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...Story. The tired subeditor of the London Liberal, "that well known organ of the more depressing aspects of advanced thought," sneaks away for a lonely vacation from journalism and a noisy family. He and his flivver, by an accident only Einstein could fitly explain, crash right through the fourth dimension and into Utopia?where he finds a handful of other Earthlings, as bewildered as he at finding themselves translated to a new and perfect universe. The others include those whom Mr. Wells seems to regard as typical public nuisances of a modern civilization?a titled lady, pleasant, but futile...
Officers of McCook Field, Dayton, forgot their triumph in adding endurance to their list of speed, climb and altitude records, on seeing the fatal crash of a heavily loaded Martin bomber. Their guests of a few weeks, Captain W. B. Lawson and Sergeant Bidwell, of Langley Field, Va., Sergeant W. H. Rowland, of Selfridge Field, Mich., and Hugh M. Smith, of the Bureau of Standards, left McCook on a flight to Langley. In the face of a head wind, Captain Lawson-a distinguished war pilot- could not clear a bridge across the Miami at the edge of the field...
...know is as it is, it might be evident that this is Mr. Marquand's first book from the fact that it starts a little "hard". Things do not move along quite easily unit the first crash and oath...
...father's fist came down on the table with a crash...
...know they did their "darndest", as we in the stands did outs to back them. But the best part of it all is that Yale--the rival, supreme--is yet to be played. Here is a chance, if ever chance was, to come back-team and support together --and crash through with a punch that will make former Yale Game look like dummy practice...