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...Fowler Wright-Cosmopolitan ($2.00). Young Foyle is cast upon an imaginary mid-Pacific island-not to found the new social order, but to encounter thrilling adventures among relics of four races: satyrs who mate with human beings, ruka-birds of uncanny intelligence, high-minded followers of the Priest of Gir, and the low-born descendants of a pirate crew. Satyr hunts, cannibalistic orgies, hair-raising escapes are in order. But Author Wright will rather be remembered for the swift ingenuity of his unique Deluge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Satyr Hunts | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

...hero deserts the priesthood for the stage. It is the shabby stage of Tip Thompson's variety show on the Texas border. In its centre is Marietta, gir! of his seminar}' village. She deserts his studious quietness for the more flagrant physical attractions of Dedaux, the Knife Thrower. "The Saint" has lost his girl and lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Oct. 20, 1924 | 10/20/1924 | See Source »

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