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...unconscious, bull-tongued humor. Last week Poet Stuart made the scoffers scratch their heads over a book of stones that were partly funny, partly serious, in the main tantalizingly good. These tales of Kentucky farmers were written in racy Kentucky dialect, with a wild-eyed, straightforward outrageousness that reminded readers more than once of Erskine Caldwell, at times of the ingenuous slyness of Chekhov. Readers who liked to laugh with a clear conscience, however, were still puzzled by Author Stuart's refusal to make the most of his Munchausenish humor. But in spite of a preoccupation with death...
According to Andrews the present waxing of sunspots should come to an end in 1939. What this may mean he will not predict but cryptically leaves it to the imagination of the reader...
...completely without its constructive publications. In November appeared "The Harvard Grind" with its avowed purpose to help fellow grinds. Quoting a reader of the "Grind" just before a French 6 exam...
...discharged at Fort Sheridan with a disability of 28%. The Examining Board looked over the remaining 72% and decided there was just enough left to make a good chemical engineer. My disability, gentle reader, was from the neck...
...loss of many of Gabriel's followers, as well as (partly) for the defection of Ben. Against superstition and treachery even the gods contend in vain, and when Gabriel goes down in defeat he goes down with an undeniable grandeur which even Mr. Bontemps can impart to the reader...