To See The Queen by Katharine Gibson review
New Longmans edition presents Isabella of Valois tale for readers eight to twelve. Boots the cat and Sparrow the shepherd lad drive a lively historical story of a queen who climbs battlements and enjoys woodland strolls while Fancy, the queen, turns milkmaid and Sparrow becomes a minstrel at court.
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Katharine Gibson
Tittle Embree Funk
New
Longmans, Green and Co
Boots
Isabella of Valois
England
Richard H. Fancy
Fancy
Sparrow
Forgetful narrator recalls missing car prank in Asheville
Leon Burnett reflects on forgetfulness and self reliance in modern life. He recounts a friend in Asheville who searches for his own car while seated in a restaurant car with another man and a woman, provoking laughter and a broader critique of medicine and dependency on experts.
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Asheville
Pack Square
Ile
Bete & i
Rae Cot
Sand
Mysicians
Almanac of Liberty by Justice Douglas reviewed
The piece praises Justice Douglas and his almanac work outlining constitutional questions from treason to restrictive covenants and school Bible teaching. It highlights his Asia trip, the Himalayas, and insights into rights and responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution.
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Asia
Himalayas
Maryland
Douglas
States
District of Columbia
Supreme Court of
New Jersey
United States of America
Rivers of America volume Susquehanna to debut in Cooperstown
The 48th Rivers of America book The Susquehanna by Carl Carmer will be published by Rinehart & Company with festivities planned in Cooperstown New York, home of the New York State Historical Association. Leonard Wibberley returns with a new novel set in Grand Fenwick, featuring a 22 year old Duchess and 20 loughbowmen who invade New York City.
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Leonard Wibberley
Six-Gun Shots A GUNMAN RODE NORTH
William Avalon Books presents a western tale set in Arizona about Lew Kerrigan, a paroled convict seeking to correct a past wrong. The story features three women, a cavalry gang, and a group of misfits including Apaches amid mounting danger.
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William Avalon Books
East St
New York
N. Y
Hopson
Arizona
Lew Kerrigan
Outcast of Murder Mesa is a comeback tale
A newcomer returns to a town he fled to confront old enemies and a wary love interest. A looming conflict draws in friends rivals and a developing plot.
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Murder Mesa
Kenneth Fowler
W. 44Th St
New York
N. Y
Duff
My Brother's Keeper by Marcia Davenport reviewed
A lively critique of Marcia Davenport's My Brother's Keeper, praising its blend of daily life and compassion. It notes the Manhattan setting by Times Square and the ensemble cast led by a mother fleeing tyranny, with Renata the operatic foil. The review lauds Davenport's insight and belief that art mirrors life and that withdrawal from reality offers no solution.
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Marcia Davenport
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
Marcia Davenpor
Manhattan Island
My Brothers
Times Square
Collier Brothers
Seymour
Randall Holt
Renata
East Side
West Side
Tchekov
Eith
Coast population grows 3.7 percent yearly
U S Pacific Coast areas see population rise at 3.7 percent annually, about twice the national rate, signaling faster growth across the region.
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U. S. Pacific Coast Areas
Ivory tower or ruin on West 24th Street
Fragmentary line describes a shift from an ivory tower to a ruin on West 24th Street. No clear persons or organizations are readable. The snippet hints at a contrast between lofty aims and dereliction in an urban setting.
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West 24Th Street
Autobiography Mention for Yukon Tale by Beatrice
Robert W. Service writes a prefatory note for Laura Beatrice’s I Married the Kindike an autobiographical Yukon years story to be published by Little Brown in the near future.
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Robert W. Service
Laura Beatrice
Yukon Territory
Little, Brown
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