Word: boni
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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DUBLIN DAYS?L. A. G. Strong? Boni and Liveright ($1.25). A small and pleasant posy of Irish herbs and flowers?poems lacking the conventional oh-so-damn-Gaelic concern with the Sidhe, the Bear without Bristles. Uncle White Seagull and the rest of the melancholy paraphernalia of minor Irish bards. It is evident that the author has read James Stephens, but he has his own individual way of speaking, clear, fresh and cool as the sound of a country brook. Poems for even a reviewer to keep and reread...
...other hand, John J. Mc-Graw has written a book.* Not only written a book, but had it published, rather smartly too, by Boni and Liveright. As may be expected, the content is fairly instructive, but the " form " is terrible. As Mr. McGraw comes plunging in for a tricky simile, he falls on his face. He marches confidently to bat and takes a prodigious clout at literary emphasis with his infinitive. The infinitive splits and the emphasis falls badly foul over by the water cooler. As a writer Mr. McGraw will remain in the shaggiest bush league...
...THIBTY TEARS IN BASEBALL- Jotsn J. McGraw-Boni...
...Poor Pinney. Marian Chapman. Boni...
...following estimates of books most in the public eye were made after careful consideration of the trend of critical opinion: POOR PINNEY-Marian Chapman -Boni ($2.00). Poor Pinney is an inoffensive, pathetic and extremely objectionable little commuter. He is a tyrant in his own home and keeps up a brave front over his abysmal internal hollowness. He looks up to the local Babbitts with a marked awe, which he refuses to acknowledge to himself. His ship is always on its way in and never docks. His story is told with meticulous attention to the detail of his vulgarisms. THE GIRL...