April 1927 Issue, THE BOOKMAN

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  The Point of View (7 Items) , p. 113
  1. Padlocking Fiction, p. 113
  2. Discouraging the Bachelor, p. 114
  3. Integrity of Purpose, p. 114
  4. Readable Religion, p. 115
  5. The Moderns Retaliate, p. 116
  6. Art Among Illustrators, p. 117
  7. A Tear for Conversation, pp. 117-118
- The Curious Business of Being a Preacher
  Gaius Glenn Atkins
  , pp. 119-124
- The Security of Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  Grant Overton
  , pp. 125-131
- Orbits
  Hamilton Eames
  , p. 132
- The Fauntleroy Plague
  John Nicholas Beffel
  , pp. 133-136
- If I Were God
  Marjorie Hillis
  , p. 137
- The Mental Patient and the Library
  John E. Lind
  , pp. 138-141
- Sedulous Apings
  Emanuel Eisenberg
  , pp. 142-148
- Emily Dickinson
  Leonora Speyer
  , p. 149
- The Minority Rules
  Edward L. Bernays
  , pp. 150-155
- The New Season in Fiction
  Isabel Paterson
  , pp. 156-161
- Chimes
  William Alexander Percy
  , p. 162
- Paging John Harvard
  Ethel Kelley
  , pp. 163-165
- Birthday Song
  Dorothy Sohm Metz
  , p. 166
- Jeremy at Crale
  Hugh Walpole
  , pp. 167-176
  Part V
- Big Boy
  John Beecher
  , p. 177
- Spring Roads to Children's Books
  Anne Carroll Moore
  , pp. 178-183
- The Londoner
  Simon Pure
  , pp. 184-190
- Has America a Literary Dictatorship?
  Anonymous
  , pp. 191-199
- The Bromfield Saga
  Henry B. Fuller
  , pp. 200-203
- The New Yorker
  Larry Barretto
  , pp. 204-208
- Inheritor
  Mabel Simpson
  , p. 209
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  The Bookman's Guide to Fiction (71 Reviews) , pp. 210-212
  Comrade Jill, by Herbert Adams
  1. Comrade Jill by Herbert Adams
  2. Revelry by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  3. This Day's Madness by Adelaide Champneys
  4. Dawn by Irving Bacheller
  5. Alpha by Emery Balint
  6. The Mouls House Mystery by Charles Barry
  7. The Manchu Cloud by James W. Bennett
  8. Early Autumn by Louis Bromfield
  9. The Delectable Mountains by M. Struthers Burt
  10. Her Son's Wife by Dorothy Canfield
  11. Shadows Waiting by Eleanor Carroll Chilton
  12. Ladies and Gentlemen by Irvin S. Cobb
  13. The Field of Mustard by A.E. Coppard
  14. Doomsday by Warwick Deeping
  15. Sorrell and Son by Warwick Deeping
  16. Jill by E.M. Delafield
  17. The Black Knight by Ethel M. Dell
  18. Clad in Purple Mist by Catherine I. Dodd
  19. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
  20. The Peach's Progress by May Edginton
  21. Galahad by John Erskine
  22. The Private Life of Helen of Troy by John Erskine
  23. The Wind of Complication by Susan Ertz
  24. Show Boat by Edna Ferber
  25. Golden Tales of Anatole France by Anatole France
  26. The Silver Spoon by John Galsworthy
  27. The Voice of Dashin by Martin L.A. Gompertz
  28. Children of the Morning by Walter Lionel George
  29. Labels by A. Hamilton Gibbs
  30. The Up-Grade by George Gibbs
  31. The Romantic Comedians by Ellen Glasgow
  32. The Trail of the White Knight by Bruce Graeme
  33. Midsummer Music by Stephen Graham
  34. Under the Tonto Rim by Zane Grey
  35. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
  36. Congai by Harry Hervey
  37. The House of Secrets by Sydney Horler
  38. Winterwise by Zephine Humphrey
  39. The Pope of the Sea by Vicente Blasco-Ibanez
  40. The Longest Shadow by Jeffery E. Jeffery
  41. The Affair in Duplex 9B by William Johnston
  42. Dance Magic by Clarence Budington Kelland
  43. Mystery De Luxe by Rufus King
  44. The Understanding Heart by Peter B. Kyne
  45. The Big Mogul by Joseph C. Lincoln
  46. Lord of Himself by Percy Marks
  47. Sylvia of the Minute by Helen R. Martin
  48. Ulick and Soracha by George Moore
  49. The Happy Tree by Rosalind Murray
  50. Chevrons by Leonard H. Nason
  51. The Hard-Boiled Virgin by Frances Newman
  52. Wild Honey by Frederick Niven
  53. Hildegarde by Kathleen Norris
  54. Mr. Gilhooley by Liam O'Flaherty
  55. The Dark Dawn by Martha Ostenso
  56. Jennifer by John Palmer
  57. Tomorrow Morning by Anne Parrish
  58. Rivers to Cross by Roland Pertwee
  59. The Miniature by Eden Phillpotts
  60. Cherry Square by Grace S. Richmond
  61. Skin-Deep by Naomi Royde-Smith
  62. Corsican Justice by J.G. Sarasin
  63. The Beadle by Pauline Smith
  64. The Dark Gentleman by G.B. Stern
  65. The Plutocrat by Booth Tarkington
  66. Harmer John by Hugh Walpole
  67. The World of William Clissold by H.G. Wells
  68. The Drury Club Case by Sidney Williams
  69. Beau Geste by Percival Christopher Wren
  70. Beau Sabreur by Percival Christopher Wren
  71. Dew and Mildew by Percival Christopher Wren
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  The Editor Recommends--- (14 Reviews)
  J.F.
  , pp. 213-215
  Shadows Waiting, by Eleanor Carroll Chilton
  1. Shadows Waiting by Eleanor Carroll Chilton
  2. The Beadle by Pauline Smith
  3. Amy Lowell: A Mosaic by George H. Sargent
  4. She-Shanties by A.P. Herbert
  5. The Autobiography of a Chinese Dog by Florence W. Ayscough
  6. The Dark Gentleman by G.B. Stern
  7. Famous Poison Mysteries by Edward H. Smith
  8. Blotted 'Scutcheons by Horace Wyndham
  9. Rogues and Scoundrels by Philip W. Sergeant
  10. The Mouls House Mystery by Charles Barry
  11. The Drury Club Case by Sidney Williams
  12. Guidance from Francis Thompson in Matters of Faith by John A. Hutton
  13. The Pilgrim Ship by Katharine Lee Bates
  14. The Arrow of Lightning by Beatrice Witte Ravenel
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  A Shelf of Recent Books (5 Reviews) , p. 216
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    Sinclair Lewis and Blasphemy (Review)
    Henry Seidel Canby
    , p. 216
    1. Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
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    Review Elmer Gantry, by Sinclair Lewis (Review)
    Charles W. Ferguson
    , pp. 216-217
    1. Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis
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    Mr. Guedalla and His So Potent Art (Review)
    Dorothea Lawrance Mann
    , pp. 218-219
    1. Palmerston, 1784-1865 by Philip Guedalla
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    Four Poets (4 Reviews)
    Babette Deutsch
    , p. 220
    1. Personae: The Collected Poems of Ezra Pound by Ezra Pound
    2. Two Gentlemen in Bonds by John Crowe Ransom
    3. 7 P.M. and Other Poems~~Seven P.M. and Other Poems by Mark Van Doren
    4. Fine Clothes to the Jew by Langston Hughes
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    A Strenuous Victorian (Review)
    Gerald Carson
    , pp. 221-222
    1. The Early Life and Letters of John Morley by Francis W. Hirst and John Morley
- The Bookman's Monthly Score, p. 223
- The Seven Seas
  Michael Joseph
  , pp. 224-228
- The Gossip Shop, pp. 229-258
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  In Brief Review (25 Reviews)
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    Review The Passing Show, by Henry Russell (Review)
    1. The Passing Show by Henry Russell
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    Review Transition, by Edwin Muir (Review)
    1. Transition by Edwin Muir
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    Review The New Universe, by Baker Brownell (Review)
    1. The New Universe by Baker Brownell
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    Review George the Fourth, by Shane Leslie (Review)
    1. George the Fourth by Shane Leslie
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    Review Wild Goslings, by William Rose Benet (Review)
    1. Wild Goslings by William Rose Benet
  6. [+]
    Review The Diary of Arthur Christopher Benson, by Per... (Review)
    1. The Diary of Arthur Christopher Benson by Percy Lubbock and Arthur Christopher Benson
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    Review A Mid-Century Child and Her Books, by Caroline... (Review)
    1. A Mid-Century Child and Her Books by Caroline M. Hewins
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    2 Reviews Great Names, by Walter J. Turner (2 Reviews)
    1. Great Names by Walter J. Turner
    2. The Copeland Reader by Charles Townsend Copeland
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    Review Joseph Pennell's Pictures of Philadelphia, by ... (Review)
    1. Joseph Pennell's Pictures of Philadelphia by Joseph Pennell
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    Review Stories in Stones, (Review)
    1. Stories in Stones
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    Review Criminal Paris, by Netley Lucas (Review)
    1. Criminal Paris by Netley Lucas
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    Review My Life and Times, by Jerome K. Jerome (Review)
    1. My Life and Times by Jerome K. Jerome
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    Review Emile Berliner: Maker of the Microphone, by Fr... (Review)
    1. Emile Berliner: Maker of the Microphone by Frederic William Wile
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    Review H.G. Wells: Educationist, by F.H. Doughty (Review)
    1. H.G. Wells: Educationist by F.H. Doughty
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    Review The Best Poems of 1926, by L.A.G. Strong (Review)
    1. The Best Poems of 1926 by L.A.G. Strong
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    Review Personal Reminiscences of Auguste Rodin, by An... (Review)
    1. Personal Reminiscences of Auguste Rodin by Anthony M. Ludovici
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    Review Lay Thoughts of a Dean, by William Ralph Inge (Review)
    1. Lay Thoughts of a Dean by William Ralph Inge
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    Review The Frontier in American Literature, by Lucy L... (Review)
    1. The Frontier in American Literature by Lucy Lockwood Hazard
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    Review Rambles with Anatole France, by Sandor Kemeri (Review)
    1. Rambles with Anatole France by Sandor Kemeri
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    Review The Colby Essays, by Frank Moore Colby and Cla... (Review)
    1. The Colby Essays by Frank Moore Colby and Clarence Day, Jr.
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    Review Read America First, by Robert Littell (Review)
    1. Read America First by Robert Littell
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    Review Causes and Their Champions, by M.A. De Wolfe Howe (Review)
    1. Causes and Their Champions by M.A. De Wolfe Howe
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    Review Heir to Kings, by Winifred Duke (Review)
    1. Heir to Kings by Winifred Duke
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    Review The Diaries of a Duchess, by James Greig and D... (Review)
    1. The Diaries of a Duchess by James Greig and Duchess of Northumberland
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    Review A Musician and His Wife, by Anna Farwell de Koven (Review)
    1. A Musician and His Wife by Anna Farwell de Koven
- The Contributors' Column
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  The Month On Murray Hill (10 Reviews)
  Grant Overton
  Young Men in Love, by Michael Arlen
  1. Young Men in Love by Michael Arlen
  2. Revolt in the Desert by T.E. Lawrence
  3. The Beadle by Pauline Smith
  4. Rogues and Vagabonds by Compton Mackenzie
  5. Famous Criminals and Their Trials by Sidney Theodore Felstead and Mary Beatrice Leycester Muir, ...
  6. Broadway by Philip Dunning and George Abbott
  7. Wild Orchard by Dan Totheroh
  8. Billy Padley's Wife by Norman Venner
  9. Ruth's Rebellion by Achmed Abdullah
  10. Ironical Tales by Laurence Housman
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  Religious Books On Murray Hill (3 Reviews)
  Youth and Christian Unity, by Walter W. Van Kirk
  1. Youth and Christian Unity by Walter W. Van Kirk
  2. The Tragedy of Saul by John A. Hutton
  3. The Capacity for God by Robert F. Horton
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  Among the Religious Books (3 Reviews)
  C.W.F.
  Seeking the Mind of Christ, by Robert E. Speer
  1. Seeking the Mind of Christ by Robert E. Speer
  2. The Book of Comfort
  3. Adventures on the Borderlands of Ethics by Richard C. Cabot
- The Collector's Guide