Mystery Novel The Black Box Review
The critique highlights M. P. Shiel’s The Black Box set mainly in Ireland with characters like Gilfillan O Connor Kingsway O Loughlin Monk and the Ban shee. Agnes Heygate a nurse solves the case as physicians and suspects swirl around Sir Patrick’s death at Three Villages and the New and Old Houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilfillan
O'Connor
Kingsway
O'Loughlin
Monk
Sir Patrick
Agnes Heygate
Intolerance of Christianity book review by G Ray Jordan
A New York publisher releases The Intolerance of Christianity a collection of fifteen sermons from Rev. G Ray Jordan pastor of Wesley Memorial Methodist Church. The notes praise the author’s clear positive presentation of Christian truth and focus on themes like Christian intolerance of morals and personal values. The review highlights sermons on war indifference and church criticism while stressing devotion to Christ and constructive church participation.
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Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal
G. Ray Jordan
Cokesbury Press
Nashville
Jordan
Jesus
Jesus Christ
Christ
Wesley Memorial Methodist Evisional Church
High Point
Books to Be Reviewed in This Issue
The list covers works from various authors and publishers including The American Caravan Ma caulay You Can Escape Edward H Smith Negroes of Africa M Del afosse Storm Drift Ethel M Dell Single Lady John Monk Saunders The Quick and the Dead Gamaliel Bradford Green Grow the Lilacs Lynn Riggs From Steerage to Congress Richard Bartholdt Detroit Rules Itself William P Lovett A Temple of the Spirit A L Durban Molten Amber James M Campbell The Letters of An Unknown Lover from multiple houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macaulay
Edward H. Smith
Macmillan
M. Delafosse
Associated Publishers
Ethel M. Dell
Putnam
John Monk Saunders
Brewer & Brewer
Gamaliel Bradford
Houghton, Mifflin
Lynn Riggs
Congress
Richard Bartholdt
Dorrance
Detroit
William P. Lovett
Badger
A. L. Durban
Same
James M. Campbell
Isn't It So a Book of Caricatures by Gene Zukor
A review notes Isn't It So by Gene Zukor, a collection of caricatures from York and Jacobs. The drawings reflect amateur execution but show cleverness and humor, with everyday scenes captured in simple lines and witty captions, offering wholesome fun and sly amusement.
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Gene Zukor
To York
Tree and Jacobs
Zukor
Mr. Zukor
Life Story of Gauguin Chronicle of a Passionate Artist
A review of Beryl Becker’s Paul Gauguin biography from Albert & Charles Boni notes the life of the French artist driven by a maddening drive toward art. It traces his leap from broker to painter, his travels from Paris to Rouen Denmark Tahiti and Marquesas, and his final death in 1903.
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Paul Gauguin
Beryl Becker
New York
Albert & Charles Boni
Paris
Gauguin
Rouen
Denmark
Pacific
Tahiti
Marquesas
Becker
Cherokee Night to Be Read at Playmakers in Chapel Hill
Lynn Riggs author of Green Grow the Lilacs will read a new play The Cherokee Night at 8:30 p.m. Sunday April 19 in the Playmakers theater Frederick H Koch Carolina Playmakers director announced. Riggs wrote the play after two months in Chapel Hill and this marks its first stage presentation. The cast depicts descendants in Oklahoma of Cherokees transplanted from the Carolinas Georgia and Florida to Indian Territory. Characters are described as more white than Indian with a lingering Cherokee strain. Riggs is an Oklahoma native whose Green Grow the Lilacs is also an Oklahoma folk play.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Lynn Riggs
Theatre Guild
Playmakers Theater
Frederick H. Koch
Carolina Playmakers
Riggs
Oklahoma
Carolinas
Georgia
Florida
Indian Territory
Retired NJ Official Browne Reaches Second Edition Preface
Dr. Charles Browne former Princeton mayor and congressman retires from the Public Utilities Commission of New Jersey. He has completed a preface and index for a second edition of The Gun Club Book reflecting his long career and authorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Browne
Princeton
Public Utilities Commission of New Jersey
On Laughter and the Comic Spirit by Willard Smith
A concise appraisal of comedy’s nature and function. Smith argues laughter is intuitive and essential to true comedy, linking character in action to the informing comic spirit, and tracing humor through theories from ancient Greece to English and French drama. A thorough, quotation rich study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smith
Smith
And the Greeks by Charles Graves travelogue review
A review of And the Greeks by Charles Graves praises its vivid, dreamlike travel prose. It recounts visits to Juan-les-Pins with Shaw, Deauville’s casino culture, St Moritz ski scenes, and Monte Carlo gambling lore, highlighting the author’s romantic, nonchalant tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Graves
Mr. Graves
Juan-les-Pins
Graves
George Bernard Shaw
Deauville
France
Switzerland
6St. Moritz
St. Moritz
Monte Carlo
Irish Free State Bans Look Homeward Angel
The censorship board in the Irish Free State bans Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward Angel citing unsuitable content. The decision blocks the novel's distribution and sale within the state pending further review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Wolfe
Angel
Irish Free State Censorship Board
Channing Pollock Portrays Life Beauty Amid Modern Stage
The House Beautiful presents a mellow glow laden drama about life, love, and ambition. Archie Davis fails in business yet wins Jennifer's ideals, while Guy Staton embodies material success and envy. Archie's ultimate triumph rests with his son and doing what is right as Jennifer cherishes enduring devotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Pollock
Jennifer
Archie Davis
Archie
Jennie
Guy Staton
Guy
Staton
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Secribners
England
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Malinowski
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EF. G. Lutz
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Random House
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Peter Pauper Press
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Hertram Thomas
Arabia
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Deion
Arabian Desert
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William Vaughn Moody
The
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the Literary Chronicle
Rev. G. Ray Jordan
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