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...Achilles and of the exploits of the ingenious Odysseus, history has drawn its heroes from the great. The mere nod of a mighty king was of more account to historians than all the people of his kingdom. The era of democracy in history has just begun, and evidently John Buchan is its prophet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW BOOKS: The Necessary History | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

This drizzly day, when the weather quarrels with Autumn and Winter and does not know to which it shall pay allegiance, I scarcely know what author to pick down from the shelves. As a matter of fact, I have been reading Midwinter, by John Buchan. What a rollicking tale! Of Bonnie Prince Charlie and Brobdingnagian Dr. Sam Johnson. But I have never met John Buchan. Who is there in America who can spin such a romance? George Barr Mc-Cutcheon? Robert W. Chambers? John Marquand? Some day when Stephen Vincent Benét turns his hand to romancing, perhaps he will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stephen Vincent Benet He Carries About Gum, Candy, Some Books | 10/1/1923 | See Source »

...John Buchan, "The Battle of the Somme...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reserve Officers' Training Corps | 5/14/1918 | See Source »

...following books have been added to the library of the Union during the month of February: John Buchan, "The Battle of the Somme"; Richard Burton, "Bernard Shaw, the Man and the Mask"; Padraic Colum, "Three Plays"; J. W. Cunliffe, "Poems of the Great War"; W. T. Curran and H. A. Calkins, "The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire"; W. W. Gibson, "Battle and Other Poems" and "Livelihood"; J. F. Harris, "Samuel Butler"; W. H. Hudson, "The Purple Land"; H. H. Knibbs, "Riders of the Stars"; E. H. Knows, "Play Production in America"; G. H. Mair, "Modern English Literature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thirty-three Books Added to Union Library in February | 3/9/1917 | See Source »

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