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...MARGIN?Aldous Huxley ?Doran ($1.75). Seventeen brief notes and essays by the most brilliant young literary man in England. Pleasant, intelligent, rather entertaining little papers. The astonishing thing about them is that they are so mild. So very mild. The book might have been written by almost any bright young gentleman who chose to model his style on that of E. V. Lucas. Did you ever think you were about to degust a genuine pre-War cocktail and then discover as you swallowed that the beverage was strictly...
...called " Fundamentalists," lacking a Bryan, fared badly, and protested against machine politics in the convention. Their fight will be carried on through a new-formed Bible Union which has flatly denounced Dr. Woelfkin of New York. Seventeen thousand baptisms by foreign missionaries in the last year were reported-a record...
...more accented and applicable to the season of 1923 than in any past period. Several developments of international interest are responsible for the present situation. First and possibly foremost, is the entry of seventeen nations for Davis Cup play this summer. This is a new record surpassing 1922 by three nations. In no other department of international competition has such a grouping of competitive nations been exceeded with the single exception of the Olympic games, held once in every four years...
...come home. This was about all the excitement the team could stand and after that no one else reached first. While the visitors were unable to hit safely they were at no loss to knock the ball all over the diamond, keeping everyone and especially the outfielders busy. Seventeen men were put out on flies, twelve of which went well into the deep field, giving opportunity for several pretty catches...
...rather playful neurologist. Something like a scientific interest may be discerned running through the collection." The Author. Booth Tarkington is one of the first representatives of the Hoosier school of fiction. His books rarely stray from scenes in the Middle West. His important books are: Monsieur Beaucaire, The Turmoil, Seventeen, The Gentleman from Indiana. He won the Pulitzer prize for the best American novel published in 1919 with The Magnificent Ambersons, and in 1922 with Alice Adams...