March 1928 Issue, THE BOOKMAN

- Talks With Thomas Hardy
  Vere H. Collins
  , pp. 1-6
- Hoosier Letters and the Ku Klux Klan
  Meredith Nicholson
  , pp. 7-11
- Two Poems
  Elizabeth Coatsworth
  , p. 12
- Keats's Debet to Robert Burton
  Floyd Dell
  , pp. 13-17
- Boston: Chapters III-IV
  Upton Sinclair
  , pp. 18-33
- Julien Green
  Edmond Jaloux
  , pp. 34-35
- Promoters I Have Known
  O.A. Owen
  , pp. 36-41
- Stars: Two Sonnets
  Robinson Jeffers
  , p. 42
- "Philosophy"
  Helen E. Haines
  , pp. 43-47
- The Grasshopper
  Gerald Bullett
  , pp. 48-52
- Old Matinee Idols
  John Walker Harrington
  , pp. 53-55
- Ford Madox Ford: A Portrait in Impressions
  Herbert Gorman
  , pp. 56-60
- News Story Contest: Prize Story for December
  Philip Kinsley
  , pp. 61-63
  Mine Owners Balk at U.S. Strike Parley
- Glorifying the American Flea
  Robert Benchley
  , p. 64
- "Ballads, Songs and Snatches"
  Abbe Niles
  , pp. 64-69
- Anonymously
  John Farrar
  , pp. 70-74
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  A Bookman's Notes (3 Items) , pp. 75-76
  1. An Agricultural Economics, pp. 75-76
  2. Trivia and Momenta, p. 77
  3. How To Warm Up a Meeting, pp. 78-80
- Five Caricatures
  H.M. Knight
  , pp. 81-82
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  "Here are Ladies" (3 Reviews)
  Burton Rascoe
  , pp. 83-84
  Claire Ambler, by Booth Tarkington
  1. Claire Ambler by Booth Tarkington
  2. The Ugly Duchess by Lion Feuchtwanger
  3. Juggler's Kiss by Manuel Komroff
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  The American Scene (Review)
  Burton Rascoe
  , pp. 85-87
  Conquistador, by Philip Guedalla
  1. Conquistador by Philip Guedalla
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  Biographies in Counterpoint (2 Reviews)
  Andre Maurois
  , pp. 88-89
  Shelley: His Life and Work, 1817 to 1822, by Walter Edwin Peck
  1. Shelley: His Life and Work, 1817 to 1822 by Walter Edwin Peck
  2. Shelley: His Theory of Poetry by Melvin T. Solve
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  Amerind Life and Culture (Review)
  Mary Austin
  , pp. 90-91
  The Story of the American Indian, by Paul Radin
  1. The Story of the American Indian by Paul Radin
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  The Puck of English Politics (Review)
  Rose Lee
  , pp. 92-93
  Disraeli: A Picture of the Victorian Age, by Andre Maurois
  1. Disraeli: A Picture of the Victorian Age by Andre Maurois
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  A Shelf of Recent Books (7 Reviews) , pp. 94-95
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    Looking Pegasus in the Mouth (4 Reviews)
    Alexander Wayrill
    , pp. 94-95
    1. The Classical Tradition in Poetry by Gilbert Murray
    2. Dithyramb, Tragedy and Comedy by Arthur W. Pickard-Cambridge
    3. Aeschylus and Sophocles: Their Work and Influence by John T. Sheppard
    4. Euripides the Idealist by R.B. Appleton
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    Backstairs Gossip of the Many Mansions (Review)
    H.M. Kallen
    , p. 96
    1. Heavenly History by Eleanor Follansbee
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    Humanizing Psychology (4 Reviews)
    S. Daniel House
    , pp. 97-98
    1. About Ourselves by H.A. Overstreet
    2. Character and the Conduct of Life by William McDougall
    3. Understanding Human Nature by Alfred Adler
    4. The Kingdom of the Mind by June E. Downey
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    Close To the Heart of America (2 Reviews)
    Graham McNamee
    , p. 99
    1. Ten---and Out! by Alexander Johnston
    2. Football Today and Tomorrow by William W. Roper
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    "Die Gottliche, Heilige Isadora" (Review)
    Seumus O'Sheel
    , p. 100
    1. My Life by Isadora Duncan
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    Ballads In Print (5 Reviews)
    Robert A. Kissack, Jr.
    , pp. 101-102
    1. The American Songbag by Carl Sandburg
    2. Minstrelsy of Maine by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm and Mary Winslow Smyth
    3. Songs and Ballads of the Anthracite Miner by George G. Korson
    4. Weep Some More, My Lady by Sigmund Gottfried Spaeth
    5. Yankee Doodle-Doo by Grenville Vernon
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    The Khatun Rides By (Review)
    Olivia Howard Dunbar
    , pp. 103-104
    1. The Letters of Gertrude Bell by Lady Bell and Gertrude Bell
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  Problems of War and Peace (7 Reviews)
  Foster Rhea Dulles
  , pp. 105-107
  Peace or War?, by Joseph M. Kenworthy
  1. Peace or War? by Joseph M. Kenworthy
  2. Janus: The Conquest of War by William McDougall
  3. The Outlawry of War by Charles Clayton Morrison
  4. The World Talks It Over by Burr Price
  5. Marching Men by Stanton A. Coblentz
  6. The Natural History of Revolution by Lyford P. Edwards
  7. Propaganda Technique in the World War by Harold D. Lasswell
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  Take of These Drama Books (13 Reviews)
  Montrose J. Moses
  , pp. 108-110
  A History of the American Drama, by Arthur Hobson Quinn
  1. A History of the American Drama by Arthur Hobson Quinn
  2. The Theatre of Neptune in New France by Marc Lescarbot
  3. Theatre: Essays on the Arts of the Theatre by Edith J.R. Isaacs
  4. A Repertory of Plays for a Company of Three Players by Charles Rann Kennedy
  5. Plays of Negro Life by Alain LeRoy Locke and Montgomery Gregory
  6. The Appleton Book of Short Plays by Kenyon Nicholson
  7. Mariners by Clemence Dane
  8. Lazarus Laughed (1925-26) by Eugene O'Neill
  9. Bismarck: The Trilogy of a Fighter by Emil Ludwig
  10. Three Plays by William Archer
  11. Playgoing by James Agate
  12. Eight European Plays by Winifred Katzin
  13. A Splendid Gypsy: John Drew by Peggy Wood
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  Midas and His Boswells (5 Reviews)
  Louis Sherwin
  , pp. 111-112
  Lord Northcliffe: A Study, by R. McNair Wilson
  1. Lord Northcliffe: A Study by R. McNair Wilson
  2. Viscount Leverhulme by William Lever Leverhulme
  3. As I Knew Them by Henry L. Stoddard
  4. More English Diaries by Arthur Ponsonby
  5. Scottish and Irish Diaries by Arthur Ponsonby
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  Advance Guard of Spring Novels (8 Reviews)
  Louise Maunsell Field
  , pp. 113-114
  Iron and Smoke, by Sheila Kaye-Smith
  1. Iron and Smoke by Sheila Kaye-Smith
  2. Red Rust by Cornelia James Cannon
  3. A President Is Born by Fannie Hurst
  4. "My Wife, Poor Wretch" by Emma Beatrice Brunner
  5. Eden by Murray Sheehan
  6. The Midnight Folk by John Masefield
  7. Scabby Dichson by Richard Blaker
  8. Due Reckoning by Stephen McKenna
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  Gilbert Versus Sullivan (Review)
  Isaac Goldberg
  , pp. 115-116
  Sir Arthur Sullivan: His Life, Letters and Diaries, by Herbert Sullivan, Newman Flower,...
  1. Sir Arthur Sullivan: His Life, Letters and Diaries by Herbert Sullivan, Newman Flower, and Arthur Sullivan, ...
- The Bookman's Monthly Score, pp. 117-146
- In the Bookman's Office
- Looking Ahead With the Publishers
- Frontispiece: Thomas Hardy
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  In Brief Review (8 Reviews)
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    Review The Story of Architecture in America, by Thoma... (Review)
    1. The Story of Architecture in America by Thomas E. Tallmadge
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    Review The Human Body, by Logan Clendening (Review)
    1. The Human Body by Logan Clendening
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    Review Sea-Drinking Cities, by Josephine Pinckney (Review)
    1. Sea-Drinking Cities by Josephine Pinckney
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    Review The Changing South, by William J. Robertson (Review)
    1. The Changing South by William J. Robertson
  5. [+]
    Review The Procession to Tyburn, by William McAdoo (Review)
    1. The Procession to Tyburn by William McAdoo
  6. [+]
    Review Reminiscences of an Ex-Detective, by Francis C... (Review)
    1. Reminiscences of an Ex-Detective by Francis Carlin
  7. [+]
    Review Motion Picture Theater Management, by Harold B... (Review)
    1. Motion Picture Theater Management by Harold B. Franklin
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    Review Robespierre's Rise and Fall, by G. Lenotre (Review)
    1. Robespierre's Rise and Fall by G. Lenotre
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  Fiction Notes (9 Reviews)
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    Review Tinker's Leave, by Maurice Baring (Review)
    1. Tinker's Leave by Maurice Baring
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    Review Venture, by Max Eastman (Review)
    1. Venture by Max Eastman
  3. [+]
    Review The Days of the King, by Bruno Frank (Review)
    1. The Days of the King by Bruno Frank
  4. [+]
    Review Southern Charm, by Isa Glenn (Review)
    1. Southern Charm by Isa Glenn
  5. [+]
    Review The Legend Called Meryom, by Joseph Gaer (Review)
    1. The Legend Called Meryom by Joseph Gaer
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    Review A Yankee Passional, by Samuel Ornitz (Review)
    1. A Yankee Passional by Samuel Ornitz
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    Review Walt, by Elizabeth Corbett (Review)
    1. Walt by Elizabeth Corbett
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    Review The Unlatched Door, by Marie Cher (Review)
    1. The Unlatched Door by Marie Cher
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    Review High Thursday, by Roger Burlingame (Review)
    1. High Thursday by Roger Burlingame
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