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Last week Author Day's Life with Father, chosen by the Book-of-the-Month Club, gave readers a more detailed account of existence in a well-to-do broker's family in a settled and serene period of U. S. history. For young Clarence Day it was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Record of the Rich | 8/5/1935 | See Source »

Last week Author Day's Life with Father, chosen by the Book-of-the-Month Club, gave readers a more detailed account of existence in a well-to-do broker's family in a settled and serene period of U. S. history. For young Clarence Day it was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Museum Piece | 8/5/1935 | See Source »

And now if I may indulge in a little purely personal feeling, the censorship in the vicinity of Boston is to me detestable, narrow-minded and undoubtedly something that should have gone out with the stove-pipe hat and knee-britches. Furthermore, even were the articles in the Lampoon to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "Pornographia" | 5/22/1935 | See Source »

Why is a pump like Viscount Castlereagh? Because it is a slender thing of wood, That up and down its awkward arm doth sway, And coolly spout and spout and spout away, In one weak, washy, everlasting flood.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Seducers & Spaniards | 11/12/1934 | See Source »

The accompanying feature at the University is "Saturday's Millions"; I can say little in its favor. If you wish to learn how a western football team is managed--according to Hollywood--you will enjoy wishy-washy "Saturday's Millions." Robert Young does his best to convince you that football...

Author: By G. R. C., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 11/27/1933 | See Source »

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