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...LIFE OF BENITO MUSSOLINI?From the Italian of Margherita G. Sarfatti?Stokes ($5). Emphatically, the Signora Sarfatti's biography must be read???if only because she is content to efface herself so often while the great Fascist thunders in his own words from her pages?reveals himself vividly in impetuous staccato phrases as compelling as those with which Napoleon Premier was wont to inspire and almost to hypnotize his armies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NON-FICTION: Mussolini | 2/8/1926 | See Source »

...author may lie about it. If the reader doesn't like a book, is shocked, offended or proudly discovers some technical mistake?his injured feelings and his professional criticism must, too, be expressed at long distance. And let him have no fear of going unheeded?such letters are always read???and with painful attention. And then there are the letters, usually accompanied by manuscripts, lengthy manuscripts, from aspirants of from seven years to seventy who want to "break into the writing game." And here let it be said to the credit of most authors of any reputation?such letters very...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Collected Poems | 7/9/1923 | See Source »

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