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...Francis Page, advertised stimulating material by Aubrey Beardsley, Catulle Mendès and Casanova himself ("hitherto obtainable only in editions costing from $50 to $500"). It republished My First Thirty Years by Gertrude Beasley, with assurance that these charming revelations had been admired by H. L. ("Hatrack") Mencken and suppressed both here and abroad. Two Worlds, braving the mails, offered thitherto unpublished work by Boccaccio; some confessions by Poet Arthur Symonds; a new unnamed work by famed and juicy James Joyce, author of Ulysses; a "dark surmise" concerning Philosopher Nietzsche and his sister--and an unknown story by Lewis ("Alice...
...recent years the visiting speaker has waged a vigorous fight in his capacity as a lawyer against repressive measures. He is now chief counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union and has figured in many important cases recently. Last spring he came to Boston to defend Mr. H. L. Mencken during his trial here in connection with the publishing of the story "Hatrack" in the American Mercury magazine. The appearance of Mr. Hays will open the Liberal Club's speakers program for the year on which are the names of several noted men whose dates will be announced definitely later...
...national over-confidence. Minority politicians may assert that the country is decadent, but they always imply that the remedy is simply to place them in power. Individual critics may make despondent observations, but usually they urge a pet reform to set the world aright. Even cynics of the Mencken variety who see little virtue in mankind alleviate the sting of their sneers by a tacit admission that their circle is not beyond saving...
...tossed at U. S. embassies with a casual malice. One autumn day in Paris in 1921, Ambassador Herrick's valet opened the morning's mail. "Bang!" went a nefarious machine. He was wounded. Many a man- Remain Rolland, Fritz Kreisler, Professor Einstein, Count von Bernstorff, H. L. Mencken, Eugene V. Debs-demanded a new trial for the fish peddler and the factory worker...
...Mencken). The result is most vivid, so many unexpected angles appear, so cleverly arranged. There are letters from the mother's onetime butler to his wife in England; letters from a sea captain with whom John rounded the Horn; letters between John's meat-packing Chicago in-laws; letters and statements of his women, "good, bad, but never indifferent...