Summer Reading and the Hidden Library Quest
A discursive portrait of summer reading habits from coastal hotels to rural libraries. It notes how vacation readers leave unread books and how local free libraries rely on volunteers, urging donations of unwanted titles. It surveys genres from travel and nature to war year novels and new guides, stressing lasting value over ephemeral trend.
Review of Summer Books and Authors Generous Selections
The season offers a rich American and English fiction lineup led by Gouverneur Morris, H G Wells, and Arnold Bennett with notable works by Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Dorothy Canfield, and Susan Glaspell. Poetry, drama, and opera criticism accompany new editions and translations, urging readers to take a varied summer reading path from novels to essays and reference guides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dunn
Frank H
William English Walling
Charles W. Eliot
Norman Angel
Robert W. Neeser
J. B. Walker
America
Robert W. Chambers
Gouverneur Morris
H. G. Wells
Bealby
Harry Leon Wilson
Mr. Poole
Mr. Harrison
Angela
Elmer Davis
James Lane Allen
Winston Churchill
Far County
Marcus Horton
H. H. Knibbs
Honoré Willsie
Jim
James Hay, Jr
Katharine Fullerton Gerould
Dorothy Canfield
Hillsboro
Tarkington
Elizabeth Dejeans
Samuel Merwin
W. F. Gray
England
Ludwig Lewisohin
Gilbert Murray
Shaw
Metropolitan
O. G. T. Sonneck
Berlioz
Gluck
Brian Hooker
Susan Glaspell
Mr. Wells
Arnold Bennett
Joseph Conrad
W. L. George
Rider Haggard
Allan and
Patrick McGill
William J. Locke
Cosey
Conan Doyle
Natalie Lincoln
Geraldine Bonner
Jaffery and the Albanian Brigade Grows Tedious
A mixed critique of Wallan J. Lacks Jaffery novel and Tolstoyan translations. Jaffery, a clumsy Pantaglewa, fails to engage as its eccentric characters feel contrived. The Albanian bridefillee character nearly lifts the tale, while the heroine’s arc falls flat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jappery
Wallan J. Lacks
Ras Tstania
Jobe
Mr. Locke
Jaffery
Suez
Dobbin
Amelia
Chicago
Packerstown
Jaffrey
Worman
Septimuses
Simons
Pujols
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Elsmere
Walter Pater
Meredith
Jack London
Mrs. Barclay
Stevenson
Messrs. Scribner
Messrs. Holt
Rural Libraries
Everyman's Library
The
Home University Library
Baedeker
Belgium
France
East Prussia
Galicia
Europe
California
Welrose
Panama
Natural History
Irvin Cobb
the New Fiction
GroeGe H Doranco
Rinie Me Omaeye
George Cram Cook
Susan Glatpell
Davenport
Iowa
Blake University
Des Moines
Legislature
Macmillan Company
Dia Maria Gurney
le I. Unsley
A. W
E.G. Cheyney
J. P. Wentling
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Jane Addams
W. F. Gepharts
Clarence H. Eckles
Maurice G. Fulton
L. N. Bailey
James Yee
Robert Frost
Boston
Edgar Lee Masters
Spoon River
John Masefield
Alfred Noyes
Verhaeren
Rabindranath Tagore
Crothers
Simeon Strunsky
New York City
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Phyfe
Aerachot
Zoobrugee
Chiteau-Salins
Dunejec
Kielee
Novogeorgievsk
Francis Vinton Greene
United Fates
Norman Funcell
Ilshazzar Court
Henry Holt & LO
Puiwams Sons
Joseph Conradf
Doubleday, Page & C
Susan Glaspell Chertz
Mary Hastings Bradley
Capreton E CO
Booth Tarkington
the Turmon
Harper & Bros
W. J. Locke
Michael Artzibasher
Artzibashep
Mimmionaire
Michael
Percy Piohagtin
Fai
Atk
Ivan Lande
Nina
Sanine
Mr. Artzboshef
Tolstoy
Topher
Dostolevsky
Pudinten
Nietesche
Mar Stirner
Wtady Gan
Iran
Tage
Ustre Dinvosinns
Lrg
Ama Olieg
Henry Malkan
Larmont
Broadwaysenew Sts
Tol Broad
Finter
Taker
John Bright
Birmingham
Mace
Lina Beard
Adelia B. Beard
Charles Scribner's Sons
Wilson
Mr. Bryan
Literary Digest
Germany
Bryan
Steel Trust
Uncle Sam
China
Death Valley
John W. Alexander
Brand Whitlock
the Literary Digest
Funk & Wagnalls Company
New York