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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sportive pomposity amuses Mr. Boyd enormously. Most of the time it amuses the reader. His greatest delight and accomplishment is punning in phrases, giving a clever twist to another's epigram, or setting, in the midst of an immaculate sentence, some rich gem of slang. Occasionally his erudition waxes into windy verbosity, but not for long. Soon there will come a forthright shaft of sarcasm, or a quotation, such as Yeats' remark about George Moore: "What a pity Moore never had a love affair with a lady-always with women of his own class...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Formalist | 1/5/1925 | See Source »

With regard to the public, Mr. Rose differentiates between the intelligent reader and the headline readers of "trash"-"the 800,000 'readers' of the Daily News in New York, in which there is nothing to read...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: An Adversary | 12/29/1924 | See Source »

...intelligent reader must have all the facts. If he wants them over the radio, he must have plenty of spare time, which most men have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: An Adversary | 12/29/1924 | See Source »

...BROTHER'S FACE?Dhan Gopal Mukerji?Dutton ($3.00). With a supreme touch of mystic philosophy which transports the reader to the domes of India, Mukerji relates his home-coming after "many years of wandering." His brother's face is indeed his brother's; but something more. It is India and Gandhi. A most absorbing book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: New Books: Dec. 22, 1924 | 12/22/1924 | See Source »

...tempted to linger over the editorials and reviews, for reasons which will become apparent. Under the chastely classical heading of "47 Obitt", the editors bestrew the grave of the Workshop with a few choice pleas and wave the reader on to more extended articles on the subject in the body of the magazine; they further regretfully observe, in the succeeding editorial, that Mrs. Grundy, in the person of the Library authorities, persists in seeing it through. In the department of book reviews, three new books are reviewed at length, and five more are graced with brief notes, always capable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Christmas Advocate Approaches Its Highest Standards, Says Reviewer | 12/15/1924 | See Source »

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