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...writer of amusing stories in which children are delightfully pictured. Mr. Tarkington shows the sunny leisure and the small daily happenings of a growing town. None of these stories rises to greatness, or pretends to do so. Some are mere sketches, some full-length, none are wholly serious. All abound in laughing observation of the antics of children and young lovers, all are excellent in the reproduction of Negro dialect and children's prattle. None is profound or disturbing, keeping the level of a quiet humor. The critics. The New York Times: " It is as if Mr. Tarkington kept...
Perhaps finger-print signatures are almost as ancient as those of the cross, plain and simple. Pirate stories abound with descriptions of contracts, signed in blood by solemn imprint of the fingertip--or, more often, of the "massive thumb". Tom Sawyer's famous compact has been an inspiration to many a romantic youth. And artists, from time immemorial, have used the finger-print as a personal signature on drawings and paintings. But in spite of so honorable an ancestry, the idea of compulsory finger-prints seems to be meeting with some opposition...
...living, so a search was organized and continued through the night and several days thereafter with absolutely no success. From the physical features of the region thereabouts it was concluded that she must have fallen over some cliff and been drowned in one of the fast tidal currents that abound there...
Examples of unsound argument abound in Professor Hershey's article. For example, he says that the Japanese people are reacting to new and changed economic conditions; but who can draw the conclusion from this that there is no reason to believe that the Japanese people are suffering from density of population in the country...
Fortunately, books in America have been made accessible to all. Ample opportunities for self-development abound on-every side. While lacking the well-ordered foundation for a continuous education or the benefits of an enlightened introduction to the friendship of books, those denied the privileges you enjoyed may yet develop a speaking acquaintance with the wisdom of the centuries...