August 1924 Issue, THE BOOKMAN

- In Defense of Virtue
  Margaret Widdemer
  , pp. 641-645
- Walt
  Christopher Morley
  , pp. 646-661
  A One Act Portrait
- Life in Life
  Pascal D'Angelo
  , p. 662
- Poetry and Politics
  Elmer Murphy
  , pp. 663-666
- Two Poems
  Charles Norman Bloom
  , p. 667
- Chapters from Unwritten Autobiographies
  Thomas Burke
  , pp. 668-672
  VI. One Night
- Lady Anne's Meditations during Divine Service
  Margaret Tod Ritter
  , p. 673
- Maecenas Up to Date
  Ernest Boyd
  , pp. 674-680
- The Knightliness of Philip Gibbs
  Grant Overton
  , pp. 681-686
- Making the Most of Your Genius
  Mary Austin
  , pp. 687-693
  VIII. Genius and the Supernormal Faculties
- Bramble Fruit
  H. Underwood Hoyt
  , p. 694
- The Literary Spotlight---XXXII. George Jean Nathan
  Anonymous
  , pp. 695-700
- The Londoner
  Simon Pure
  , pp. 701-707
- Three Great American Printers
  Walter Prichard Eaton
  , pp. 708-714
- "Here Are Ladies" in Paris
  Joseph Gollomb
  , pp. 715-719
- White Birches of New England
  Kathryn White Ryan
  , p. 720
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  To See or Not to See (2 Reviews)
  David Carb and J.F.
  , pp. 721-725
  The Sea Hawk (1924 Film), by Frank Lloyd
  1. The Sea Hawk (1924 Film) by Frank Lloyd
  2. Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924 Film) by Irvin Willat
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  The Bookman's Guide to Fiction (62 Reviews) , pp. 726-728
  Siege, by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  1. Siege by Samuel Hopkins Adams
  2. The Savage by Mikhail Artzybasheff
  3. Black Oxen by Gertrude Atherton
  4. The Great House in the Park by Anna Robeson Burr
  5. The Divine Lady by E. Barrington
  6. The Green Bay Tree by Louis Bromfield
  7. The Interpreter's House by Struthers Burt
  8. The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield
  9. The Lunatic Still at Large by J. Storer Clouston
  10. An Island Chronicle by William G. Cummings
  11. The Mystery of the Third Parrot by Marvin Dana
  12. The Coast of Folly by Coningsby Dawson
  13. The Pipers of the Market Place by Richard Dehan
  14. The Black Hood by Thomas Dixon
  15. Pink Sugar by O. Douglas
  16. Cattle by Winnifred Eaton (Onota Watonna)
  17. Madame Claire by Susan Ertz
  18. So Big by Edna Ferber
  19. A Man in the Zoo by David Garnett
  20. Deep Meadows by Margaret R. Larminie
  21. Heirs Apparent by Philip Gibbs
  22. The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey
  23. The London Adventures of Mr. Collin by Frank Heller
  24. Re-Creations by Grace Livingston Hill
  25. The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough
  26. The Golden Ladder by Rupert Hughes
  27. Lummox by Fannie Hurst
  28. Recompense by Robert Keable
  29. The Philosopher's Stone by J. Anker Larsen
  30. Broken Bridges by Madeline Linford
  31. Tongues of Flame by Peter Clark Macfarlane
  32. The Plastic Age by Percy Marks
  33. The Education of Anthony Dare by Archibald Marshall
  34. Told by an Idiot by Rose Macaulay
  35. High Fires by Marjorie Barkley McClure
  36. Pandora Lifts the Lid by Christopher Morley and Don Marquis
  37. The Callahans and the Murphys by Kathleen Norris
  38. The Wrath to Come by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  39. Imperturbe by Elliot H. Paul
  40. The Barbarian Lover by Margaret Pedler
  41. The Avalanche by Ernest Poole
  42. Atavar by Arthur B. Reeve
  43. Shadows That Pass by Otto Rung
  44. Andorra by Isabelle Sandy
  45. The Test of Donald Norton by Robert Eugene Pinkerton
  46. Bardelys the Magnificent by Rafael Sabatini
  47. Mistress Wilding by Rafael Sabatini
  48. The Richest Man by Edward Shanks
  49. The Gray Beginning by Edward Shenton
  50. Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms by Harriet Lummis Smith
  51. A City Out of the Sea by Alfred B. Stanford
  52. Empty Hands by Arthur Stringer
  53. The Midlander by Booth Tarkington
  54. Quinney's Adventures by Horace Annesley Vachell
  55. Deep in the Hearts of Men by Mary E. Waller
  56. The Dream by H.G. Wells
  57. Captains All by Albert Richard Wetjen
  58. Old New York by Edith Wharton
  59. The Able McLaughlins by Margaret Wilson
  60. Leave It to Psmith by P.G. Wodehouse
  61. Against the Tide by John Wycliffe
  62. Ancient Fires by I.A.R. Wylie
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  The Editor Recommends--- (4 Reviews)
  J.F.
  , pp. 729-731
  Saint Joan, by George Bernard Shaw
  1. Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw
  2. A Man in the Zoo by David Garnett
  3. Some Contemporary Americans by Percy H. Boynton
  4. A Sailor's Garland by John Masefield
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  The Book of the Month (Review)
  Stephen Vincent Benet
  , pp. 732-735
  The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson, by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Emily Dickinson
  1. The Life and Letters of Emily Dickinson by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Emily Dickinson
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  A Shelf of Recent Books (4 Reviews) , p. 736
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    Carlyle Redivivus (Review)
    Gerald Hewes Carson
    , p. 736
    1. Jane Welsh Carlyle: Letters to Her Family, 1839-1863 by Leonard Huxley and Jane Welsh Carlyle
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    Books for Parents (4 Reviews)
    Eva v.B. Hansl
    , pp. 737-739
    1. The Child: His Nature and His Needs by M.V. O'Shea
    2. The Psychology of Early Childhood Up to the Sixth Year of Age by William Stern
    3. Love in Children and Its Aberrations by Oskar Pfister
    4. Parents and Sex Education, Vol. I by Benjamin Gruenberg
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    Burying Poets (7 Reviews)
    John Donelson
    , pp. 740-741
    1. Ariel: The Life of Shelley by Andre Maurois
    2. Byron: The Last Journey by Harold G. Nicolson
    3. The Political Career of Lord Byron by Dora Neill Raymond
    4. Byron and Greece by Harold Spender
    5. Shelley and the Unromantics by Olwen Ward Campbell
    6. Byron in England by Samuel C. Chew
    7. Poems of Lord Byron by H.J.C. Grierson and Lord Byron
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    Painless Essays (2 Reviews)
    Richardson Wright
    , p. 742
    1. Modern Essays: Second Series by Christopher Morley
    2. Essays by Present-Day Writers by Raymond Woodbury Pence
- In a Medici Garden
  Cyril Hume
  , p. 743
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  Recent Books in Brief Review (23 Reviews) , p. 744
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    Review Poincare: A Biographical Portrait, by Sisley H... (Review) , p. 744
    1. Poincare: A Biographical Portrait by Sisley Huddleston
  2. [+]
    Review Psychoanalysis and Aesthetics, by Charles Baud... (Review) , p. 744
    1. Psychoanalysis and Aesthetics by Charles Baudouin
  3. [+]
    Review Last Essays of Maurice Hewlett, by Maurice Hew... (Review) , p. 744
    1. Last Essays of Maurice Hewlett by Maurice Hewlett
  4. [+]
    Review History of Art, by Elie Faure (Review) , p. 745
    1. History of Art by Elie Faure
  5. [+]
    Review Pearls and Savages, by Captain Frank Hurley (Review) , p. 745
    1. Pearls and Savages by Captain Frank Hurley
  6. [+]
    Review The Latin Genius, by Anatole France (Review) , p. 745
    1. The Latin Genius by Anatole France
  7. [+]
    Review Howells, James, Bryant, and Other Essays, by W... (Review) , p. 745
    1. Howells, James, Bryant, and Other Essays by William Lyon Phelps
  8. [+]
    Review Prisons and Common Sense, by Thomas Mott Osborne (Review) , p. 746
    1. Prisons and Common Sense by Thomas Mott Osborne
  9. [+]
    Review Old Naval Prints, by Charles N. Robinson (Review) , p. 746
    1. Old Naval Prints by Charles N. Robinson
  10. [+]
    Review The Basis of Social Theory, by Albert G.A. Bal... (Review) , p. 746
    1. The Basis of Social Theory by Albert G.A. Balz and William S.A. Pott
  11. [+]
    Review Unhappy Far-Off Things, by Lord Dunsany (Review) , p. 746
    1. Unhappy Far-Off Things by Lord Dunsany
  12. [+]
    Review Studies and Sketches, by H.H. Asquith (Review) , p. 747
    1. Studies and Sketches by H.H. Asquith
  13. [+]
    Review The Old Soak's History of the World, by Don Ma... (Review) , p. 747
    1. The Old Soak's History of the World by Don Marquis
  14. [+]
    Review The Taking of Helen, and Other Prose Selection... (Review) , p. 747
    1. The Taking of Helen, and Other Prose Selections by John Masefield
  15. [+]
    Review The Magic Carpet, by Mrs. Waldo Richards (Review) , p. 748
    1. The Magic Carpet by Mrs. Waldo Richards
  16. [+]
    Review The Creative Life, by Ludwig Lewisohn (Review) , p. 748
    1. The Creative Life by Ludwig Lewisohn
  17. [+]
    Review Wonders of the Past, by J.A. Hammerton (Review) , p. 748
    1. Wonders of the Past by J.A. Hammerton
  18. [+]
    Review Tolstoi: The Teacher, by Charles Baudouin (Review) , p. 749
    1. Tolstoi: The Teacher by Charles Baudouin
  19. [+]
    Review Forty Years in Washington, by David S. Barry (Review) , p. 749
    1. Forty Years in Washington by David S. Barry
  20. [+]
    Review Journal of First Voyage to America, by Christo... (Review) , p. 749
    1. Journal of First Voyage to America by Christopher Columbus
  21. [+]
    Review Poe: Man, Poet and Creative Thinker, by Sherwi... (Review) , p. 750
    1. Poe: Man, Poet and Creative Thinker by Sherwin Cody
  22. [+]
    Review Men About Town, by Gene Markey (Review) , p. 750
    1. Men About Town by Gene Markey
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    Review The Boyhood of Edward MacDowell, by Abbie Farw... (Review) , p. 750
    1. The Boyhood of Edward MacDowell by Abbie Farwell Brown
- The Bookman's Monthly Score, p. 751
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  Foreign Notes and Comment (2 Items) , pp. 752-755
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    Life at Home and Abroad (7 Reviews)
    Allen W. Porterfield
    , pp. 752-755
    1. The Odes of Horace by Richard A. Zerega and Horace
    2. Master Walter Map's Book, De Nugis Curialium by Walter Map
    3. The Khoja Tales of Nasr-Ed-Din by Nasr-Ed-Din
    4. An Old Chinese Garden by Wen Cheng Ming
    5. The Sonnets by Karl August Georg Max Graf Von Platen-Hallermunde
    6. The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni
    7. The Fortunes of a Household by Herman Robbers
  2. Notes from France
    Pierre de Lanux
    , p. 756
- The Bookman's Literary Club Service, pp. 757-758
- The Gossip Shop, pp. 759-768