Word: orientales
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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From the point of view of the Caucasian race, Oriental nations always do things wrong-way-round. They are always out of step in the march of events, and usually a little behind; but lately Japan has been ahead of time-again from the point of view of the Occident...
A Russian fad, like the Oriental fad of a few years earlier, is sweeping our circles of art. It seems to have been opened by the amazingly popular "Chauve-Souris", which has already run into three editions; and it is to be carried on by an event far more notable...
Shubert.--"The Rose of Stamboul" ends its brief career. It furnishes oriental luxury conjured up by its title.
Several of the books are bound copies of the American Chess Bulletin which Mr. Wainwright won in problem tourneys. One of the books is a very rare edition of a treatise by Jacopo da Cessole and was printed in 1532. This is the work which Caxton translated and printed as...
This very power of the press leads to the exploitation of anything out of the ordinary. A foreigner with a bent for witty remarks becomes a tradition. He is quoted everywhere and his remarks are interpreted as penetrating and profound. This cannot help turning most men's heads. Wu-Ting...