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December 8, 1917 Issue - 28 ArticlesTopics of the Day
- Germany Weakening in the West, pp. 13-14
- The Peril of a Bolshevik Peace, pp. 15-16
- Germany's Allies as Our Foes, pp. 17-18
- To Run Thirty-eight Railroads as One, pp. 19-20
Foreign Comment
- "Inactivity" of the British Navy, pp. 21-22
- Switzerland in Danger, p. 23
- "Chariots of Iron" at Gaza, p. 23
- Why Kerensky Fell, p. 24
- The Licensing System as Applied to Foods, p. 25
Science and Invention
- Concrete Ships, p. 26
- Beware of the Calorie, p. 27
- Some Air-Raid Psychology, p. 28
- Luminous Paint in War, p. 28
- Photography as a Food-Saver, p. 29
Letters and Art
- Russia's Endangered Pictures, p. 30
- The Classics on Trial for Their Life in Britain, p. 31
- New York's Disloyal School-Teachers, pp. 32-33
Religion and Social Service
- War-Work of the Y.W.C.A., p. 34
- The Massachusetts "Antiaid" Law, p. 35
- Food for Pacifism, p. 35
- Missions after Three Years of War, pp. 36-37
Reviews of New Books
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Fifty of the Best Holiday Books for Adults (50 Reviews) , pp. 38-51 On the Edge of the War Zone, by Mildred Aldrich
- On the Edge of the War Zone by Mildred Aldrich
- Historic Silver of the Colonies, and Its Makers by Francis Hill Bigelow
- The Little Grandmother of the Russian Revolution by Alice Stone Blackwell and Catherine Breshkovsky, ...
- The Romance of Old Japan by Elizabeth W. Champney and Frere Champney
- Greenwich Village by Anna Alice Chapin
- A Treasury of War Poetry by George Herbert Clarke
- The Life and Letters of John Fiske by John Spencer Clark and John Fiske
- The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
- Old Seaport Towns of the South by Mildred Cram
- The New Archaeological Discoveries by Camden M. Cobern
- Persian Miniatures by H.G. Dwight
- Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis by Charles Belmont Davis and Richard Harding Davis, ...
- Vanished Halls and Cathedrals of France by George Wharton Edwards
- Over the Top by Arthur Guy Empey
- Old Roads Out of Philadelphia by John T. Faris
- Richard Strauss: The Man and His Works by Henry T. Finck
- Vagabonding Down the Andes by Harry A. Franck
- The Human Tragedy by Anatole France
- My Four Years in Germany by James W. Gerard
- Great Possessions by David Grayson
- Belgium Under German Heel by Odon Halasi
- The Life and Letters of Edward Everett Hale by Edward E. Hale, Jr. and Edward Everett Hale
- Nights with Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris
- Rambles in Old College Towns by Hildegarde Hawthorne
- Alsace-Lorraine: Under German Rule by Charles Downer Hazen
- Audubon the Naturalist by Francis Hobart Herrick
- My Home in the Field of Mercy by Frances Wilson Huard
- The Life, Art, and Letters of George Inness by George Inness, Jr. #2 and George Inness
- Arizona, the Wonderland by George Wharton James
- A Holiday in Umbria by Thomas Graham Jackson
- The Adirondacks by T. Morris Longstreth
- Mark Twain's Letters by Albert Bigelow Paine and Mark Twain
- Recollections by John Morley
- Memories of Old Salem by Mary Harrod Northend
- The Origin and Evolution of Life by Henry Fairfield Osborn
- Diplomatic Days by Edith O'Shaughnessy
- Pictures of War-Work in England by Joseph Pennell
- Germany Under Three Emperors by Princess Catherine Radziwill
- Kultur in Cartoons by Louis Raemaekers
- America's Black and White Book by W.A. Rogers
- West Point by Robert Charlwood Richardson, Jr.
- The Life and Art of William Merritt Chase by Katharine M. Roof and William Merritt Chase
- The Book of New York by Robert Shackleton
- Anne of Brittany by Helen J. Sanborn
- The Dwelling-Houses of Charleston, South Carolina by Alice R. Huger Smith and D.E. Huger Smith
- Colonial Virginia: Its People and Customs by Mary Newton Stanard
- Great Love-Stories of the Bible, and Their Lessons for Today by Billy Sunday
- The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Ida M. Tarbell
- Pictures of Ruined Belgium by Georges Verdavaine
- My War-Diary by Mary King Waddington
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List of Twenty-Five for Children (24 Reviews) , pp. 52-58 Library Work with Children, by Alice Hazeltine
- Library Work with Children by Alice Hazeltine
- The Rulers of the Lakes by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Christmas Tales of Flanders by Jean de Bosschere
- The Boy Who Went to the East by Ethel C. Brill
- The Boy Scout and Other Stories for Boys by Richard Harding Davis
- When I Was a Girl in Holland by Cornelia De Groot
- The Five Babbitts at Bonnyacres by Walter A. Dyer
- The Junior Plattsburg Manual by Olin Oglesby Ellis and Enoch Barton Garey
- Insect Adventures by J. Henri Fabre and Louise Seymour Hasbrouck
- Nights with Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris
- Girls in Bookland by Hildegarde Hawthorne
- The Elephant by Agnes Herbert
- A Maid of Old Manhattan by Emilie Benson Knipe and Alden A. Knipe
- The Lost Little Lady by Emilie Benson Knipe and Alden Arthur Knipe
- The Boy Scouts Year-Book of Wild-Animal Stories by Franklin K. Mathiews
- The Red Indian Fairy-Book by Frances Jenkins Olcott
- Heroes of To-Day by Mary Rosetta Parkman
- The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Alfred Rackham
- Old Peter's Russian Tales by Arthur Ransome
- The Boys' Book of Sports by Grantland Rice
- The Boy with the United States Weather Men by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
- The Arctic Prairies by Ernest Thompson Seton
- The Topaz Story-Book by Ada M. Skinner and Eleanor Skinner
- Ten American Girls from History by Kate Dickinson Sweetser
- Another List of Good Juveniles, pp. 59-60
- Current Poetry, pp. 61-64
- Miscellaneous, pp. 65-89
- Investments and Finance, pp. 90-93
- Miscellaneous, pp. 94-96