September 1928 Issue, THE BOOKMAN

- Romance: Early American Style
  Edmund Pearson
  , pp. 1-8
- The Strange Case of James Joyce
  Rebecca West
  , pp. 9-23
- Two Lives and Six Million
  Alfred Kreymborg
  , p. 24
  Sonnets
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  Statements of Belief (13 Items) , p. 25
  1. --- by Gertrude Atherton, p. 25
  2. --- by Theodore Dreiser, p. 25
  3. --- by James Branch Cabell, p. 25
  4. --- by Countee Cullen, p. 25
  5. --- by John Dos Passos, p. 26
  6. --- by Waldo Frank, p. 26
  7. --- by Fannie Hurst, p. 26
  8. --- by Carl Sandburg, p. 26
  9. --- by Donald Ogden Stewart, p. 26
  10. --- by Ruth Suckow, p. 27
  11. --- by Carl Van Doren, p. 27
  12. --- by Thornton Wilder, p. 27
  13. --- by William Carlos Williams, p. 27
- Tolstoy Comes to St. Petersburg
  Alexander I. Nazaroff
  , pp. 28-35
- The Subterranean Censorship
  Morris L. Ernst and William Seagle
  , pp. 36-40
- An Author
  Patrick Kearney
  , pp. 41-48
  A Story
- A Gallery of Literary Portraits
  Eva Herrmann
  , pp. 49-55
  Caricatures
- Wyndham Lewis, Alias the Enemy
  Montgomery Belgion
  , pp. 56-60
- The Great God O'Neill
  Winifred Katzin
  , pp. 61-66
- New Books I'd Like to Read
  L.J. de Bekker
  , pp. 67-71
- Talkie, Talkie
  Ernest Boyd
  , pp. 72-74
- "Ballads, Songs and Snatches"
  Abbe Niles
  , pp. 75-77
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  The American Spirit (4 Reviews)
  William McFee
  , pp. 78-80
  Sir Walter Raleigh, by Milton Waldman
  1. Sir Walter Raleigh by Milton Waldman
  2. Nova Francia by Marc Lescarbot
  3. The Travels of William Bartram by Mark Van Doren and William Bartram
  4. John Stevens: An American Record by Archibald Douglas Turnbull
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  Curzon: Last of the Proconsuls (Review)
  S.K. Ratcliffe
  , pp. 81-83
  The Life of Lord Curzon, by Earl Ronaldshay
  1. The Life of Lord Curzon by Earl Ronaldshay
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  A Bon Voyage Box (6 Reviews)
  Gorham B. Munson
  , pp. 84-87
  Jerome, or The Latitude of Love, by Maurice Bedel
  1. Jerome, or The Latitude of Love by Maurice Bedel
  2. Armed With Madness by Mary Butts
  3. Eva's Apples by William A. Gerhardie
  4. Extremes Meet by Compton Mackenzie
  5. Her Knight Comes Riding by John V.A. Weaver
  6. Early to Bed by Woodland Kahler
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  A Distinguished First Novel (Review)
  Ford Madox Ford
  , p. 88
  Nothing Is Sacred, by Josephine Herbst
  1. Nothing Is Sacred by Josephine Herbst
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  Books of General Interest (7 Reviews)
  T.S. Matthews
  , pp. 89-94
  Heavenly Discourse, by Charles Erskine Scott Wood
  1. Heavenly Discourse by Charles Erskine Scott Wood
  2. Adventures of an African Slaver by Theodore Canot and Brantz Mayer
  3. The Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Luigi Salvatorelli
  4. The Son of Man by Emil Ludwig
  5. An Indian Journey by Waldemar Bonsels
  6. The Other Side by Struthers Burt
  7. Possible Worlds, and Other Papers by J.B.S. Haldane
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  Some Scrannel Pipings (5 Reviews)
  Henry Morton Robinson
  , pp. 95-96
  Winds from the Moon, by Sonia Ruthele Novak
  1. Winds from the Moon by Sonia Ruthele Novak
  2. Spring Plowing by Charles Malam
  3. Nocturnes and Autumnals by David Morton
  4. Poems by Milton S. Rose
  5. Sunset Gun by Dorothy Parker
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  The Elusive Novel (10 Reviews)
  Edith Walton
  , pp. 97-99
  Swan Song, by John Galsworthy
  1. Swan Song by John Galsworthy
  2. Farewell to Youth by Storm Jameson
  3. War Among Ladies by Eleanor Scott
  4. The Tree of Knowledge by Pio Baroja
  5. Arnold Levenberg by David Pinski
  6. The Happy Mountain by Maristan Chapman
  7. Quiet Cities by Joseph Hergesheimer
  8. The Island of Captain Sparrow by S. Fowler Wright
  9. Seven Days' Whipping by John Biggs, Jr.
  10. Bambi by Felix Salten
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  An Outline of Mystery (23 Reviews)
  Gilbert Seldes
  , pp. 100-102
  At the House of Dree, by Gordon Gardiner
  1. At the House of Dree by Gordon Gardiner
  2. The Death of a Diplomat by Peter Oldfeld
  3. Shadows by the Sea by J. Jefferson Farjeon
  4. The Monk of Hambleton by Armstrong Livingston
  5. The Silent House by John G. Brandon
  6. The District Bungalow by Cecil Champain Lowis
  7. The Tick of the Clock by Herbert Asbury
  8. The Midnight Mystery by Bertram Atkey
  9. Tracks in the Snow by Godfrey R. Benson
  10. The Old Dark House by J.B. Priestley
  11. The Smiling Death by Francis D. Grierson
  12. Green Fire by John Taine
  13. The Marloe Mansions Murder by Adam Gordon MacLeod
  14. The Dawson Pedigree by Dorothy L. Sayers
  15. The Black Cap by Cynthia Asquith
  16. Queen of Clubs by Hulbert Footner
  17. The Clock Strikes Two by Henry Kitchell Webster
  18. The Green Shadow by Herman Landon
  19. The Desert Moon Mystery by Kay Cleaver Strahan
  20. The Bellamy Trial by Frances Noyes Hart
  21. Behind That Curtain by Earl Derr Biggers
  22. The Greene Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
  23. Fourteen Great Detective Stories by Vincent Starrett
- The Bookman's Monthly Score, p. 103
- Boston: Chapters XV and XVI
  Upton Sinclair
  , pp. 104-125
- News Story Contest: Prize Story for June
  Clarke Salmon
  , pp. 126-140
- In the Bookman Office
- Alonzo at Melissa's Grave: Frontispiece
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  Fiction Notes (4 Reviews)
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    Review Georgie May, by Maxwell Bodenheim (Review)
    1. Georgie May by Maxwell Bodenheim
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    Review The Window, by Alice Grant Rosman (Review)
    1. The Window by Alice Grant Rosman
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    Review The Dance of Death, and Other Tales, by Algern... (Review)
    1. The Dance of Death, and Other Tales by Algernon Blackwood
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    Review China's Crucifixion, by Putnam Weale (Review)
    1. China's Crucifixion by Putnam Weale
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  In Brief Review (8 Reviews)
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    Review Feudal Germany, by James Westfall Thompson (Review)
    1. Feudal Germany by James Westfall Thompson
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    Review Jay Gould: The Story of a Fortune, by Robert I... (Review)
    1. Jay Gould: The Story of a Fortune by Robert Irving Warshow
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    Review The American Negro, by Melville J. Herskovits (Review)
    1. The American Negro by Melville J. Herskovits
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    Review The Battle of Bushy Run, by C.M. Bomberger (Review)
    1. The Battle of Bushy Run by C.M. Bomberger
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    Review Gallio, or the Tyranny of Science, by J.W.N. S... (Review)
    1. Gallio, or the Tyranny of Science by J.W.N. Sullivan
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    Review We Fight for Oil, by Ludwell Denny (Review)
    1. We Fight for Oil by Ludwell Denny
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    Review Adult Learning, by Edward L. Thorndike (Review)
    1. Adult Learning by Edward L. Thorndike
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    Review Soviet Russia in the Second Decade, by Stuart ... (Review)
    1. Soviet Russia in the Second Decade by Stuart Chase, Robert Dunn, and Rexford Guy Tugwell, ...
- The Book Mart
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  Fiction Notes (2 Reviews)
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    Review Rembrandt, by Sandor Brody (Review)
    1. Rembrandt by Sandor Brody
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    Review The Cavalier of Tennessee, by Meredith Nicholson (Review)
    1. The Cavalier of Tennessee by Meredith Nicholson