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New Books A Hazard of Xcio Fortune, by William Dean Howells. Boni & Liveright. GO cents. The "Modern Library" series of important books in good binding has just added a volume by William Dean...
...A re-issue of the volume brings it down to date...
...This is a collection of the striking public utterances of William Jennings Bryan, selected from the principal speeches and lectures delivered by him during his eventful and picturesque career...
...20—"My father took this same course and I have his notes...
...Boni and Live-right...
...189 pp...
...An added feature of this new edition is an introduction by Alexander Harvey, whose recent critical book, "William Dean Howells," is already regarded by competent judges as the standard interpretation of America's foremost novelist...
...This work on "The History of Tammany Hall" appeared originally about ten years ago...
...Mary, Mary" by James Stephens and Anton Chekhov's "Rothchild's Fiddle" are also recent publications in the same library...
...Bryan's powers of moral suasion are well set forth in chapters dealing with ideals, religion and in the selection of some miscellaneous talks dealing with war, peace and human development...
...In any event it is one of his most important and characteristic works—a masterpiece not only of American literature but of modern literature of the world...
...The Awkward Age "Tommy, you're too old to cry...
...The foreword to the book tells of the difficulties experienced by the author and his friends in securing a publisher for the volume...
...His views on all topics of legislation—campaign, publicity, initiative and referendum, equal suffrage and trust and labor—are set forth...
...Chaparral...
...The book is illuminating and covers a period from 17S9 down to 1917...
...Books in the "Modern Library" are published at a uniform price of 60 cents a volume...
...Bryan's ideas, this book will prove interesting...
...Many critics believe that "A Hazard of New Fortunes" is William Dean Howells' greatest novel...
...The "Modern Library" series of important books in good binding has just added a volume by William Dean Howells...
...Ail in the Family Prof.—"Freshman, why don't you take notes in my cpurse...
...Punch Bout...
...Heart to Heart Appeals, by William Jennings Bryan...
...The History of Tammany Hall, by Gustavus Myers...
...Fleming H. Revell...
...2.50 net...
...To a person who desires to get a glimpse of Mr...
...Yes, and I'm too young to have what I'm crying for...
Vol. 9 • November 1917 • No. 11
