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October 1931 Issue
- 32 Articles
The Black Belt of the Caribbean
Carleton Beals
, pp. 129-138
Paladin of the Drys
W.J. Cash
, pp. 139-147
Occupations
James Rorty
, pp. 148-149
Editorials
, pp. 150-153
Americans in the South Seas
Robert Dean Frisbie
, pp. 154-160
Extra Gang
H.L. Davis
, pp. 161-170
Americana
, pp. 171-174
The Worst American State
Charles Angoff and H.L. Mencken
, pp. 175-188
Part II
Soul Flights of the Village
Albert Parry
, pp. 189-197
A Death in the Family
Joel Sayre
, pp. 198-206
The Making of a Wowser
Benjamin Decasseres
, pp. 207-214
The Devil Was in It
James Southall Wilson
, pp. 215-220
A Hymn from an Abattoir
Lloyd Lewis
, pp. 221-229
Rio Grande
Harvey Fergusson
, pp. 230-242
VI. The Strange Case of Padre Martinez of Taos
Herr Schonberg
Arthur D. Pierce
, pp. 243-250
The Library
[+]
The Men Who Govern Us
(2 Reviews)
H.L. Mencken
, pp. 251-252
The Mirrors of 1932, by Anonymous
The Mirrors of 1932
by Anonymous
Washington Merry-Go-Round
by Anonymous
[+]
The Progress of Science
(Review)
H.L. Mencken
, p. 253
What People Want to Read About, by Douglas Waples and Ralph W. Tyler
What People Want to Read About
by Douglas Waples and Ralph W. Tyler
[+]
American Journalism
(Review)
H.L. Mencken
, pp. 254-255
"Copy!", by Donald D. Hoover
"Copy!"
by Donald D. Hoover
The American Mercury Authors
, pp. 256-274
Check List of New Books
[+]
Public Questions
(6 Reviews)
The Problem of Unemployment
by Paul H. Douglas and Aaron Director
United States Postal Policy
by Clyde Kelly
The Background of International Relations
by Charles Hodges
Russia and the Soviet Union in the Far East
by Victor A. Yakhontoff
The Sacco-Vanzetti Case
by Osmond K. Fraenkel
America, We Need You
by E. Mueller-Sturmheim
[+]
Criticism
Creative Poetry, by B. Roland Lewis
(2 Reviews)
Creative Poetry
by B. Roland Lewis
Makers of Europe
by Robert Seymour Conway
[+]
Religion
The Faith of a Moralist, by A.E. Taylor
(3 Reviews)
The Faith of a Moralist
by A.E. Taylor
A Monument to Saint Augustine
by M.C. D'Arcy
The Problem of Right Conduct
by Peter Green
[+]
History
Liberalism in Mexico, 1857-1929, by Wilfrid Ha...
(8 Reviews)
Liberalism in Mexico, 1857-1929
by Wilfrid Hardy Callcott
The Paris Commune
by Edward S. Mason
Peacocks on Parade
by Albert Stevens Crockett
European Alliances and Alignments, 1871-1890
by William L. Langer
Underworld and Soviet
by Vladimir G. Orlov
The Great Trek
by Owen Cochran Coy
Hidden Springs of the Russian Revolution
by Lincoln Hutchinson and Katerina Breshkovskaia, ...
A World Can End
by Irina Skariatina
[+]
Literature
English Biography in the Eighteenth Century, b...
(3 Reviews)
English Biography in the Eighteenth Century
by Mark Longaker
History of Italian Literature
by Francesco de Sanctis
Some Religious Elements in English Literature
by Rose Macaulay
[+]
Sociology
Behind Mud Walls, 1930-1960, by William H. Wis...
(3 Reviews)
Behind Mud Walls, 1930-1960
by William H. Wiser and Charlotte Wiser
Economic Evolution in England
by Frederic Milner
Mexico: A Study of Two Americas
by Stuart Chase and Marian Tyler
[+]
Biography
Founders of Great Religions, by Millar Burrows
(5 Reviews)
Founders of Great Religions
by Millar Burrows
Mahatma Gandhi: His Own Story
by C.F. Andrews and Mahatma Gandhi
Plain Anne Ellis
by Anne Ellis
The Great Physician
by Edith Gittings Reid
Nelson
by Clennell Wilkinson
[+]
Language
Cruelty to Words, by Ernest Weekley
(3 Reviews)
Cruelty to Words
by Ernest Weekley
The Beginnings of American English
by M.M. Mathews
The Story of Surnames
by William Dodgson Bowman
[+]
Travel
Trails to Inmost Asia, by George N. Roerich
(2 Reviews)
Trails to Inmost Asia
by George N. Roerich
Mountains and Men
by Leonard H. Robbins
[+]
Reprints
The Doctor and the Devil, by Charles W. Gardner
(2 Reviews)
The Doctor and the Devil
by Charles W. Gardner
Plato's American Republic
by Douglas Woodruff
[+]
Fiction
Colors, by Remy de Gourmont
(9 Reviews)
Colors
by Remy de Gourmont
Snug Harbour
by W.W. Jacobs
The Champion from Far Away
by Ben Hecht
Sleuths
by Kenneth MacGowan
Backfire
by Daniel Chase
New England Holiday
by Charles Allen Smart
Slow Smoke
by Charles Malam
Personals
by Eleanor DeLamater
Martin's Summer
by Vicki Baum
[+]
Miscellaneous
Everyman's Encyclopedia, by Athelstan Ridgway
(2 Reviews)
Everyman's Encyclopedia
by Athelstan Ridgway
Strange As It Seems
by John Hix
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