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Dates: during 1920-1929
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ROARING BONES-Prince William of Sweden-Button ($2.50). Prince William of Sweden has amused himself with journeys into the damp green mysteries of Africa, with elephant hunting, exploring and literature. His former opus, Among Pygmies and Gorillas, was an account of a zoological probe into the centre of the dark continent. This is a volume of short stories; love stories, African anecdotes, color stories about a chief who understood black magic, a leopard hunt, a march of wild phantoms through the jungle. The obvious comment upon princes, even Swedish princes, who write books is that laudatory insult reserved, also...
...what is the younger generation coming to?--appears on the scene, chased by bootleggers. It turns out that she had rescued Jimmie from--drowning one day when she happened to be speeding by in a mahogany speedboat, and it had been love at first sight all along although on account of complications, loyalties, and the rest of the usual good old hokum, everybody isn't happy until the end of the last...
Private Car. Mrs. James A. Stillman flew from Grand Anse, Quebec, to Pleasantville, N. Y., 450 miles. She has opened a charge account with the "Fairchild Aviation Corporation (Canadian) and will commute between her residences at $100 an hour...
...England again. John Burgoyne began by giving an account, far less prejudiced than those read in most school histories, of how he had lost the battle of the century. This he published in a fine quarto volume prefaced by a narrative in three "'periods'; by which he really meant acts, for a sense of the drama was always strong in his mind." After that he wrote plays, all mediocre, which were produced in London. He died in London, aged 70, on a summer...
...returning University football squad will arrive in Cambridge this morning, ready to start preparation this afternoon for the home-stretch of the gridiron season: Three of the outstanding University players were forced out of the contest, which resulted in a 24 to 0 victory for Penn last Saturday, on account of injuries, but according to Dr. T. K. Richards '15, none of these players suffered injuries serious enough to keep him out of the Brown game this Saturday...