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When the title poem, "a novel in verse" appeared in the first number of The American Caravan, "yearbook of American literature," it was singled out for bold poetic images which justified its existence in poetry rather than prose. Though it is more elaborate and therefore the less effective than Masefield's crystalline novels-in-verse (The Widow in the Bye Street, etc.), its psychological analyses and philosophical comment are nevertheless subordinated to the compelling narrative...
...Montreal one day last week and entrained soon after for Ogdensburg, N. Y., the circus officials made no comment about the strange mounds that appeared in the bunks, strange piles in animal cages, strange packages stuffed into corners and tied under cars, all over the four-section caravan. They left the commenting to Prohibition agents at Malone, N. Y., after the trains had crossed the border. Such is the reputation of Circus Man John Ringling for discipline and probity-he entertained President Coolidge in Washington only lately (TIME, May 14)-that none of the Ringling officials was even suspected...
...number of farmers who would actually "hop in the family car and head down the concrete" for Kansas City, would exceed 100,000, perhaps reach 150,000. He said he had already received 15,000 letters in actual farmer handwriting assuring him the "crusade" was on. "The first caravan [of the Covered Wagon] developed the agricultural empire ; the second caravan is moving to protect it," he said...
...Expedition suffered from want of fuel and fodder. During stay in Tibet, five men, Mongols, Buriats and Tibetans, died and ninety caravan animals perished. By order of authorities all letters and wires addressed to Lhasa Government and Calcutta British authorities have been seized. Forbidden to speak to passing caravans. Forbidden to buy foodstuffs from population. Money and medicines came to an end. The presence of three women in caravan and medical certificate about heart weakness not taken into consideration. On March 4 expedition started southward. All nine European members of-the expedition safe. Many scientific results after four years' travel...
...over half their trek. They are now in the state of Missouri, having plodded steadily onward ever since the fourth of March. It is hardly to be supposed that the reading public, long-suffering as it is, could have stomached a daily blurb as to the progress of the caravan. This, too, is as the A B C to Mr. Pyle. But only wait until the final sprint breaks loose somewhere in the vicinity of Pittsburgh, and the handful of hardy soles left cuts loose. Then will come the deluge, Syndicated throughout the length and breadth of the land will...