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  3. WRITERS AND READERS

    Some interesting information regarding the high prices paid for short stories by leading magazines in America is given in Mr. Henry Ford's weekly paper the ...

    Article : 314 words
  4. NEW BOOKS.

    Even Pepys, who began his remarkable diary at the age of 27, gave up after ten years, the task of recording his daily experiences; but the late Lady Frederick ...

    Article : 619 words
  5. NOTES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

    "Broadcasting will not oast the printed word. The ear can never take the place of the eye," said Lord Riddell, who presided on 4th June at the centenary ...

    Article : 895 words
  6. MARK TWAIN.

    At the age of twelve Samuel L. Clemens was apprenticed to a printer. His wages wore board and clothes or, as he put it. "more board than clothes." Three years ...

    Article : 1,543 words
  7. MINOR GODS OF GRUB STREET.

    The name, sounds Scottish, and the photo presents an outline and expression suggestive of northern ancestry. The Sinclairs, or St. Glairs, wore Earls of ...

    Article : 1,459 words
  8. POEMS OF ROBERT GRAVES.

    Professor of English at the Egyptian University, Mr. Graves has expounded ins views in many volumes, and when a poet has laid down the principles which lie ...

    Article : 767 words
  9. NEW FICTION.

    Among the newest novels issued by Hodder and Stoughton. London, are "Terror Keep," by Edgar Wallace: "The Gift of the Gauntlet," by Mrs. Baillie ...

    Article : 151 words
  10. RECORD PRIZES.

    A correspondent at Williamstown points out that larger prizes have been offered in America for competition among novelists than the 10,000 dol. (£2000) paid by ...

    Article : 124 words
  11. WEALTHY MAGAZINES.

    The reason why popular American magazines can afford to pay such high prices for short stories is that their circulation is very large, as they have a population ...

    Article : 326 words
  12. KNEES I HAVE KNOWN.

    Knees slender and silken-clad, knees fat and forty, naughty knees and knobby knees, knock knees and bowed knees, and other knees that are none of these--just ...

    Article : 821 words
  13. MARVELS OF MALAY.

    The Australian edition of "Six Years in the Malay Jungle," which has been published by the Cornstalk Publishing Co., Sydney, can he warmly recommended to ...

    Article : 446 words
  14. IN DR. JOHNSON'S TIME.

    In a recently published book, "Authorship in the Days of Johnson," the author, Mr. A. S. Collins, gives details of some or the prices,obtained by authors for their ...

    Article : 249 words
  15. TRUE TEMPERANCE AND SHAM.

    It,is a very significant thing that the majority, of the bishops and ministers of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America should have come out in favor of ...

    Article : 236 words
  16. GOTHIC.

    His is a Gothic soul, Thought-pinnacled, dream fair. Why do his fellow men Sec only gargoyles there ? ...

    Article : 213 words
  17. AN ITALIAN COMPLAINT.

    An echo of the complaint voiced in England, in Australia, and in almost every other civilised country, that people do not buy books, comes from Italy. The ...

    Article : 336 words
  18. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.

    Methuen and Co., London.--The Life and Faith of the Baptists, H. Whceler Robinson; the New Colonial Policy, Helmer Key, D. P[?] Psycholgy, Its. Methods and Principles, Fleming Allen Clay ...

    Article : 370 words
  19. HOW TO MAKE PROFITS.

    Business men will enjoy reading Mr. Herbert N. Casson's book "More Net Profit," of which an Australian, edition has been issued by the Cornstalk ...

    Article : 284 words
  20. AN ADDITION TO THE HONORS LIST.

    ["We have a gold medal for presentation to the person who composes the best essay on how to kill the homo fly."--Inviting announcement from the College of Pestology.] ...

    Article : 232 words
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  22. FORTUNE LEFT TO AN AUTHOR.

    Readers who can remember the wit and wisdom of Mr. Dooley will rejoice to hear that his creator; Mr. R. F. Dunne, has, been left the substantial fortune of ...

    Article : 239 words
  23. FACTS ABOUT RUSSIA.

    There is a mine of information about Russia, in the "Soviet Union Year "Book 1027" (Allen and Unwin Ltd., London), which has been compiled and edited by ...

    Article : 168 words
  24. AT THE ZOO.

    Tommy: Is that a lion or a lioness dad? Father: Which one, dear ? Tommy: The one with its face scratched ...

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