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...which depends for its success upon enterprise, energy and a certain startling originality and not upon the wisdom of its political opinions or the lofty style of its editorials. . . Illustrations attract the eye and stimulate the imagination of the masses and materially aid the comprehension of an unaccustomed reader and thus are of particular importance to that class of people which the Examiner claims to address...
...inquest-she was never put on the stand during her trial-was contradictory on some points, evasive on others. Nevertheless, since there was only circumstantial evidence against her, she was acquitted. The trial (1893) was a national sensation, even eclipsing the Chicago World's Fair. Many a newspaper reader thought Lizzie innocent, but the majority in Fall River thought otherwise. One of the many current jokes about the case: on Aug. 4 somebody asked Miss Lizzie the time of day. Said she: "I don't know, but I'll go and ax Father...
...Reader Schrankel, accustomed to the ordinary type of aircraft engine in which the propeller shaft is also the crankshaft, has not realized that in the Hispano-Suiza moteur canon the crankshaft drives through gears an entirely separate propeller shaft. This straight shaft is hollow. The superiority of the new moteur canon lies precisely in that it does not have to be "synchronized" to fire between the spinning propeller blades, as in the old-fashioned arrangement with which Reader Schrankel is familiar, but sends a stream of shells straight out through the hollow axis of the propeller...
...quality of the reviewing is high, although perhaps the amount--particularly of the dramatic criticism--is disproportionate to the interest of the reader or the purpose of the magazine. Mr. Schlesinger is a little intemperate in his assault upon "The Flowering of New England", but rewardingly vigorous and perceptive...
...your able book review editor passed up several fascinating books, chose for review a book about an erotic Russian musician whose chief claim to fame was he was homosexual. Yet on the same page was listed a book (but passed with scant attention) called Fifty Million Brothers by Reader's Digest's blue-pencil genius, Charles W. Ferguson. As a "Fergie" fan, I protest, not only at your slight to Fergie's book but your unfailing and sedulous attention to books with perversion themes...