Word: burtons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Bookman. Formerly owned by George H. Doran's publishing firm, the Bookman was what is known in the trade as a house organ. It was recently purchased by private capital for Burton Rascoe, editor. The new magazine has a gay cafe au lait cover. Inspection of its con- tents, leads critics to suspect that (like Harper's, the Atlantic Monthly, etc.) the Bookman is feeling the sharp spur of the American Mercury in the sluggish sides of thoughtful periodical publishing in the U. S. Among the articles is one by John Farrar, whose editorship (starting in 1921) brought the Bookman...
...students produced a novel, short stories, articles, verse, all printable. They were paid for these-a novelty to all. John Farrar, aggressive, sensitive editorial director for Publisher George H. Doran, is again the principal. Currently, John Farrar, editor, and Publisher Doran have relinquished control of the Bookman (monthly) to Burton Rascoe, Seward B. Collins and associates (TIME, April 18). In a farewell editorial, Mr. Farrar has explained that one of his chief aims was to make the Bookman "a friendly magazine" for readers, contributors and the writers whose books were criticized therein. For his friendliness, Mr. Farrar gained, among more...
...spending four hours, I came to the conclusion that TIME is a brilliant idea and that those who choose its material are certainly able writers. I am a university student, and have use for such "source" as TIME gives. I will suggest and recommend it to my fellow students. BURTON B. WIENER Paterson...
...Cornelius, N. C., Mrs. G. M. Burton, Negress, does not sing "Ten baby fingers and ten baby toes" to Bettie, a daughter she bore three years ago. Bettie, taken last week to a Charlotte, N. C., clinic for examination, has 18 fingers, 25 toes, on the normal number of hands & feet...
...other Senators, less daring, merely stopped off at Shanghai. They were Senator Burton Kendall Wheeler, Montana Democrat, en route to the U. S. from the Philippines, and Senator Guy Despard Goff, West Virginia Republican, en route to the Philippines from...