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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1931
Page
13
I express sincere thanks to friends and relatives for kind expressions and floral tributes after the death of my dear husband. Special gratitude to Rev. Geo. T. Tunstall and Rev. O. P. Ruth for consoling words at the services. Mrs. R. T. Perdue.
In Chapel Hill on June 13 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians highlighted UNC German club finals. William Boylan Snow led the final ball with Sara Dorsett, John Bullock and Elizabeth Nunn among partners. Holmes Davis and Cooper Person led marshals and managers balls. Fraternities Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi Kappa Phi Phi Delta Theta Sigma Chi Kappa Sigma Zeta Psi Phi Gamma Delta Sigma Phi Epsilon hosted related events.
Arthur Weigall author of Nero and Cleopatra biographies writes The Life and Times of Marc Antony to be published by Putnam in early fall. He argues a lovers quarrel cost Antony a world power greater than Caesar, citing the Actium clash with Cleopatra.
The Macaulay Co edition edited by Kreymberg Mumford and Rosenfeld surveys modern writing. It notes a drift from tradition toward new forms, praising Warren and Stevenson while highlighting staccato prose and experimental work. North Carolina writers Mitchell and DeJong contribute pieces.
French critics see a mood of dissatisfaction with the present and seek comfort in the past. Andre Maurois and Ludwig biographies sell well as the era gravitates toward historical figures, with Napoleon, Disraeli and Bismarck cited as models of strong statecraft.
After finishing her American lecture tour, Florence Ayres returns to Vienna to work on the second volume of Tu Fu The Autobiography of a Chinese Poet. She is the author of A Chinese Mirror published by Houghton Mifflin.
In New York a ten cent purchase led to a $1,000 plus sale when Hawthorne first editions surfaced. Mrs. Couch bought six books for 25 cents, discovering Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter first edition valued at over $1,000. Hawthorne’s Fan SHAWE set a peak price, with later sales pushing first editions to $1,250 and more.
The article surveys forthcoming works and achievements in letters and publishing. It notes Bernard Shaw and Ellen Terry correspondence due from Putnam's with a witty preface, a Beveridge Fund volume on secession era editorials, and grants for documentary editing. John Held Jr. tied to The Flesh Is Weak and Dog Stories. Corey Ford joins the Explorers Club. Marie Stopes' Married Love remains controversial. Robert Emmet biography by R W Postgate planned.
A review of Verse of the New West by Irene Welch Grissom focusing on poems about the Great American Desert and Westward life. Notes strong pioneer portraits, lyrical flaws, and Glen H Spurgeon illustrations.
A Boston edition notes sentimental letters from an enamored gentleman to his lady, tracing rapid heartbeats and heartbreak as passion shifts from radiant adulation to doubt and reunion ending with forgiveness and salvation.
Rex Stout has sent the manuscript of his new novel Golden Remedy to publishers and it will be issued this fall. The author’s first novel How Like A God scored immediate success and Seed On the Wind was even more enthusiastically received.
A mixed review of Storm Drift follows Captain Tiggie Turner who falls for Viola Norman aboard a voyage from India. Viola’s cruel husband plots trouble as Harvey Gilmore emerges as a key ally and Dr Spot Rutherford’s family offers support. The critic notes a slow start but says the later sections gain vitality and the book remains worth reading for light fiction fans.
A review of Al Grant Rosman’s novel The Sixth Journey. John Falconer, an architect widower, seeks happiness with daughter Judith, meets Hilary Revel, and marries her. The story follows reclaiming his daughter from harsh guardians and settling into a renewed family life, with psychological elements noted.
The original manuscript of The Aristocratic Journey, over 200000 words, was acquired by the department of manuscripts at the Congressional library in Washington. It records letters of Mrs Hall, a young Scotch matron who spent fourteen months in America in 1827 1828. Edited by Dame Una Pope‑Hennessy and published this spring by Putnam's.
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