of Human Races by Arthur de Gobineau
- Social Adjustment by Robert C. Dexter
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Biography Victor Hugo: The Man and the Poet, by William ... - 9 Reviews- Victor Hugo: The Man and the Poet by William F. Giese
- Napoleon: The Man of Destiny by Emil Ludwig
- The Early Life and Letters of John Morley by Francis W. Hirst and John Morley
- The Autobiography and Memoirs of Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786-1846 by Benjamin Robert Haydon
- Wild Bill Hickock by Frank J. Wilstach
- Samuel Butler and His Family Relations by Martha R. Garnett
- George the Fourth by Shane Leslie
- Crashing Thunder by Paul Radin
- Personal Reminiscences of Auguste Rodin by Anthony M. Ludovici
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History The Legacy of the Middle Ages, by Charles Geor... - 6 Reviews- The Legacy of the Middle Ages by Charles George Crump and Ernest Fraser Jacob
- Hawkers and Walkers in Early America by Richardson Wright
- Spanish Alta California by Alberta Johnston Denis
- Mississippi Steamboatin' by Herbert Quick and Edward Quick
- History of Prostitution by Paul LaCroix
- A History of Hebrew Civilization by Alfred Bertholet
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Anthologies The Copeland Reader, by Charles Townsend Copeland - 2 Reviews- The Copeland Reader by Charles Townsend Copeland
- The Best Short Stories of 1926 by Edward J. O'Brien
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Education Procrustes, by M. Alderton Link - 2 Reviews- Procrustes by M. Alderton Link
- Correspondence Schools, Lyceums, Chautauquas by John S. Noffsinger
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The Sciences Myth in Primitive Psychology, by Bronislaw Mal... - 3 Reviews- Myth in Primitive Psychology by Bronislaw Malinowski
- Science and Poetry by I.A. Richards
- Maori Symbolism by Ettie A. Rout
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The Fine Arts The Spanish House for America, by Rexford Newcomb - 3 Reviews- The Spanish House for America by Rexford Newcomb
- Terpander, or Music and the Future by Edward J. Dent
- Orpheus, or The Music of the Future by W.J. Turner
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Criticism William Blake, by Osbert Burdett - 7 Reviews- William Blake by Osbert Burdett
- Edwin Arlington Robinson by Ben Ray Redman
- The Frontier in American Literature by Lucy Lockwood Hazard
- Amy Lowell: A Critical Study by Clement Wood
- The Prairie and the Making of Middle America by Dorothy Anne Dondore
- Gautier and the Romantics by John Garber Palache
- Milton's Semitic Studies, and Some Manifestations of Them in His Poetry by Harris Francis Fletcher
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Reference Books Style-Book for Writers and Editors, by C.O. Sy... - 2 Reviews- Style-Book for Writers and Editors by C.O. Sylvester Mawson
- The South American Handbook, 1927 by J.A. Hunter
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Reprints The Invisible Collection, by Stefan Zweig - 5 Reviews- The Invisible Collection by Stefan Zweig
- The Autobiography of William Butler Yeats by William Butler Yeats
- Variety by Paul Valery
- Figures of the Past by Josiah Quincy
- A Sentimental Journey, Letters to Elieza, and Other Pieces by Laurence Sterne and Wilbur L. Cross
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Travel The Gentle Art of Tramping, by Stephen Graham - 2 Reviews- The Gentle Art of Tramping by Stephen Graham
- Tramping Through Palestine by Milton J. Goell
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Fiction Rhapsody: A Dream Novel, by Arthur Schnitzler - 4 Reviews- Rhapsody: A Dream Novel by Arthur Schnitzler
- The Gypsy by William B. Trites
- The City Without Jews by Hugo Bettauer
- The Minister's Daughter by Hildur Dixelius
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Miscellaneous The Greek Idyls, by Marion Mills Miller - 5 Reviews- The Greek Idyls by Marion Mills Miller
- The Friendly Year by George Sidney Webster and Henry Van Dyke
- Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
- Little Benny's Book by Lee Pape
- Achievement: How It Is Won by Edward W. Bok
- Editorial Notes
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June 1927 Issue = 36 Articles- J. P. the Younger by W.M. Walker, pp. 129-136
- The Problem of Medical Service by Wm. Allen Pusey, pp. 137-142
- The Big Shops of the Law by John Walker Harrington, pp. 143-149
- Dance of Masks by Ruth Lechlitner, pp. 150-151
- LaGuardia of Harlem by Duff Gilfond, pp. 152-158
- Editorial, pp. 159-161
- A Man Is Hanged by Robert Joyce Tasker, pp. 162-170
- Americana, pp. 171-176
- The Higher Learning Goes to War by Charles Angoff, pp. 177-191
- Eremites of the Brush by Sadakichi Hartmann, pp. 192-195
- Remains of Early Man in the United States by Cornelia H. Dam, pp. 196-199
- On Public Service by Idwal Jones, pp. 200-207
- Jungle Dusk by Emily Clark, pp. 208-211
- Syndicate Stuff by Dewey M. Owens, pp. 212-219
- The Fellowship of the Fiddle by Chloe Arnold, pp. 220-226
- Sandwiches and Sex Appeal by W.A.S. Douglas, pp. 227-231
- Hands by Mary J. Elmendorf, pp. 232-233
- Lowell by Karl Schriftgiesser, pp. 234-240
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 241-244
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 245-250
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Old Ludwig and His Ways by H.L. Mencken, pp. 251-252 - 1 Review- The Unconscious Beethoven by Ernest Newman
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The Decline of Man by H.L. Mencken, p. 253 - 1 Review- Man: An Indictment by Anthony M. Ludovici
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The Hound of Hell, pp. 254-255 - 1 Review- Colonel Bob Ingersoll by Cameron Rogers
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-290
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Check List of New Books - 11 Reviews- Annals of the New York Stage by George C.D. Odell
- French Society in the Eighteenth Century by Louis Ducros
- A History of the Cuban Republic by Charles E. Chapman
- China: Yesterday and Today by Edward Thomas Williams
- A History of the Jewish People by Max L. Margolis and Alexander Marx
- Bessarabia by Charles Upson Clark
- The War Myth in United States History by Charles H. Hamlin
- Canada: The Great River, the Lands and the Men by Marion I. Newbigin
- The World Crisis, 1911-1918 by Winston Churchill
- The Land of Magellan by William S. Barclay
- The Narrative of Samuel Hancock, 1845-1860 by Samuel Hancock
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Public Affairs Main Street and Wall Street, by William Z. Ripley - 9 Reviews- Main Street and Wall Street by William Z. Ripley
- In China: 1920-1921 by Abel Bonnard
- Artifex, Or, the Future of Craftsmanship by John Gloag
- Fascism by Giuseppe Prezzolini
- The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti by Felix Frankfurter
- Italy and Fascismo by Luigi Sturzo
- Getting Out the Vote by Harold F. Gosnell
- America Comes of Age by Andre Siegfried
- Les Etats-Unis d'Aujourd'Hui by Andre Siegfried
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Criticism The Later Realism, by Walter L. Myers - 6 Reviews- The Later Realism by Walter L. Myers
- Essays on Literature and Life by Arthur Clutton-Brock
- Twelve Great Modernists by Lawrence F. Abbott
- Moderna Amerikaner by Ruben G. Berg
- Emerson and Others by Van Wyck Brooks
- Ralph Waldo Emerson's Geisteswelt by Paul Sakmann
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Religion The Life of Prayer in a World of Science, by W... - 4 Reviews- The Life of Prayer in a World of Science by William Adams Brown
- Was Jesus an Historical Person? by Elwood Worcester
- The Kingdom of Happiness by Jeddu Krishnamurti
- The Trial of Jesus by George W. Thompson
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Essays The Golden Complex: A Defence of Inferiority, ... - 6 Reviews- The Golden Complex: A Defence of Inferiority by Lee Wilson Dodd
- A Call to Order by Jean Cocteau
- Sibylla, or the Revival of Prophecy by C.A. Mace
- The Future of Futurism by John Rodker
- Ironical Tales by Laurence Housman
- Essays in Memory of Barrett Wendell by William R. Castle
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Travel A Voyage to the South Seas, by John Bulkeley a... - 4 Reviews- A Voyage to the South Seas by John Bulkeley and John Cummins
- Brimstone and Chili by Carleton Beals
- In Boreo Jungles: Among the Dyak Headhunters by William O. Krohn
- Mallorca the Magnificent by Nina Larrey Duryea
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The Theatre Field God, and In Abraham's Bosom, by Paul Green - 3 Reviews- Field God, and In Abraham's Bosom by Paul Green
- Let's Go To the Movies by Iris Barry
- Three Plays for a Children's Theatre by Florence Kiper Frank
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Literature To Begin with, by Raymond Pearl - 2 Reviews- To Begin with by Raymond Pearl
- A History of Russian Literature by D.S. Mirsky
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The Fine Arts Charles Demuth, by A.E. Gallatin - 2 Reviews- Charles Demuth by A.E. Gallatin
- Art Epochs and Their Leaders by Oskar Hagen
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Biography Memoirs of a Revolutionist, by Vera Figner - 6 Reviews- Memoirs of a Revolutionist by Vera Figner
- Prosper Merimee: A Mask and a Face by George H. Johnstone
- The Riddle of the Immortal Beloved by O.G. Sonneck
- The Diary of Elbridge Gerry, Jr. by Claude G. Bowers and Elbridge Gerry, Jr.
- Fire Under the Andes by Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant
- The True Story of My Life by Hans Christian Andersen
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Fiction Andy Brandt's Ark, by Edna Bryner - 5 Reviews- Andy Brandt's Ark by Edna Bryner
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Hanns Heinz Ewers
- The Longest Shadow by Jeffery E. Jeffery
- The Admiral and Others by Peggy Temple
- The Band Plays Dixie by Morris Markey
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July 1927 Issue = 37 Articles- Forests and Floods by Willis Luther Moore, pp. 257-263
- Saloon Days by James Stevens, pp. 264-275
- Food Fads and Nutrition Nonsense by Arthur J. Cramp, pp. 276-281
- And Guinevere... by Joan Dareth Prosper, p. 282
- A Bankruptcy Fire-Sale by Charles A. Beard, pp. 283-287
- Editorial, pp. 288-290
- Elijah the Third by James L. Dwyer, pp. 291-299
- Pittsburgh Peeps at the Stars by George Seibel, pp. 300-306
- Americana, pp. 307-312
- Prisoner of War No.3598 by Erich Posselt, pp. 313-323
- Historical Science and the War Guilt by Clarence Walworth Alvord, pp. 324-326
- The Wolf-Pack by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, pp. 327-330
- Wind Machine by Duff Gilfond, pp. 331-340
- Pink by Leonard Hess, pp. 341-348
- The Wowsers Tackle the Movies by James R. Quirk, pp. 349-356
- A Town Is Built by Idwal Jones, pp. 357-364
- A Cure for Authors by Louis Sherwin, pp. 365-368
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 369-371
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 372-378
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The Philosophy of Rotary by H.L. Mencken, pp. 379-380 - 1 Review- Rotary by Frank H. Lamb
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A Book for Bibbers by H.L. Mencken, p. 381 - 1 Review- Wine and the Wine Lands of the World by Frank Hedges Butler
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Psychology by H.L. Mencken, pp. 382-383 - 1 Review- Psychology: A Simplification by Loyd Ring Coleman and Saxe Comrains
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-410
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Check List of New Books - 5 Reviews- Shakespeare Studies by Elmer Edgar Stoll
- Marcel Proust: His Life and Work by Leon Pierre-Quint
- Romanticism by Lascelles Abercrombie
- Dante by John Jay Chapman
- Main Currents in American Thought by Vernon Louis Parrington
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Biography Jean Paul Marat: A Study in Radicalism, by Lou... - 11 Reviews- Jean Paul Marat: A Study in Radicalism by Louis R. Gottschalk
- Greater Than Napoleon: Scipio Africanus by B.H. Liddell Hart
- Young in the "Nineties" by Una Hunt
- American Masters of Social Science by Howard W. Odum
- Trumpets of Jubilee by Constance Mayfield Rourke
- The Prodigious Lover by Louis Barthou
- Liszt, Wagner, and the Princess by William Wallace
- The Memoirs of Baron N. Wrangel, 1847-1920 by Petr N. Wrangel
- Polonaise: The Life of Chopin by Guy de Pourtales
- Riata and Spurs by Charles A. Siringo
- The Ingenious Hidalgo: Miguel Cervantes by Han Ryner
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History The Borderland in the Civil War, by Edward Con... - 3 Reviews- The Borderland in the Civil War by Edward Conrad Smith
- Our House Divided by John Bach McMaster
- The Negro in the Reconstruction of Virginia by Alrutheus Ambush Taylor
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- An Outline of Careers by Edward L. Bernays
- Should We Be Vaccinated? by Bernhard J. Stern
- Negro Labor in the United States, 1850-1925 by Charles H. Wesley
- Whither Democracy? by N.J. Lennes
- Where Is Civilization Going? by Scott Nearing
- Capital for Labor by W. Francis Lloyd and Bertram Austin
- That's New York! by Morris Markey and Johan Bull
- I, the Jew by Maurice Samuel
- Our Generation by Christine Este Gibbons
- How Red Is America? by Will Irwin
- The Youth Movement in China by Tsi C. Wang
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Reference Books The Pocket Oxford Dictionary, - 3 Reviews- The Pocket Oxford Dictionary
- Pierre Key's Music Year-Book by P.V.R. Key
- France on Ten Words a Day by H. McCarty-Lee
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- Modern Painting by Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.
- The Story of Music by Paul Bekker
- Euterpe by Lionel R. McColvin
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Essays Mole Philosophy and Other Essays, by Cassius J... - 2 Reviews- Mole Philosophy and Other Essays by Cassius J. Keyser
- Adventures and Confessions by William Lyon Phelps
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Textbooks Comparative Education, by Peter Sandiford - 2 Reviews- Comparative Education by Peter Sandiford
- Public Welfare Administration by Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge
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Religion The Rise, Decline and Fall of the Roman Religi... - 4 Reviews- The Rise, Decline and Fall of the Roman Religion by James Ballantyne Hannay
- The Teaching of the Early Church of the Use of Wine and Strong Drink by Irving Woodworth Raymond
- Christianity in the Making by S.H. Hooke
- What Is Christian Science? by Thomas W. Wilby
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The Sciences Is Nature Cruel?, by J. Crowther Hirst - 4 Reviews- Is Nature Cruel? by J. Crowther Hirst
- Four Thousand Years of Pharmacy by Charles H. LaWall
- Social Factors in Medical Progress by Bernhard J. Stern
- Nursery Guide by Louis W. Sauer
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Reprints The Purple Land, by W.H. Hudson - 3 Reviews- The Purple Land by W.H. Hudson
- The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini
- Surnames by Ernest Weekley
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Fiction Doomsday, by Warwick Deeping - 6 Reviews- Doomsday by Warwick Deeping
- High Winds by Arthur Train
- Midsummer Music by Stephen Graham
- Shadows Waiting by Eleanor Carroll Chilton
- Green Forest by Nathalie Sedgwick Colby
- Red Pants, and Other Stories by John W. Thomason, Jr.
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Miscellaneous A Naturalist at the Zoo, by E.G. Boulenger - 4 Reviews- A Naturalist at the Zoo by E.G. Boulenger
- The Beginner's Garden by Louisa Y. King
- Arabic Literature by H.A.R. Gibb
- Murder at Smutty Nose, and Other Murders by Edmund Pearson
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August 1927 Issue = 34 Articles- In Praise of War by Arlington B. Conway, pp. 385-392
- The Caucasian Storms Harlem by Rudolph Fisher, pp. 393-398
- Skyscrapers for Art Museums by Lee Simonson, pp. 399-404
- College Elms and Chorus-Girls by Lillian Barrett, pp. 405-410
- Editorial, pp. 411-413
- The Historians Cut Loose by C. Hartley Grattan, pp. 414-430
- Americana, pp. 431-437
- Religion and "Who's Who" by Ellsworth Huntington and Leon F. Whitney, pp. 438-443
- New Hampshire by Oliver Jenkins, p. 444
- The Criticism of Painting in America by Thomas Craven, pp. 445-447
- Ain't by Wallace Rice, pp. 448-450
- Mr.Speaker by Duff Gilfond, pp. 451-458
- On the Mountain-Side by Elizabeth Madox Roberts, pp. 459-465
- A Prophetess of Doom by Elsie McCormick, pp. 466-473
- The Great Road by Walter Prichard Eaton, pp. 474-477
- The Old-Time Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury, pp. 478-486
- Sam Houston by Sam Acheson, pp. 487-495
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 496-498
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 499-506
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What Constitutes a State? by H.L. Mencken, pp. 507-510 - 1 Review- The Modern State by R.M. MacIver
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume XI, pp. 512-534
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Check List of New Books - 4 Reviews- From Bismarck to the World War by Erich Brandenburg
- American Opinion of France by Elizabeth Brett White
- The Peacemakers of 1864 by Edward Chase Kirkland
- A History of the Pharoahs, Vol. II by Arthur Weigall
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The Sciences Introduction to the History of Science, Vol. I... - 7 Reviews- Introduction to the History of Science, Vol. I by George Sarton
- The Tired Child by Max Seham and Grete Seham
- Creation: A History of Non-Evolutionary Theories by Edwin Tenney Brewster
- Saving Eyesight After Middle Age by J. Herbert Waite
- The Medicine Man by E.C. Dudley
- Your Nervous Child by Erwin Wexberg
- Mental Growth and Decline by H.L. Hollingworth
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Travel Trader Horn, by Ethelreda Lewis and Alfred Alo... - 2 Reviews- Trader Horn by Ethelreda Lewis and Alfred Aloysius Horn
- Jungle Paths and Inca Ruins by William Montgomery McGovern
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Biography The Life of Buddha as Legend and History, by E... - 5 Reviews- The Life of Buddha as Legend and History by Edward J. Thomas
- James Bryce by Herbert A.L. Fisher
- The Harvest of the Years by Luther Burbank and Wilbur Hall
- Thomas Paine: Prophet and Martyr of Democracy by Mary Agnes Best
- Disraeli by D.L. Murray
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Religion Spiritual Values and Eternal Life, by Harry Em... - 2 Reviews- Spiritual Values and Eternal Life by Harry Emerson Fosdick
- Judaism in the First Centuries of the Christian Era by George Foot Moore
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Public Affairs Covering Washington, by J. Frederick Essary - 8 Reviews- Covering Washington by J. Frederick Essary
- Sacrificed by Henry H. Klein
- The South Africans by Sarah Gertrude Millin
- The Great Delusion by Marion Whiteford Acworth
- Eight O'Clock Chapel by Cornelius Howard Patton and Walter Taylor Field, ...
- What and Why in China by Paul Hutchinson
- John the Common Weal by Henry Noble MacCracken
- Harmony Between Labor and Capital by Oscar Newfang
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Reprints What's So and What Isn't, by John McClelland Work - 6 Reviews- What's So and What Isn't by John McClelland Work
- Out of the Past by Raymond W. Postgate
- The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
- Some Chinese Ghosts by Lafcadio Hearn
- The Half-Breed, and Other Stories by Walt Whitman
- Iridion by Count Zygmunt Krasinski and George Rapall Noyes, ...
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Criticism One Word More On Browning, by Frances Theresa ... - 1 Review- One Word More On Browning by Frances Theresa Russell
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The Fine Arts John Sargent, by Evan Charteris - 2 Reviews- John Sargent by Evan Charteris
- Portraits of Jews by Gilbert Stuart and Other Early American Artists by Hannah Ruth London
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Fiction Sardonic Tales, by Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-... - 2 Reviews- Sardonic Tales by Auguste Villiers de L'Isle-Adam
- Bernard Quesnay by Andre Maurois
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Miscellaneous India's Past, by Arthur Anthony Macdonell - 8 Reviews- India's Past by Arthur Anthony Macdonell
- The Opinions and Reflections of Napoleon by Lewis Claflin Breed and Napoleon
- Ask Me Another! by Justin Spafford and Lucien Esty
- Ask Me Too! by Jonathan N. Leonard
- The Foolish Question Book by H.I. Phillips
- Readings by Walter de la Mare and Thomas Quayle
- Letters to My Daughter by Leslie J. Swabacker
- The Story of a Wonder Man by Ring W. Lardner
- Editorial Notes
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September 1927 Issue = 35 Articles- We Rob a Bank by Ernest Booth, pp. 1-11
- Pittsburgh Plus by W.M. Walker, pp. 12-19
- To Youngsters of Easy Means by Albert Jay Nock, pp. 20-26
- Mad Movie Money by Welford Beaton, pp. 27-33
- Editorial, pp. 34-36
- Life, Death and the Negro by Louis I. Dublin, pp. 37-45
- Americana, pp. 46-50
- Licked by Sara Haardt, pp. 51-62
- Aaron Copland and His Jazz by Isaac Goldberg, pp. 63-64
- Asthma by Mark J. Gottlieb, pp. 65-67
- Advocatus Diaboli by Adolph E. Meyer, pp. 68-74
- The Sacred Poesy of the South by Clay Fulks, pp. 75-80
- I Am Thinking of Hurricanes by Willis Luther Moore, pp. 81-86
- The Grandma of the Muckrakers by Heber Blankenhorn, pp. 87-93
- Our Medieval Typography by Douglas C. McMurtrie, pp. 94-97
- Laundress by Meridel Le Sueur, pp. 98-101
- Montana Poets, pp. 102-105
- The Italian Theatre in New York by Giuseppe Cautela, pp. 106-112
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 113-116
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 117-122
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Autopsy by H.L. Mencken, pp. 123-125 - 4 Reviews- The Story of Civil Liberty in the United States by Leon Whipple
- Professional Patriots by Norman Hapgood, Sidney Howard, and John Hearley
- Re-Forging America by Lothrop Stoddard
- Understanding America by Langdon Mitchell
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Caveat Against Science by H.L. Mencken, pp. 126-127 - 1 Review- Science: The False Messiah by Clarence E. Ayres
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-162
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Check List of New Books - 10 Reviews- Case for and Against Psychical Belief by Carl Murchison
- The Care of the Face by Oscar L. Levin
- Recent Developments in the Social Sciences by Edward Cary Hayes
- The New Medical Follies by Morris Fishbein
- The Seven Seals of Science by Joseph Mayer
- A Manual of Individual Mental Tests and Testing by Augusta F. Bronner, William Healy, and Gladys M. Lowe, ...
- Studies in Optics by A.A. Michelson
- Plant Hunting by Ernest H. Wilson
- The Human Body in Pictures by Jacob Sarnoff
- Evolution of Preventive Medicine by Arthur Newsholme
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Public Affairs American Communism, by James Oneal - 9 Reviews- American Communism by James Oneal
- Where Freedom Falters by Laurance Lyon
- Mother India by Katherine Mayo
- The Russian Imperial Conspiracy, 1892-1914 by Robert L. Owen
- War Against War by Ernst Friedrich
- Statesmanship or War? by John McAuley Palmer
- The Evil Religion Does by Morrison I. Swift
- Mirrors of the Year by Grant Overton
- A Frenchman Looks at the Peace by Alcide Ebray
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History Struggle for the Falkland Islands, by Julius G... - 5 Reviews- Struggle for the Falkland Islands by Julius Goebel, Jr.
- Pioneer Medicine in Western Pennsylvania by Theodore Diller
- The Spirit of '76, and Other Essays by Carl L. Becker, John Maurice Clark, and William E. Dodd, ...
- Roosevelt and the Caribbean by Howard C. Hill
- Rome by Michael I. Rostovtzeff
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The Fine Arts The Second Book of Negro Spirituals, by James ... - 3 Reviews- The Second Book of Negro Spirituals by James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson
- New Backgrounds for a New Age by Edwin Avery Park
- Studies in Recent Aesthetic by Katherine E. Gilbert
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Criticism Selections from Robert Landor, by Eric Partrid... - 3 Reviews- Selections from Robert Landor by Eric Partridge and Robert Landor
- Robert Eyres Landor by Eric Partridge
- The Modernity of Milton by Martin A. Larson
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Biography Balzac, by Rene Benjamin - 9 Reviews- Balzac by Rene Benjamin
- Carlyle at His Zenith, 1848-1853 by David Alec Wilson
- The Gentleman from the 22nd by Benjamin Antin
- Darwin by Gamaliel Bradford
- Struggles and Triumphs by P.T. Barnum and George S. Bryan
- Barnum's Own Story by P.T. Barnum and Waldo R. Browne
- An American Saga by Carl Christian Jensen
- Flaubert's Youth, 1821-1845 by Lewis Piaget Shanks
- The Rebellious Puritan by Lloyd R. Morris
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Religion Why Religion?, by Horace M. Kallen - 2 Reviews- Why Religion? by Horace M. Kallen
- Demoniality, or Incubi and Succubi by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari
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Travel Along the Rivieras of France and Italy, by Gor... - 2 Reviews- Along the Rivieras of France and Italy by Gordon Home
- Through Europe on Two Dollars a Day by Frank Schoonmaker
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Reprints Cooperative Democracy, by James Peter Warbasse - 12 Reviews- Cooperative Democracy by James Peter Warbasse
- The Novels of Jane Austen by R.W. Chapman and Jane Austen
- The Poems of Charles Kingsley by Ernest Rhys and Charles Kingsley
- The Life of Charles Dickens by John Forster
- Avowals by George Moore
- Distributive Justice by John A. Ryan
- The Dialogues of Plato by William Chase Greene and Plato
- The Complete Works of Francois Villon by J.U. Nicolson and Francois Villon
- Il Pentamerone by Giovanni B. Basile
- Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne
- The Physiology of Taste by Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
- Down Stream by J.K. Huysmans
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Fiction Max Havelaar, by Eduard Dekker - 13 Reviews- Max Havelaar by Eduard Dekker
- The Spanish Farm Trilogy, 1914 to 1918 by R.H. Mottram
- Kit O'Brien by Edgar Lee Masters
- Migrations by Evelyn Scott
- Intimate Acrobatics by Donald Stites Fairchild
- Angel by DuBose Heyward
- The Fiddler in Barly by Robert Nathan
- The Allinghams by May Sinclair
- Lord Raingo by Arnold Bennett
- Mattock by James Stevens
- Mother Knows Best by Edna Ferber
- Pretty Creatures by William A. Gerhardie
- The Dark Dawn by Martha Ostenso
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Miscellaneous Selected Works of Louis Lipsky, by Louis Lipsky - 2 Reviews- Selected Works of Louis Lipsky by Louis Lipsky
- The Land's End by William H. Hudson
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October 1927 Issue = 37 Articles- Red, White and Blue by James M. Cain, pp. 129-134
- A Man of Heart by Arthur Strawn, pp. 135-143
- Bull Horrors by Jim Tully, pp. 144-150
- Evviva San Francisco by Idwal Jones, pp. 151-158
- Editorial, pp. 159-161
- Notes for a Comic History by George Seibel, pp. 162-170
- Princes of the Press by Raymond S. Tompkins, pp. 171-177
- The Broadway Mind by Benjamin DeCasseres, pp. 178-181
- Americana, pp. 182-187
- The Passing of Vaudeville by W.A.S. Douglas, pp. 188-194
- Under Which Flag? by Frederick Bausman, pp. 195-203
- The Decline of Illustration by Thomas Craven, pp. 204-206
- Quarter Tones---And Less by Grace Overmyer, pp. 207-210
- Good Pals by Ruth Suckow, pp. 211-221
- Lady Back-Slappers by Margaret Cobb, pp. 222-229
- Footnote to the War of 1812 by Julius W. Pratt, pp. 230-235
- Two-Head Doctors by M.S. Lea, pp. 236-240
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 241-243
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 244-249
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Kultur in the Republic by H.L. Mencken, pp. 250-252 - 1 Review- The Rise of American Civilization by Charles A. Beard and Mary R. Beard
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Nonsense Out of the East by H.L. Mencken, p. 253 - 1 Review- Hindu Mysticism by S.N. Dasgupta
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Review by H.L. Mencken, pp. 254-255 - 1 Review- The Cambridge Ancient History by I.E.S. Edwards, C.J. Gadd, N.G.L. Hammond, and E. Sollberger, ...
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 256-290
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Check List of New Books - 13 Reviews- Circus Parade by Jim Tully
- Upton Sinclair: A Study in Social Protest by Floyd Dell
- Cannibal Nights by H.E. Raabe
- Virginians of Distinguished Service in the World War by Arthur Kyle Davis
- Virginia War History in Newspaper Clippings by Arthur Kyle Davis
- Virginia War Letters, Diaries and Editorials by Arthur Kyle Davis
- Virginia War Agencies by Arthur Kyle Davis
- Virginia Military Organizations in the World War by Arthur Kyle Davis
- Virginia Communities in War Time by Arthur Kyle Davis
- The Foundations of Modern Civilization by Harrison C. Thomas and William A. Hamm
- Five Years in Turkey by Liman von Sanders
- A History of American Foreign Relations by Louis Martin Sears
- China and Foreign Powers by Frederick Whyte
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Public Affairs States' Rights and National Prohibition, by Ar... - 8 Reviews- States' Rights and National Prohibition by Archibald E. Stevenson
- Industrial Relations in the Chicago Building Trades by Royal E. Montgomery
- On the Trail of the Russian Famine by Frank Alfred Golder and Lincoln Hutchinson
- The Main Stem by William Edge
- The Hobo by Nels Anderson
- The North Carolina Chain Gang by Jesse F. Steiner and Roy M. Brown
- Modern Palestine by A.S. Waldstein
- The Public and Its Problems by John Dewey
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The Sciences The Normal Child, by Bernard Sachs - 2 Reviews- The Normal Child by Bernard Sachs
- Heart and Athletics by Felix Deutsch and Emil Kauf
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The Fine Arts Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro, by R. Natha... - 3 Reviews- Religious Folk-Songs of the Negro by R. Nathaniel Dett
- Early American Trade Cards by Adele Jenny
- The Architect in History by Martin S. Briggs
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Travel The Balearics and Their Peoples, by Frederick ... - 3 Reviews- The Balearics and Their Peoples by Frederick C. Chamberlin
- The Harvest of a Quiet Eye by Odell Shepard
- Fifty Miles Around Paris by Cecilia Hill
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Criticism An Introduction to the Study of Blake, by Max ... - 5 Reviews- An Introduction to the Study of Blake by Max Plowman
- Messages by Ramon Fernandez
- D. H. Lawrence: Portrait of a Genius, But... by Richard Aldington
- Thomas Love Peacock by J.B. Priestley
- More Contemporary Americans by Percy H. Boynton
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Religion Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Atheist,... - 3 Reviews- Dialogue Between a Priest and a Dying Atheist by Marquis de Sade
- Jesus: A New Biography by Shirley Jackson Case
- Humanist Sermons by Curtis W. Reese
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Literature The Poems of Richard Crashaw, by Leonard C. Ma... - 3 Reviews- The Poems of Richard Crashaw by Leonard C. Martin and Richard Crashaw
- Book Reviewing by Wayne Gard
- Krylov's Fables by Ivan A. Krylov
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Bibliography The First Printers of Chicago, by Douglas C. M... - 2 Reviews- The First Printers of Chicago by Douglas C. McMurtrie
- A Bibliography of the Writings of Norman Douglas by Edward D. McDonald
- Editorial Notes
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Essays The Colby Essays, by Frank Moore Colby and Cla... - 2 Reviews- The Colby Essays by Frank Moore Colby and Clarence Day, Jr.
- Essays: On Literature History, Politics, Etc. by Leonard Woolf
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Reprints Samuel Sewall's Diary, by Mark Van Doren and S... - 7 Reviews- Samuel Sewall's Diary by Mark Van Doren and Samuel Sewall
- London's Essays of Revolt by Leonard D. Abbott
- Ruskin's Views of Social Justice by James Fuchs and John Ruskin
- The Socialism of Shaw by James Fuchs and Bernard Shaw
- Wells' Social Anticipations by Harry W. Laidler and H.G. Wells
- The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man by James Weldon Johnson
- Horace Walpole: A Memoir by Austin Dobson
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Fiction The Bird of Fire, by Maria Moravsky - 10 Reviews- The Bird of Fire by Maria Moravsky
- The Apple of the Eye by Glenway Wescott
- Tides by Ada Hilt Street and Julian Street
- The Brethren of the Axe by John Somers
- Typhon's Beard by John Vasseur
- The Drums of Panic by Martin Feinstein
- God Got One Vote by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan
- Tall Men by James Stuart Montgomery
- The Love-Child by Edith Olivier
- Dusty Answer by Rosamond Lehmann
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Miscellaneous Epitaphs, Graveyard Humour and Eulogy, by Will... - 7 Reviews- Epitaphs, Graveyard Humour and Eulogy by William H. Beable
- Letters of Lady Augusta Stanley by Albert Baillie, Hector Bolitho, and Augusta F.E.B. Stanley, ...
- Ship Model Making, Vol. II by E. Armitage McCann
- Runaway Days by Samuel Scoville, Jr.
- Bronx Ballads by Robert A. Simon
- Memoires for My Grandson by John Evelyn
- Norse Mythology by Peter Andreas Munch
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November 1927 Issue = 36 Articles- The Biology of Superiority by Raymond Pearl, pp. 257-266
- Egypt by W.A.S. Douglas, pp. 267-271
- Tom Heflin by John W. Owens, pp. 272-279
- A German Grandfather by Ruth Suckow, pp. 280-284
- Editorial, pp. 285-287
- Elegy in a Malty Mood by Benjamin DeCasseres, pp. 288-292
- Officers of the Court by Horace A. Davis, pp. 293-300
- Americana, pp. 301-305
- A Texas Chain-Gang by Ernest Booth, pp. 306-315
- Heat or Heredity? by Emmett Reid Dunn, pp. 316-318
- The Yugoslav Speech in America by Louis Adamic, pp. 319-321
- Body's Breviary by Joseph Warren Beach, pp. 322-326
- The Gods Confused by Oliver H.P. Garrett, pp. 327-334
- Deadwood the Dreadful by Duncan Aikman, pp. 335-343
- Churches in the Moronic Mode by F.R. Webber, pp. 344-351
- Flat Tires on the Farm by W.G. Clugston, pp. 352-358
- Days of Wickedness by Herbert Asbury, pp. 359-369
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 370-372
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 373-378
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Revolutions by H.L. Mencken, pp. 379-381 - 1 Review- The Natural History of Revolution by Lyford P. Edwards
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Literary Shock Troops by H.L. Mencken, p. 382 - 1 Review- The American Caravan by Alfred Kreymborg, Lewis Mumford, and Paul Rosenfeld, ...
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What Constitutes a State?, p. 383 - 1 Review- The Origin of the State by Robert H. Lowie
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 384-426
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Check List of New Books - 12 Reviews- The Journal of William Maclay by Edgar S. Maclay and William Maclay
- Why Rome Fell by Edward Lucas White
- California: An Intimate History by Gertrude Atherton
- Lincoln and the Railroads by John W. Starr, Jr.
- In the Golden Nineties by Henry Collins Brown
- The Indians of North America by Edna Kenton
- Egypt by George Young
- Napoleon in Captivity by Julian Park and Count Aliksandr Balmain
- Mr. Belloc Still Objects to Mr. Wells's "Outline of History" by Hilaire Belloc
- Mr. Belloc Objects to "The Outline of History" by H.G. Wells
- A Companion to Mr. Wells's "Outline of History" by Hilaire Belloc
- The Greville Diary by Philip Whitwell Wilson and Charles Greville
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Biography An Autobiography, by Benedetto Croce - 20 Reviews- An Autobiography by Benedetto Croce
- The Three Sitwells by R.L. Megroz
- Navigator: The Story of Nathaniel Bowditch of Salem by Alfred Stanford
- The Private Diary of Leo Tolstoy, 1853-1857 by Aylmer Maude and Leo Tolstoy
- O Rare Ben Jonson! by Byron Steel
- Chopin by Henry Bidou
- James Lane Allen by John Wilson Townsend
- Genghiz Khan: The Emperor of All Men by Harold Lamb
- Joseph Conrad: Life and Letters by Gerard Jean-Aubry and Joseph Conrad
- Autobiography of Joseph Scaliger by George W. Robinson and Joseph J. Scaliger
- The Romance of Villon by Francis Carco
- Jacques Coeur: Merchant Prince of the Middle Ages by Albert Boardman Kerr
- Epoch: The Life of Steele MacKaye by Percy MacKaye
- The Journal of Katherine Mansfield by J. Middleton Murry and Katherine Mansfield
- Patriots Off Their Pedestals by Paul Wilstach
- Sir Charles Sedley, 1639-1701 by Vivian de Sola Pinto
- John Paul Jones: Man of Action by Phillips Russell
- Henry Ward Beecher: An American Portrait by Paxton Hibben
- Certain Rich Men by Meade Minnigerode
- The Life of Tim Healy by Liam O'Flaherty
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Public Affairs Men of Destiny, by Walter Lippmann - 11 Reviews- Men of Destiny by Walter Lippmann
- Juvenile Courts in the United States by Herbert H. Lou
- The Americanization of Labor by Robert W. Dunn
- Enemies of Youth by Deets Pickett
- The A-B-C of Prohibition by Fabian Franklin
- Industrial Prosperity and the Farmer by Russell C. Engberg
- The Press and Social Currents in Japan by Harry Emerson Wildes
- An Introduction to American Politics by Penfield Roberts
- On the Steppes by James N. Rosenberg
- Bolshevism, Fascism and Democracy by Francesco S. Nitti
- The Revolt of Modern Youth by Ben B. Lindsey and Wainwright Evans
- Editorial Notes
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Criticism Montaigne, by Irene Cooper Willis - 2 Reviews- Montaigne by Irene Cooper Willis
- Thomas Hardy by Lascelles Abercrombie
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The Threatre The Development of the Theater, by Allardyce N... - 2 Reviews- The Development of the Theater by Allardyce Nicoll
- But--Is It Art? by Percy Hammond
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Religion The Life of Buddha, by A. Ferdinand Herold - 3 Reviews- The Life of Buddha by A. Ferdinand Herold
- A Short Psychology of Religion by G.J. Jordan
- The Teaching of the Old Boy by Tom MacInnes
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Literature French Poetry and Modern Industry, 1830-1870, ... - 2 Reviews- French Poetry and Modern Industry, 1830-1870 by Elliott M. Grant
- A Chaucer Handbook by Robert Dudley French
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The Sciences The Human Body, by Logan Clendening - 2 Reviews- The Human Body by Logan Clendening
- The Romance of the Atom by Benjamin Harrow
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Reprints Tolerance, by Hendrik Willem Van Loon - 4 Reviews- Tolerance by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
- Travellers' Tales by Henry C. Adams
- Kropotkin's Revolutionary Pamphlets by Roger N. Baldwin and Peter Kropotkin
- Daughter of the Revolution, and Other Stories by John Reed
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- English Synonyms Explained in Alphabetical Order by George Crabb
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Fiction Stuffed Peacocks, by Emily Clark - 7 Reviews- Stuffed Peacocks by Emily Clark
- Count Ten by Mildred Evans Gilman
- Purse Strings by Edith M. Stern
- Coaster Captain by James B. Connolly
- Bed and Breakfast by Coralie von Werner Hobson
- Gallion's Reach by H.M. Tomlinson
- The Undercurrent by Edith Holland
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Miscellaneous Solitaria, by V.V. Rozanov - 6 Reviews- Solitaria by V.V. Rozanov
- Some Rogues and Vagabonds of Dickens by Walter Dexter
- My Beliefs by Luther Burbank
- What I Believe by William J. Robinson
- Wholesome Marriage by Ernest R. Groves and Gladys Hoagland Groves
- The Early Worm by Robert Benchley
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December 1927 Issue = 35 Articles- Our White Folks by George S. Schuyler, pp. 385-392
- Philosophers as Kings by Louis LeFevre, pp. 393-397
- Night-Thoughts by Virginia Moore, p. 398
- Ladies of the Mob by Ernest Booth, pp. 399-407
- Hearts and Flowers--And Cash by Henry F. Pringle, pp. 408-415
- Americana, pp. 416-420
- Professor Jerry Thomas by Herbert Asbury, pp. 421-430
- A Jury Case by Sherwood Anderson, pp. 431-434
- The Pacing White Mustang by J. Frank Dobie, pp. 435-442
- Piano Technique in the Light of Experiment by Otto Ortmann, pp. 443-445
- Prestige Among Indians by Robert H. Lowie, pp. 446-448
- The Grandson of the Liberator by R.L. Duffus, pp. 449-457
- Evolution, or What Have You? by Knight Dunlap, pp. 458-463
- The Vulgate in American Fiction by Wallace Rice, pp. 464-466
- Ten by Ferner Nuhn, pp. 467-475
- The Roll of Honor by T.J. Bartlett, pp. 476-484
- Now We Got Probeesh by Chester T. Crowell, pp. 485-489
- An American Master by Thomas Craven, pp. 490-497
- Clinical Notes by George Jean Nathan, pp. 498-500
- The Theatre by George Jean Nathan, pp. 501-506
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The Races of Man by H.L. Mencken, p. 507 - 1 Review- Environment and Race by Thomas Griffith Taylor
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The Desert Epic by H.L. Mencken, pp. 508-509 - 2 Reviews- Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
- Wolf Song by Harvey Fergusson
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A Comedy of Fig-Leaves by H.L. Mencken, p. 510 - 1 Review- Something About Eve by James Branch Cabell
- The American Mercury Authors, p. 511
- Index to Volume XII, pp. 512-546
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Check List of New Books - 9 Reviews- Sex and Repression in Savage Society by Bronislaw Malinowski
- Science: Leading and Misleading by Arthur Lynch
- Dreams by Percy G. Stiles
- Further Contributions to the Theory and Technique of Psychoanalysis by Sandor Ferenczi
- Heredity and Human Affairs by Edward M. East
- The ABC of Psychology by Vance Randolph
- The Human Habitat by Ellsworth Huntington
- The Problem of Lay-Analyses by Sigmund Freud
- The Standardization of Error by Vilhjalmur Stefansson
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History Wah-To-Yah and the Taos Trail, by Lewis H. Gar... - 6 Reviews- Wah-To-Yah and the Taos Trail by Lewis H. Garrard
- The Freedmen's Savings Bank by Walter L. Fleming
- The Plague in Shakespeare's London by F.P. Wilson
- The Legacy of Israel by Edwyn Bevan and Charles Singer
- Turnpikes and Dirt Roads by Leighton Parks
- Our Times: America Finding Herself by Mark Sullivan
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Religion The New Reformation, by Michael Pupin - 4 Reviews- The New Reformation by Michael Pupin
- God and Pain by George Stewart
- The Radiant Story of Jesus by Alphonse Seche
- The Forgotten Books of Eden by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr.
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Biography Portraits in Color, by Mary White Ovington - 10 Reviews- Portraits in Color by Mary White Ovington
- Alfred E. Smith: A Critical Study by Henry F. Pringle
- "Boss" Tweed by Denis Tilden Lynch
- Transition by Will Durant
- Reminiscences of Adventure and Service by Major-General A.W. Greely
- Letters of Richard Wagner by Wilhelm Altmann and Richard Wagner
- Napoleon and His Women Friends by Gertrude Kuntze-Dolton Aretz
- Lord Northcliffe: A Study by R. McNair Wilson
- The Letters of Baudelaire by Charles Baudelaire
- Commodore Vanderbilt by Arthur D. Howden Smith
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Public Affairs Homemaking: A Profession for Men and Women, by... - 17 Reviews- Homemaking: A Profession for Men and Women by Elizabeth Macdonald and Forrester Macdonald
- The New Governments of Eastern Europe by Malbone W. Graham, Jr.
- The Prohibition Mania by Clarence Darrow and Victor S. Yarros
- British War Finance, 1914-1919 by Henry F. Grady
- The Life and Death of Sacco and Vanzetti by Eugene Lyons
- Materialism and Empirio-Criticism by V.I. Lenin
- Ballyhoo: The Voice of the Press by Silas Bent
- American Loans to Germany by Robert R. Kuczynski
- American Company Unions by Robert W. Dunn
- Old Sox on Trumpeting by E.T. Gundlach
- Political Myths and Economic Realities by Francis Delaisi
- Lars Porsena by Robert Graves
- Declining Liberty, and Other Papers by John A. Ryan
- The War on Modern Science by Maynard Shipley
- Do Americans Really Value Education? by Abraham Flexner
- The City Manager by Leonard D. White
- What the Employer Thinks by J. David Houser
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The Fine Arts Modern Russian Composers, by Leonid Sabaneev - 6 Reviews- Modern Russian Composers by Leonid Sabaneev
- The Art of Japan by Louis V. Ledoux
- Trees at Night by Art Young
- Chinese Art by R.L. Hobson
- The Rembrandt Drawings and Etchings by John C. Van Dyke
- The Schumanns and Johannes Brahms by Eugenie Schumann
- Editorial Notes
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Literature The Life and Works of Edward Moore, by John Ho... - 3 Reviews- The Life and Works of Edward Moore by John Homer Caskey
- Biography: The Literature of Personality by James Chapman Johnston
- Three Women Poets of Modern Japan by Glenn Hughes and Yozan T. Iswasaki
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Reprints In the Midst of Life, by Ambrose Bierce - 9 Reviews- In the Midst of Life by Ambrose Bierce
- Selected Papers of Bertrand Russell by Bertrand Russell
- Creative Education in School, College, University, and Museum by Henry Fairfield Osborn
- The Good Gray Poet by William Douglas O'Connor
- Jean-Christophe by Romain Rolland
- Castles in Spain, and Other Screeds by John Galsworthy
- The Story of a Country Town by E.W. Howe
- The Prose and Poetry of William Blake by Geoffrey Keynes and William Blake
- Proudhon's Solution of the Social Problem by Henry Cohen and P.-J. Proudhon
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The Theatre The Art of Theatre-Going, by John Drinkwater - 4 Reviews- The Art of Theatre-Going by John Drinkwater
- The Theatre by Stark Young
- The Best Plays of 1926-1927 by Burns Mantle
- Eight European Plays by Winifred Katzin
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