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Famed Historian David Saville Muzzey compiled a list of 50 citizens who "on a basis of their contributions to public life" would find prominence in U. S. history books of 1983. Only woman listed: Authoress Edith Wharton. Reconsidering, he mentioned Social Worker Jane Addams. Omitted "advisedly" was Calvin Coolidge...
...next day and get married. While they drive to Gretna Green and marriage they are too tired, too busy with their reminiscent thoughts, to say much to each other, but this time they are sure it will be a go. Whether such a laudable transmogrification is possible or not, Authoress James succeeds in making her twp love-torn victims likely winners, their hard-won happy ending almost as plausible as praiseworthy...
...infinite credit, the authoress has succeeded in endowing her pages with intense, at times terrible, vitality. To be sure, there are none of the tricks which make for artful smooth writing. Rather, her approach is direct, blunt, similar one often remarks, to that of an oral narrator. But her character analysis and descriptive power are nonetheless shrewd, firm, displaying a startling insight...
Sardinia, due south of Corsica, is a large island in the Mediterranean belonging to Italy. But Sardinians remember other allegiances-once they were Moorish, once Spanish, once even Austrian. Clannish, independent, like all islanders they dislike and distrust dwellers on the mainland. Authoress Posse-Brazdova tells a grim tale of a Sardinian private during the War who. told that he could not take to the rear a prisoner he had captured, made sure of him by biting through the artery in his neck, guzzling his blood in great gulps. The Sassari Brigade (Sardinian) was the only one that...
When Swedish Authoress Posse went to join her Czech fiance, Oki Brazda, in Rome in the spring of 1915, Italy was still officially neutral. Miss Posse had trouble-getting through Austria, but she got there. Then Italy declared war and Czechs, being officially Austrians (though most of them hated Austria) became enemy aliens. Authoress Posse married her Oki. followed him to exile in Sardinia, where he was interned. Sardinian Sideshow is the interesting, lively, not too personal account of the year they spent there. Not being considered at first an enemy alien herself, she made a trip to Rome...