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May 1929 Issue - 33 Articles- Cotton Mill
Paul Peters
, pp. 1-9 - The New Innocents Abroad
Ruth Epperson Kennell
, pp. 10-18 - His Rev'Rince - Rest His Soul!
Frank Ward O'Malley
, pp. 19-25 - Mooney
Traverse Clements
, pp. 26-33 - The Etiquette of Slavery
Sara Haardt
, pp. 34-42 - Americana, pp. 43-47
- Emotion in the Court-Room
Eleanor Rowland Wembridge
, pp. 48-53 - Meat
Logan Clendening
, pp. 54-60 - Pegasus in High-School
Louis Untermeyer
, pp. 61-63 - The New Book of Common Prayer
Nelson Antrim Crawford
, pp. 64-66 - The Prevention of Goiter
Edith L. Weart
, pp. 67-69 - The County Boss
Hamilton Owens
, pp. 70-74 - Cock Fighting Today
William Henry Nugent
, pp. 75-82 - Why Men Work for Newspapers
Gerald W. Johnson
, pp. 83-88 - The Gallant Dominicans
Juan Gomez
, pp. 89-95 - Panorama: Phoenix, Arizona
Goldie Weisberg
, pp. 96-103 - Mandrake
Nina Purdy
, pp. 104-113 - Clinical Notes
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 114-116 - The Theatre
George Jean Nathan
, pp. 117-122 The Library
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The Gods and Their Agents (6 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 123-124 Slaves of the Gods, by Katherine Mayo
- Slaves of the Gods by Katherine Mayo
- The Story of Superstition by Philip F. Waterman
- Protestantism in the United States by Archer B. Bass
- While Peter Sleeps by E. Boyd Barrett
- The Vampire by Montague Summers
- Witchcraft in Old and New England by George Lyman Kittredge
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The Holy Estate (2 Reviews) H.L. Mencken
, pp. 125-127 Marriage and the State, by Mary E. Richmond
- Marriage and the State by Mary E. Richmond
- What is Wrong With Marriage? by G.V. Hamilton and Kenneth Macgowan
- The American Mercury Authors, pp. 128-162
Check List of New Books
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History (6 Reviews) - Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria: A Biography by Josef Redlich
- Greek Thought, and the Origins of the Scientific Spirit by Leon Robin
- The Quacks of Old London by C.J.S. Thompson
- The Court of Appeals of Maryland by Carroll T. Bond
- The Aftermath, 1918-1928 by Winston S. Churchill
- The Letters of the Tsar to the Tsaritsa, 1914-1917 by C.E. Vulliamy and Tsar Nicholas II
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Public Questions The Reading Interests and Habits of Adults, by... (5 Reviews) - The Reading Interests and Habits of Adults by William S. Gray and Ruth Munroe
- The Curious Lottery, and Other Tales of Russian Justice by Walter Duranty
- The New Industrial Revolution by Walter Meakin
- The Treason of the Intellectuals by Julien Benda
- The New Exploration by Benton MacKaye
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The Sciences The Social World of the Ants, by Auguste Forel (6 Reviews) - The Social World of the Ants by Auguste Forel
- From Magic to Science by Charles Singer
- What Is the Mind? by George T.W. Patrick
- Feelings and Emotions by Martin L. Reymert
- Queer Fish by C.M. Yonge
- Peaks of Invention by Joseph Leeming
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Biography Stealing Through Life, by Ernest Booth (9 Reviews) - Stealing Through Life by Ernest Booth
- Andrew Jackson: The Gentle Savage by David Karsner
- Bill Haywood's Book by William D. Haywood
- Charles Baudelaire: Flower of Evil by Francois Porche
- Pere Marquette: Priest, Pioneer, and Adventurer by Agnes Repplier
- The Letters of Katherine Mansfield by J. Middleton Murry and Katherine Mansfield
- Bitter Bierce by C. Hartley Grattan
- Portrait of Ambrose Bierce by Adolphe D. de Castro
- As God Made Them by Gamaliel Bradford
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Sociology Domestic Discord, by Ernest R. Mowrer (2 Reviews) - Domestic Discord by Ernest R. Mowrer
- Sex in Civilization by V.F. Calverton and Samuel D. Schmalhausen
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The Fine Arts The Dilemma of American Music, and Other Essay... (2 Reviews) - The Dilemma of American Music, and Other Essays by Daniel Gregory Mason
- Phonophotography in Folk Music by Milton F. Metfessel
- Editorial Notes
- The Industrial Debenture With Stock Participation Privileges
Rudolph L. Weissman
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Poetry (3 Reviews) - Further Poems of Emily Dickinson by Martha Dickinson Bianchi and Alfred Leete Hampson, ...
- Bitter Sweet by Rebecca McCann
- A Son of Earth by William Ellery Leonard
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Fiction In Those Days, by Harvey Fergusson (8 Reviews) - In Those Days by Harvey Fergusson
- The White Girl by Vera Caspary
- The Snake Pit by Sigrid Undset
- Mamba's Daughters by DuBose Heyward
- Joseph and His Brethren by H.W. Freeman
- The Closed Garden by Julian Green
- France Is Full of Frenchmen by Lewis Galantiere
- The Professor's Wife by Bravig Imbs
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Miscellaneous You---and the Doctor, by John B. Hawes II (2 Reviews) - You---and the Doctor by John B. Hawes II
- The Soviet Union