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May 1928 Issue - 36 Articles- The Frail Sister of Medicine
Ralph Coghlan
, pp. 1-9 - The Great Papist Plot
W.A.S. Douglas
, pp. 10-15 - Written in Sand
Eda Lou Walton
, pp. 16-17 - Thieves and Vagabonds
Jim Tully
, pp. 18-24 - Editorial, pp. 25-27
- Latin America Falls in Line
Genaro Arbaiza
, pp. 28-37 - Americana, pp. 38-43
- The Rehabilitation of Whiskey
R.H. Towner
, pp. 44-51 - A Negro Looks at Race Prejudice
James Weldon Johnson
, pp. 52-56 - A New York Childhood
Catharine Brody
, pp. 57-66 - The First American Musician
Isaac Goldberg
, pp. 67-75 - Cezanne and His Crowd
Rollin Kirby
, pp. 76-77 - The Language of the Underworld
Ernest Booth
, pp. 78-81 - Jim Tully
Sara Haardt
, pp. 82-90 - Watch-Dog of the Blue Laws
Elsie McCormick
, pp. 91-98 - Polemic Against Sobriety
Benjamin De Casseres
, pp. 99-103 - Acres of Diamonds
W.C. Crosby
, pp. 104-113 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 114-116 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 117-122 The Library
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American Architecture (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 123 The American Architecture of To-Day, by George H. Edgell
- The American Architecture of To-Day by George H. Edgell
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The Powers of the Air (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 124-125 An Approach to the Psychology of Religion, by J. Cyril Flower
- An Approach to the Psychology of Religion by J. Cyril Flower
- Christianity, Past and Present by Charles Guignebert
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A 100% American in Muscovy (Review) H.L. Mencken
, p. 126 Present-Day Russia, by Ivy Lee
- Present-Day Russia by Ivy Lee
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Fiction (6 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, p. 127 A Man of Learning, by Nelson Antrim Crawford
- A Man of Learning by Nelson Antrim Crawford
- Men Without Women by Ernest Hemingway
- The Bonney Family by Ruth Suckow
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
- Stuffed Peacocks by Emily Clark
- An Artist in the Family by Sarah Gertrude Millin
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-162
Check List of New Books
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Biography (7 Reviews) - Alger: A Biography Without a Hero by Herbert R. Mayes
- The Low-Down by Charles Green Shaw
- Cavour by Maurice Paleologue
- The Yankee of the Yards by Louis F. Swift
- W.E. Gladstone by Osbert Burdett
- Mussolini: The Man of Destiny by Vittorio E. De Fiori
- Up the Years from Bloomsbury by George Arliss
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Criticism Remy de Gourmont: A Modern Man of Letters, by ... (2 Reviews) - Remy de Gourmont: A Modern Man of Letters by Richard Aldington
- Destinations: A Canvass of American Literature Since 1900 by Gorham B. Munson
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Religion The Agony of Christianity, and Essays on Faith... (3 Reviews) - The Agony of Christianity, and Essays on Faith by Miguel de Unamuno
- The Story of the Ten Commandments by Conrad Henry Moehlman
- The Living Bible by Bolton Hall
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The Fine Arts Old Masters and Modern Art, by Charles J. Holmes (5 Reviews) - Old Masters and Modern Art by Charles J. Holmes
- Flemish Art: A Critical Survey by Roger E. Fry
- Early American Glass by Rhea Mansfield Knittle
- L'Oeuvre du Sculpteur O'Connor by Helene Desmaroux
- Apples and Madonnas by Clarence J. Bulliet
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History The German Element in the United States, by Al... (2 Reviews) - The German Element in the United States by Albert Bernhardt Faust
- The Etruscans by David Randall-MacIver
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Public Affairs Mr. Justice Holmes and the Constitution, by Fe... (8 Reviews) - Mr. Justice Holmes and the Constitution by Felix Frankfurter
- Constructive Citizenship by L.P. Jacks
- An Uphill Road in India by Marie L. Christlieb
- Amerika and Der Amerikanismus by Adolf Halfield
- The Republican Party by William Starr Myers
- The Democratic Party: A History by Frank R. Kent
- The Story of the Films by Joseph P. Kennedy#2
- The Great American Band-Wagon by Charles Merz
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The Sciences Understanding Human Nature, by Alfred Adler (3 Reviews) - Understanding Human Nature by Alfred Adler
- The Unconscious by Ethel S. Dummer
- The Story of Myths by E.E. Kellett
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Folk-Lore The African Saga, by Blaise Cendrars (5 Reviews) - The African Saga by Blaise Cendrars
- Congaree Sketches by E.C.L. Adams
- Problems in Shakespeare's Penmanship by Samuel A. Tannenbaum
- The Journal of Kenko by Herbert H. Gowen
- Our Lord Don Quixote by Miguel de Unamuno
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Travel Our Holy and Our Beautiful House, by George Au... (3 Reviews) - Our Holy and Our Beautiful House by George Austen
- Towns and People of Modern Germany by Robert Medill McBride
- The Silent Force by Thomas Morris Longstreth
- Editorial Notes
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Fiction Leave Me With a Smile, by Elliott White Springs (16 Reviews) - Leave Me With a Smile by Elliott White Springs
- The Wayward Man by St. John G. Ervine
- Iron and Smoke by Sheila Kaye-Smith
- History of Anthony Waring by May Sinclair
- The Unbearable Bassington by Saki
- Claire Ambler by Booth Tarkington
- Meet Mr. Mulliner by P.G. Wodehouse
- Europe at Love by Paul Morand
- Yellow Gentians and Blue by Zona Gale
- Prize Stories of 1927 by Blanche Colton Williams
- Half Price by Constance Travers Sweatman
- My Heart and My Flesh by Elizabeth Madox Roberts
- Lazy Isle by George F. Hummel
- Tarka the Otter by Henry Williamson
- Children of the Wind by Doris Peel
- The Mob by Vicente Blasco Ibanez
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Miscellaneous Estampas de San Cristobal, by Jorge Manach (9 Reviews) - Estampas de San Cristobal by Jorge Manach
- Oregon Geographic Names by Lewis A. McArthur
- Mind Your P's and Q's by Jerome S. Meyer
- Tobaccoland by Carl Avery Werner
- The Ideals and Follies of Business by William Feather
- The Story of Law by John Maxcy Zane
- The Kingdom of Books by William Dana Orcutt
- The World in the Making by Hermann Keyserling
- The Chronicles of a Contented Man by O.J. Laylander