May 1924 Issue, THE BOOKMAN

- Limitations of Authorship in America
  Hamlin Garland
  , pp. 257-261
- To a Young Man
  Margaret Widdemer
  , p. 262
- A Letter from Michaelis Kerek
  Robert Roe
  , pp. 263-269
  A Story
- That Literary Wanderer, E.V. Lucas
  Grant Overton
  , pp. 270-276
- Two Poems
  Amy Lowell
  , p. 277
- Emerson's Essays---A Gospel of Revolt
  Floyd Dell
  , pp. 278-279
- In Regard to Rings
  Annie Higgins
  , p. 280
- The Literary Spotlight---XXIX. Thomas Beer
  Anonymous
  , pp. 281-285
- In Their Glad Playing Time
  Thomas Moult
  , p. 286
- Publishing as a Vocation
  George H. Doran
  , pp. 287-295
- Children's Books of the Spring
  Anne Carroll Moore
  , pp. 296-305
- Chapters from Unwritten Autobiographies
  Honore Willsie Morrow
  , pp. 306-310
  III. Book Hunger
- Making the Most of Your Genius
  Mary Austin
  , pp. 311-315
  VI. Genius and the Creative Wish
- The Londoner
  Simon Pure
  , pp. 316-320
- Because We Love Each Other Passing Well
  Ruth Lambert Jones
  , p. 321
- A Midwestern Portrait
  Ernest Boyd
  , pp. 322-327
- Song in Spring
  Marion Clinch Calkins
  , p. 328
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  To See or Not to See (2 Reviews) , pp. 329-332
  1. Plays and Motion Pictures of the Month
    David Carb
    , pp. 329-332
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    6 Reviews The Thief of Bagdad (1924 Film), by Raoul Walsh (6 Reviews)
    J.F.
    , pp. 333-334
    1. The Thief of Bagdad (1924 Film) by Raoul Walsh
    2. Wild Oranges (1924 Film) by King Vidor
    3. Hollywood (1923 Film) by James Cruze
    4. Secrets (1924 Film) by Frank Borzage
    5. A Society Scandal (1924 Film) by Allan Dwan
    6. The Love Master (1924 Film) by Laurence Trimble
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  The Bookman's Guide to Fiction (72 Reviews) , pp. 335-337
  Prize Stories of 1923,
  1. Prize Stories of 1923
  2. Siege by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  3. These Charming People by Michael Arlen
  4. Black Oxen by Gertrude Atherton
  5. Rapture by Richmond Brooks Barrett
  6. Riceyman Steps by Arnold Bennett
  7. Visible and Invisible by E.F. Benson
  8. King Tommy by George A. Birmingham
  9. Mince Collop Close by George Blake
  10. The Green Bay Tree by Louis Bromfield
  11. A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
  12. Bright Lights by Robert Orr Chipperfield
  13. The Dear Pretender by Alice Ross Colver
  14. The Street of Many Arches by Joan Conquest and Gwen Lally
  15. The Rover by Joseph Conrad
  16. The Alaskan by James Oliver Curwood
  17. The Coast of Folly by Coningsby Dawson
  18. Triumph by Helen Marion Edginton
  19. Madame Claire by Susan Ertz
  20. So Big by Edna Ferber
  21. Prancing Nigger by Ronald Firbank
  22. Guilt by Henry James Forman
  23. Gerald Cranston's Lady by Gilbert Frankau
  24. Stories from "The Midland" by John T. Frederick
  25. Heirs Apparent by Philip Gibbs
  26. Six Days by Elinor Glyn
  27. Seacoast of Bohemia by Louis Golding
  28. The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey
  29. Without Gloves by James B. Hendryx
  30. The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
  31. Mother of Gold by Emerson Hough
  32. Lummox by Fannie Hurst
  33. Down There: A Study in Satanism by Joris-Karl Huysmans
  34. The Pitiful Wife by Storm Jameson
  35. Christopher Columbus by Johannes V. Jensen
  36. Blue Blood by Owen Johnson
  37. The Lady of Pentlands by Elizabeth Jordan
  38. The Steadfast Heart by Clarence Budington Kelland
  39. The Happy Isles by Basil King
  40. Never the Twain Shall Meet by Peter B. Kyne
  41. Doomsland by Shane Leslie
  42. Doctor Nye of North Ostable by Joseph C. Lincoln
  43. John-no-Brawn by George Looms
  44. Here Comes the Sun! by Emilie Loring
  45. Told by an Idiot by Rose Macaulay
  46. The Mystery Woman by Alice MacGowan and Perry Newberry
  47. The Plastic Age by Percy Marks
  48. Hazard by Nancy Barr Mavity
  49. Vindication by Stephen McKenna
  50. Bull-Dog Drummond's Third Round by Herman Cyril McNeile
  51. Half Gods by Lynn Montross
  52. Bread by Charles G. Norris
  53. Butterfly by Kathleen Norris
  54. The Best Short Stories of 1923 by Edward J. O'Brien
  55. The Honourable Jim by Emmuska Orczy
  56. Old Misery by Hugh Pendexter
  57. Easy by Nina Wilcox Putnam
  58. Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini
  59. The Inverted Pyramid by Bertrand W. Sinclair
  60. A Cure of Souls by May Sinclair
  61. Mrs. Phelps' Husband by Adriana Spadoni
  62. Coffins for Two by Vincent Starrett
  63. Empty Hands by Arthur Stringer
  64. The Midlander by Booth Tarkington
  65. The Education of Peter by John Wiley
  66. I, the King by Wayland Wells Williams
  67. Oh, Doctor! by Harry Leon Wilson
  68. The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson
  69. Leave It to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse
  70. A Poet's Youth by Margaret L. Woods
  71. The Mine with the Iron Door by Harold Bell Wright
  72. Ann's an Idiot by Pamela Wynne
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  The Editor Recommends--- (7 Reviews)
  J.F.
  , pp. 338-340
  The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson, by Rosaline Masson
  1. The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson by Rosaline Masson
  2. Rapture by Richmond Brooks Barrett
  3. The Green Bay Tree by Louis Bromfield
  4. The Education of Peter by John Wiley
  5. Skylines and Horizons by DuBose Heyward
  6. The Happy Marriage by Archibald MacLeish
  7. The Price of Freedom by Calvin Coolidge
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  The Book of the Month (Review)
  Burton Rascoe
  , pp. 341-342
  Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, by George Brandes
  1. Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature by George Brandes
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  A Shelf of Recent Books (5 Reviews) , pp. 343-344
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    Variety versus Intensity (2 Reviews)
    Blanche Colton Williams
    , pp. 343-344
    1. The Best Short Stories of 1923 by Edward J. O'Brien
    2. Stories from "The Midland" by John T. Frederick
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    Our Supernormal Faculties (Review)
    Mary Austin
    , p. 345
    1. Supernormal Faculties in Man by Eugene Osty
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    Individual Verse (6 Reviews)
    David Morton
    , pp. 346-347
    1. An Outland Piper by Donald Davidson
    2. On a Grey Thread by Elsa Gidlow
    3. The Miller's Youngest Daughter by Grace Fallow Norton
    4. Mosaics by Beatrice E. Harmon
    5. Many Wings by Isabella Fiske Conant
    6. A Half Century of Sonnets by Gustav Davidson
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    Psychoanalysis Again (3 Reviews)
    Joseph Collins
    , p. 348
    1. The Re-Creating of the Individual by Beatrice M. Hinkle
    2. Our Fear Complexes by Edward Huntington Williams and Ernest Bryant Hoag, ...
    3. Dreads and Besetting Fears by Tom Alfred Williams
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    A One Man Book (Review)
    Nelson Antrim Crawford
    , p. 349
    1. Old Papermaking by Dard Hunter
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  Recent Books in Brief Review (35 Reviews) , p. 350
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    Review J. Ramsay MacDonald: The Man of To-Morrow, by ... (Review) , p. 350
    1. J. Ramsay MacDonald: The Man of To-Morrow by Iconoclast
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    Review Salvos, by Waldo Frank (Review) , p. 350
    1. Salvos by Waldo Frank
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    Review A History of Assyria, by A.T. Olmstead (Review) , p. 350
    1. A History of Assyria by A.T. Olmstead
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    Review Writing the Short-Story, by J. Berg Esenwein (Review) , p. 350
    1. Writing the Short-Story by J. Berg Esenwein
  5. [+]
    Review Plutarch Lied, by Jean de Pierrefeu (Review) , p. 351
    1. Plutarch Lied by Jean de Pierrefeu
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    Review Sea Songs and Ballads, 1917-22, by C. Fox Smith (Review) , p. 351
    1. Sea Songs and Ballads, 1917-22 by C. Fox Smith
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    2 Reviews The Lure of French Chateaux, by Frances M. Gos... (2 Reviews) , p. 351
    1. The Lure of French Chateaux by Frances M. Gostling
    2. The Lure of the Riviera by Frances M. Gostling
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    Review Dramatis Personae, by Arthur Symons (Review) , p. 351
    1. Dramatis Personae by Arthur Symons
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    Review Mahatma Gandhi, by Romain Rolland (Review) , p. 352
    1. Mahatma Gandhi by Romain Rolland
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    Review Essays on Poetry, by J.C. Squire (Review) , p. 352
    1. Essays on Poetry by J.C. Squire
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    Review Nature in Downland, by W.H. Hudson (Review) , p. 352
    1. Nature in Downland by W.H. Hudson
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    Review Heinrich Heine: This Romance and Tragedy, by M... (Review) , p. 352
    1. Heinrich Heine: This Romance and Tragedy by Michael Monahan
  13. [+]
    Review The Color of a Great City, by Theodore Dreiser (Review) , p. 353
    1. The Color of a Great City by Theodore Dreiser
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    Review Storm in Harvest, by Edward Steese (Review) , p. 353
    1. Storm in Harvest by Edward Steese
  15. [+]
    Review Reflections on the Napoleonic Legend, by Alber... (Review) , p. 353
    1. Reflections on the Napoleonic Legend by Albert Leon Guerard
  16. [+]
    Review Yea and Nay, by C. David Stelling (Review) , p. 354
    1. Yea and Nay by C. David Stelling
  17. [+]
    Review The Ring of Love, by Brookes More (Review) , p. 354
    1. The Ring of Love by Brookes More
  18. [+]
    Review My University Days, by Maxim Gorky (Review) , p. 355
    1. My University Days by Maxim Gorky
  19. [+]
    Review What is Man?, by J. Arthur Thomson (Review) , p. 355
    1. What is Man? by J. Arthur Thomson
  20. [+]
    Review An Outlaw's Diary, Part II: The Commune, by Ce... (Review) , p. 355
    1. An Outlaw's Diary, Part II: The Commune by Cecile Tormay
  21. [+]
    Review Scarlet Runner, by Elizabeth Shaw Montgomery (Review) , p. 355
    1. Scarlet Runner by Elizabeth Shaw Montgomery
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    Review In the Footsteps of the Lincolns, by Ida M. Ta... (Review) , p. 355
    1. In the Footsteps of the Lincolns by Ida M. Tarbell
  23. [+]
    Review Victorian Poetry, by John Drinkwater (Review) , p. 356
    1. Victorian Poetry by John Drinkwater
  24. [+]
    Review On Strange Altars, by Paul Jordan-Smith (Review) , p. 356
    1. On Strange Altars by Paul Jordan-Smith
  25. [+]
    Review Woodrow Wilson's Case for the League of Nation... (Review) , p. 356
    1. Woodrow Wilson's Case for the League of Nations by Hamilton Foley
  26. [+]
    Review Bars and Shadows, by Ralph Chaplin (Review) , p. 356
    1. Bars and Shadows by Ralph Chaplin
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    Review Wonders of the Past, by J.A. Hammerton (Review) , p. 357
    1. Wonders of the Past by J.A. Hammerton
  28. [+]
    Review Changes and Chances, by Henry W. Nevinson (Review) , p. 357
    1. Changes and Chances by Henry W. Nevinson
  29. [+]
    Review At a Venture, by Charles Andrew Armstrong Bennett (Review) , p. 357
    1. At a Venture by Charles Andrew Armstrong Bennett
  30. [+]
    Review Robert Browning: Poet and Philosopher, by Fran... (Review) , p. 357
    1. Robert Browning: Poet and Philosopher by Frances M. Sim
  31. [+]
    Review Index to Short Stories, by Ina Ten Eyck Firkins (Review) , p. 358
    1. Index to Short Stories by Ina Ten Eyck Firkins
  32. [+]
    Review Standard Catalog: Fiction Section, by Corinne ... (Review) , p. 358
    1. Standard Catalog: Fiction Section by Corinne Bacon
  33. [+]
    Review A Book of Canadian Prose and Verse, by Edmund ... (Review) , p. 358
    1. A Book of Canadian Prose and Verse by Edmund Kemper Broadus and Eleanor Hammond Broadus, ...
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    Review Criticism in America: Its Function and Status,... (Review) , p. 358
    1. Criticism in America: Its Function and Status by Irving Babbitt
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    Review Jungle Beasts and Men, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji (Review) , p. 358
    1. Jungle Beasts and Men by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
- The Bookman's Monthly Score, p. 359
- In The Bookman's Mail
  Martha Hudson Edwards and C.K.M.
  , pp. 360-361
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  Foreign Notes and Comment (3 Items) , pp. 362-364
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    The Will to Culture (4 Reviews)
    Allen W. Porterfield
    , pp. 362-364
    1. The Norway Year Book 1924 by S.C. Hammer
    2. The Diary of Otto Braun by Julie Vogelstein and Otto Braun
    3. Das Land Gottes by Herman George Scheffauer
    4. Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
  2. Notes from France
    Pierre de Lanux
    , p. 365
  3. German Books and Translations
    Ethel Talbot Scheffauer
    , pp. 366-368
- The Bookman's Literary Club Service, pp. 369-372
- The Gossip Shop, pp. 373-384