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Word: johnstonâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1923-1923
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LITTLE LIFE STORIES?Sir Harry Johnston???Macmillan ($2.00). Sir Harry, explorer, scientist and novelist, has at last elected to stand on his own literary feet. And he is much more successful than when he chose simply to bask in the light of the illustrious?as in The Gay-Dombeys and Mrs. Warren's Daughter. He gives us here a succession of little skeletons, grinning and staring. They are little not in their power but in Sir Harry's manner toward them. He is like a good-natured child playing with dynamite. Bitter, ironic outlines these, which are passed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yet Another Babbitt* | 4/7/1923 | See Source »

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