Biography By Inches G6 ARLYLE by Emery Neff
A critique praising the book for solid scholarship on Carlyle but faulting it for lacking vivid portrayal of Carlyle as a man. The review notes emphasis on biographical routine over spiritual struggle, personal relations, and Carlyle’s wit and genius, calling it biography by the book rather than a portrait of the Titan.
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Arlyle
Emery Neff
Carlyle
Mr. Neff
Emerson
Neff
Jane Welsh
Robert Benchley
Iich
Titan
Ford In His Heaven Continues Reflections On Beauty
The column discusses the tension between beauty and prosperity as explored by John Galsworthy. It notes school theologians’ earnest views and remarks that satire is ill suited now. It cites Huxley warning on beauty, arguing it is the sole luxury society can afford.
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John Galsworthy
Mr. Huxley
Romantic Earth Reviewed by Blanche Goldman
Blanche Goldman lauds a Western Highlands romance about the Macraes Peter and Fergus Mary and a cast of vivid figures. The novel blends earthy romance with epic prose showing desire faith and family duty amid stormy passions and stark landscapes. Strong prose powers the emotional arc and character contrasts.
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Macraes
Peter
Fergus
Mary
Aeneas
Willy McFarish
Mr. Strong
A Hollow Skeleton Exposes Domestic Life In Abridged Essay
The piece critiques a writer once praised for artistic principle Now the author discloses private life in a self interview style Mocking his shift from poetic ideals to a crude realism Where Dreiserian restraint is urged against an abrupt Aesred allegiance and perceived artistic decline
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Daily News
Dreiser
Sesphia
Aesred
Lawrence as a Noble Savage and the Apocalypse Critique
The piece surveys D H Lawrence on Christianity and politics, contrasting two church types and condemning secular democracy and communist sympathies. It notes Lawrence’s wary view of rationalist Christians in politics and hints he would advocate a sunlit, self-evident democracy rather than programmatic solutions.
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Tolstoy
Southey
Rousseau
Dostoievsky
Aldous Huxley
D. H. Lawrence
Jesus
Lawrence
John of Patmos
Staccato On The Eastern Front Analysis
The excerpt critiques Hitlerite rhetoric on the Eastern Front, detailing how the movement appeals to prejudice and promises of prosperity while scapegoating Jews. It describes anti-Semitic aims, nationalist fervor, and the portrayal of Germany as oppressed yet redeemable through Aryan ideals.
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France
Germany
Sturm
And Life Goes On a Vision of Lohwinkel by Baum
Ruth Crohy reviews Vicki Baum's And Life Goes On noting its calm yet incisive portrayal of Lohwinkel a stagnant German town. The book centers on Elizabeth the doctor's wife and the ambitious Herr Doktor Persenthein whose modern ideas clash with local sentiment. The work highlights marriage ambition and societal pressure as it traces a temporary upheaval sparked by three visiting celebrities and a fatal car accident.
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Ruth Crohy
Grand Hotel
Vicki Baum
Lohwinkel
Elizabeth
Herr Markus
Mozart
Brahms
German Students Split Over Hitler Movement
The piece notes that while Hitlerism gains traction with over a third of German students, some Germans reject the movement. It cites a German judge’s apoplectic reply to a question about Hitler, illustrating dissent amid rising support.
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Drang
Hitler
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