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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There are numerous illustrations in the book. They are all interesting, but are not, as a rule, strictly relevant to the text. In commenting on this fact and on the lack of substantiating footnotes, the reviewer is fully aware of the difficulty of obtaining authoritative matter strictly relevant to the particulars of the subject in hand. For it must be remembered that the Mongol of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were for the most part illiterate. Most of the contemporary accounts of Genghis Khan must be sought in works in Chinese and Persian...

Author: By E. A., | Title: Father Brown -- Salome -- Genghis Khan | 11/19/1927 | See Source »

Strawn pointed out that one section of the article in the typewritten text of his speech which stated, "At their best, lawyers are of just about as much value to society as an army of cross-word puzzle fans; at their all too frequent worst, they are a deadly drug on social progress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STRAWN ATTACKS MAYOR THOMPSON'S PUBLICITY | 11/18/1927 | See Source »

...full text of Professor Nettleton's statement is as follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE HALFBACK DEFINITELY OUT | 11/11/1927 | See Source »

...told about a new pamphlet he was having printed: "Old Glory will still be on the cover, but in addition to that I've put down below it another picture with the international flag flying above Old Glory, with a serpent on it. And the text will say that all blue noses will strive through the League of Nations, the World Court and other instruments for foreign entanglements, to tear our flag down, and that a vote for foreign entanglements is a vote for frequent wars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Chicago Mayor | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

...editions of "The Copeland Reader," edited by Professor C. T. Copeland '82, gave been published by Charles Scribner's Sons comprising a two-volume edition designed for text-book use, and a five-volume subscription edition of elaborate design. The text-book edition has one volume devoted to the American reading, and one containing only the English literature treated in the Reader...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COPELAND READER EXPANDS INTO TWO VARIED EDITIONS | 11/2/1927 | See Source »

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