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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...CURE OF SOULS?May Sinclair???Macmillan ($2.50). The Reverend Canon Clement Purcell Chamberlain cared really for nothing but the easy comfort of his body and the comfortable ease of his soul. He shrank before the physical vigorousness of Cartwright, his junior curate, who was always suggesting something to do, such as founding a Men's Club or starting a Sunday afternoon service for men alone. He shrank from Jackman also, who came to him with the tortures of his soul. Finally he found a way out. He rid himself of an unpleasant sister by inviting her down when Queningford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Sir Harry in Africa* | 2/18/1924 | See Source »

...INVERTED PYRAMID?Bertrand W. Sinclair???Little Brown ($2.00). Roderick Noaquay and Mary Thorne start the book off at a tender age by shooting the rapids together off Little Dent, Vancouver Island. The rest of 'the book takes Roderick and Mary through innumerable misfortunes, chiefly financial. Most of them are due to his elder brother's business acumen unfortunately not equalled by his judgment. The name of Norquay is, in danger throughout the book, but Roderick, last of the line, manages to save it after a hard fight. But he has to sell the old Norquay homestead to do it, which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books : Books : Jan. 28, 1924 | 1/28/1924 | See Source »

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