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...Zoo?David Garnett??? Knopf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man in Zoo* | 6/30/1924 | See Source »

LADY INTO Fox?David Garnett??? Knopf ($1.50). In fable form and prose style Mr. Garnett (son of Edward Garnett, the famous critic) relates the curious story of a Mr. Tebrick's wife who is turned into a fox. The poor man tries to treat the vixen as his wife. He plays cribbage.with her, reads to her from Clarissa Harlowe, eats delicate meals with her. Day after day she reverts more and more into a fox, and at last is killed by the hounds. Mr. Garnett might easily have been grotesque, sensational and melodramatic, or merely absurd. Instead, he has written...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Just Mention My Name | 4/14/1923 | See Source »

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