October 28, 1931 Issue, THE NATION

- Editorial Paragraphs, pp. 445-447
- Mr. Hoover to M. Laval, p. 448
- America and the League , p. 449
- Edison , p. 449
- Fame , p. 450
- Speaking of Revolution
  Hendrik Willem van Loon
  , p. 451
- The Manchurian Battleground
  Mauritz A. Hallgren
  , pp. 452-453
- The White House Magicians
  W.P. Mangold
  , pp. 454-455
  II. Playing With Statistics
- Pierre Laval
  Robert Dell
  , pp. 456-457
- In the Driftway
  "The Drifter"
  , p. 458
- Correspondence, p. 458
- Contributors to this Issue, p. 459
- Finance: Unused Billions in the Banks
  S. Palmer Harman
  , p. 460
- To One Who May Be Listening
  David Morton
  , p. 461
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  Portrait of a Uniform (Review)
  Louis M. Hacker
  , p. 461
  Leonard Wood: A Biography, by Hermann Hagedorn
  1. Leonard Wood: A Biography by Hermann Hagedorn
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  Roman History Reinterpreted (Review)
  Isidor Schneider
  , p. 462
  The Life and Times of Marc Antony, by Arthur E.P.B. Weigall
  1. The Life and Times of Marc Antony by Arthur E.P.B. Weigall
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  American Beauty Shoppe (Review)
  Dorothy Van Doren
  , p. 462
  American Beauty, by Edna Ferber
  1. American Beauty by Edna Ferber
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  Detachment Through Identity (Review)
  Eda Lou Walton
  , p. 463
  The Five Seasons, by Phelps Putnam
  1. The Five Seasons by Phelps Putnam
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  Mark Twain's Pessimism (Review)
  Granville Hicks
  , p. 463
  My Father, Mark Twain, by Clara Clemens
  1. My Father, Mark Twain by Clara Clemens
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  The Sources of Philosophy (2 Reviews)
  Felix Morrow
  , p. 464
  The Sophists, Socrates, and Plato, by B.A.G. Fuller
  1. The Sophists, Socrates, and Plato by B.A.G. Fuller
  2. History of Greek Philosophy, Vol. III: Aristotle by B.A.G. Fuller
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  Books in Brief (10 Reviews) , pp. 464-465
  Mexicana: A Book of Pictures, by Rene d'Harnoncourt
  1. Mexicana: A Book of Pictures by Rene d'Harnoncourt
  2. The Problems of Evolution by Arthur Ward Lindsey
  3. Life of Joseph Priestley by Anne Holt
  4. Peacocks on Parade by Albert Stevens Crockett
  5. Albert Grope by F.O. Mann
  6. The Sons of Mrs. Aab by Sarah Gertrude Millin
  7. The Champion from Far Away by Ben Hecht
  8. A Night of Death by Marie Bregendahl
  9. Interpretation of Development and Heredity by E.S. Russell
  10. Folkways in Thomas Hardy by Ruth Firor
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  Films: What the Movies Do Best (Review)
  Dorothy Van Doren
  , p. 466
  Melody of the World (1929 Film), by Walter Ruttmann
  1. Melody of the World (1929 Film) by Walter Ruttmann
- Drama
  Joseph Wood Krutch
  , pp. 467-469
  From the Attic
- International Relations Section
  I.M. Levy
  , pp. 470-472
  Church and State in Spain