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The Story. Arnold Blettsworthy, newly weaned from Oxford, not only affianced himself to the tobacconist's yellow-haired daughter, but joined forces with his best friend in a project to enlighten the world through a chain of bright blue bookshops. Cheated by the friend, jilted by the tobacconist'...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Sacred Lunatic | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

From first to last, Hardy was sad. He revealed a shadowy disillusion which grew in anger until it attained terrifying proportions. His characters were assailed by a curse that left "happiness but the occasional episode in a general drama of pain." There is an undefinable fear of life growing from...

Author: By J. G. B. jr., | Title: Of An Olympian. | 5/21/1928 | See Source »

AND LINES WRITTEN IN DISILLUSION

Author: By H. B. and R. T. S., S | Title: LINES ON THE NEW AND OLD BOSTON HOSTELRIES | 11/18/1927 | See Source »

Mr. Schmalhausen embarks upon his preface with the following portentous sentence: "The main thesis of this volume is simple and lucid, to wit: that critical-mindedness spells enlightenment while credulity spells superstition; that America, speaking educationally is persuaded that critical-mindedness is a crime against bad manners; that the capacity...

Author: By H. B., | Title: HUMANIZING EDUCATION. By Samuel D. Schmalhausen. The Macaulay Co., New York, 1927. $2.50. | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

THE DRUMS OP PANIC-Martin Feinstein-Macy-Masius ($2). The aim of this nebulous narrative is to show the effect of the War not only upon a warrior but upon the family to which he returns. Author Feinstein is a poet. In fact he won the Nation's poetry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fiction: Aug. 29, 1927 | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

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