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...Walt Whitman; "Bluebell and Burly, . . Old Drum, . . Rouster, . . Bugler, Fifer, Bounce, Nimble, Witchcraft, Warlock, and Wisdom. . . He told over their names, softly, for their names were autumnal melody ... Ringwood, Dashwood, Robin, Patrona, Pirate, Gadabout. . . Falstaff, Rockaby, Sweetheart, Tireless, Highlander, Pibroch, Chieftan, Crystal, Valkyrie, Beldame, Pickpocket, Tattler, Blackamoor, Dragoon, ... Tipster, Hector, Melodius, Lucifer, Strident, Chorister, Lark, Cherokee, Hurricane, Phoebe, Fanciful, Juno, Linda." Three of Music's puppies, the Cap'n happily named "Do, Re, and Mi." The author evinces an admirable and affectionate knowledge of hounds and fox-hunting...
...Based on Hector Malot's well-known novel of the same name, the film has its setting in France and England. With a mixture of sincerity and sentimentality it portrays the unfortunate boyhood of a kidnapped and deserted foundling who passes through a varied series of melodramatic experiences until he is finally reunited with his mother by an unusual coincidence...
...French Talking Films Committee will present "Sans Famille" after the novel by Hector Malot, produced by Marc Allegret, on Thursday and Friday, October 24 and 25, at 1.40 p.m.; 4.00 p.m.; 6.30 p.m.; and 8.50 p.m. Harvard students may obtain tickets at Exhibition Hall in Hunt Hall, on presentation of their Bursar's cards...
...exist in the world? Can any individual rightly jeopardize the safety of his own country by clinging to his own judgment even in the face of an opposed political majority? These are some of the questions suggested by "Taps." In provoking thought among his readers on such vital problems, Hector Lazo has performed a notable patriotic service...
...dramatizing the issues of practical pacifism Hector Lazo has done something beyond the power of the propagandist pamphleteer. He has connected argument for war-resistance with living, personal situations in a way that ought to bring them home to many who would read them in formal declarations only with a closed mind. The book will hold the interest of a large group of people who would stop on the second page of a systematic exposition. And the earnestness of the book and the convincing way in which it sets forth the author's point of view may lead some...