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...Such history and biography as Montrose, Sir Walter Scott, Julius Caesar, Oliver Cromwell, A History of the Great War, novels such as Greenmantle, Mr. Standfast and best-selling The Thirty-Nine Steps. *At which one of the guests was Katharine Cornell, to whom Mrs. Roosevelt presented the Chi Omega "Achievement Award" (medal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Sofa Soliloquies | 4/12/1937 | See Source »

John Buchan, as a writer, is a man of enormous power. As the author of adventure stories, such as Mr. Standfast and Greenmantle, he has already won wide recognition as a novelist. As a historian he bids fair to surpass Carlyle, both in the excellence of his style and on the merits of his prose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW BOOKS: The Necessary History | 2/25/1924 | See Source »

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