# The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 136

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    Number 1, July, 1925 1-143
    Number 2, August, 1925 145-288
    Number 3, September, 1925 289-431
    Number 4, October, 1925 433-576
    Number 5, November, 1925 577-720
    Number 6, December, 1925 721-864
THE
ATLANTIC MONTHLY
A MAGAZINE OF
Literature, Science, Art, and Politics
VOLUME CXXXVI
July-December, 1925
BOSTON AND NEW YORK THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY COMPANY The Rumford Press, Concord
Copyright, 1925, By the Atlantic Monthly Company.
Printed at The Rumford Press, Concord, N. H., U.S.A.
CONTENTS
Index by Titles
Prose
| | Page |
| Abd el-Krim and the War in Africa, Vincent Sheean | 251 |
| Anonymity: An Inquiry, E. M. Forster | 588 |
| Architecture, The Advance of, Thomas E. Tallmadge | 225 |
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| Bee’s Knees, The, Charles D. Stewart | 1 |
| Bird, The Way of a, Sir W. Beach Thomas | 810 |
| Book, In Quest of the Perfect, William Dana Orcutt | 800 |
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| Cavalry, After—What? Captain B. H. Liddell Hart | 409 |
| ‘Cavemen, We, the,’ Milutin Krunich | 615 |
| Challenge, A Contemporary, Virian T. Pomeroy | 787 |
| Christmas Come? When Will, Joseph Fort Newton | 721 |
| Christs Fought Hard, Then, Milutin Kruntch | 778 |
| Church in France, Baiting the, Denis Gurynn | 272 |
| Coal for the People, Arthur E. Suffern | 838 |
| Coming of Age, Helen Dore Boylston | 289 |
| Cotton, The Struggle for, Erans Lewin | 560 |
| Courage, Brassil Fitzgerald | 655 |
| Cure-alls, Agnes Repplier | 12 |
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| Dean, He Asked the, Benfield Pressey | 612 |
| Debt, The, A. Cecil Edwards | 502 |
| Djebel Druz, In the, Wolfgang von Weisl | 848 |
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| Ehot’s ‘Quarries,’ George, Charles Gardner | 659 |
| Evangelicals’ Dilemma, The, Justin Wroe Nixon | 368 |
| Everyday Life, Helen Dore Boylston | 638 |
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| Farmers, Our Embattled, Arthur P. Chew | 703 |
| Fiddles and Drums, Leo Crane | 359 |
| Franklin and Lightning, Alerander McAdie | 67 |
| Free? How Does It Feel to Be, Manuel Komroff | 329 |
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| Galapagos, A Conversation in the, Edmund Wilson | 577 |
| German People and Their Lost Colonies, The, Erans Lewin | 264 |
| Gift of Tongues, The, Valeska Bari | 389 |
| Glass Window, The, Lucy Furman | 208 |
| Good Business, Frank Brandon | 608 |
| ‘Good-Night, All,’ Anonymous | 596 |
| Greek in the Machine Shop, Carol Wight | 247 |
| Growth, The Philosophy of, Clifford H. Farr | 508 |
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| Happiness, Buying, Edgar J. Goodspeed | 343 |
| Harshest Thing in the World, The, C. E. Andrews | 49 |
| Hook, Mr. John, Wants His Money, Emily Stone Whiteley | 756 |
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| Ideas, Quantity Production in, Cornelia James Cannon | 380 |
| Impartial Chairman, Problems for an, W. M. Leiserson | 301 |
| Infinitude of Things, The, Mary Lucia Bierce Fuller | 334 |
| Italian Tyranny: An Anti-Fascist View, James Murphy | 818 |
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| Journal, More Leaves from a Secret, Jane Steger | 758 |
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| Knight-Errant and the Infidel, The, Henry R. Murphy | 159 |
| ‘Let Joy Be Unrefined!’ Leo Crane | 188 |
| Light That Lighteth, The True, Robert F. Fitch | 33 |
| Little Lowizy, Lucy Furman | 347 |
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| Marx To-day: Capitalism and Socialism, John R. Commons | 682 |
| Medium, Science and the, Hudson Hoagland | 666 |
| Meetinghouse and the Laboratory, The, A Woman Physician | 771 ​ |
| Mine Own People, Benjamin Harrison Chaffee | 496 |
| Mosque, The, Elgin E. Groseclose | 694 |
| Motor Menace, The, Herbert L. Towle | 98 |
| Movies, The Unconscious Humor of the, Agnes Repplier | 601 |
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| Neighbors of Mine, Nora Waln | 791 |
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| Official Returns, The, H. G. Dwight | 737 |
| Onward, Christian Soldiers, James Norman Hall | 19 |
| Other Little Ships, A. Vibert Douglas | 169 |
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| Paganism, The New, Ellen Duvall | 633 |
| Peas in a Pod, Twin, Earnest Elmo Calkins | 311 |
| Persian Friday, One, Thomas Pearson | 375 |
| Picture Peddler, A, Robert Alden Reaser | 518 |
| Pigtails, Ltd., Walter de la Mare | 175 |
| Plant Quarantine, J. Horace McFarland | 241 |
| Portrait, The Lady of the, Anna M. Whistler | 319 |
| Procrustes Redivivus, Morgan Barnes | 83 |
| Professor, Exit, Francis B. Gummere | 815 |
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| Religion and Science, Alfred North Whitehead | 200 |
| Religion Be Taught? Can, Charles M. Sheldon | 467 |
| Roots, Margaret Prescot Montague | 230 |
| Russia, Without Prejudice, Sir Martin Conway | 401 |
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| Science and Poetry, I. A. Richards | 481 |
| Science and the Medium, Hudson Hoagland | 666 |
| ‘Selling It’, A Social Worker | 44 |
| Sharks of Narborough, The, William Beebe | 433 |
| ‘Ships, As the Swift’, Theodore Morrison | 648 |
| Sing: A Song of Sixpence, James Norman Hall | 726 |
| Soldiers, Indians, and Schools, Leo Crane | 55 |
| Soul, The Natural History of a, Earnest Elmo Calkins | 625 |
| Spain, The Burning Question of, Robert Sencourt | 108 |
| Speculation and Investment, Edgar Lawrence Smith | 542 |
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| Taxation, The Twilight Land of, Raymond Edwards Huntington | 828 |
| Taxes, Death and, Raymond Edwards Huntington | 419 |
| Test, The, Helen Dore Boylston | 453 |
| Thoroughbreds and Blackguards, Peter Burnaugh | 74 |
| Thought Broker, Augustus Bagster, Samuel McChord Crothers | 442 |
| Tramping with Yeggs, Paul Ernest Anderson | 747 |
| Treaty Revision, William Martin | 117 |
| Turkish State of Mind, The, Arnold J. Toynbee | 548 |
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| Uncle Tutt's Typhoids, Lucy Furman | 478 |
| University, A Modern, Abraham Flexner | 530 |
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| Victor, The—Who?, Frances LeFerre | 89 |
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| War, The Economic Cause of, Edward Beach Howell | 128 |
| Woman in Wall Street, A, The Woman | 145 |
| Wykeham, An Avatar at, Carroll Perry | 395 |
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| Younger Generation in 1840, The, Richard Frederick Fuller | 216 |
Poetry
| Conversation Balnéaire, Archibald MacLeish | 97 |
| Crane in Bloomsbury, The, Frank Kendon | 333 |
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| Deadlock, Joseph Auslander | 246 |
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| Evening, Gretchen Warren | 665 |
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| Fool o’ the Moon, Amy Lowell | 47 |
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| Hakluyt Unpurchased, Franklin McDuffee | 770 |
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| Immortelle, Bliss Carman | 628 |
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| Mississippi Melodies, Virginia Moore | 492 |
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| Spars, Grace Latimer Wright | 187 |
| Star among the Reeds, A, Theodore Morrison | 798 |
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| Violinist and the Lady, The, Helene Mullins | 388 |
Index by Authors
| Anderson, Paul Ernest, Tramping with Yeggs | 747 |
| Andrews, C. E., The Harshest Thing in the World | 49 |
| Auslander, Joseph, Deadlock | 246 |
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| Bari, Valeska, The Gift of Tongues | 389 |
| Barnes, Morgan, Procrustes Redivivus | 83 ​ |
| Beebe, William, The Sharks of Narborough | 433 |
| Boylston, Helen Dore | |
| Coming of Age | 289 |
| The Test | 453 |
| Everyday Life | 638 |
| Brandon, Frank, Good Business | 608 |
| Burnaugh, Peter, Thoroughbreds and Blackguards | 74 |
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| Calkins, Earnest Elmo | |
| Twin Peas in a Pod | 811 |
| The Natural History of a Soul | 625 |
| Cannon, Cornelia James, Quantity Production in Ideas | 380 |
| Carman, Bliss, Immortelle | 628 |
| Chaffee, Benjamin Harrison, Mine Own People | 496 |
| Chew, Arthur P., Our Embattled Farmers | 703 |
| Commons, John R., Marx To-day: Capitalism and Socialism | 682 |
| Conway, Sir Martin, Russia, Without Prejudice | 401 |
| Crane, Leo |
| Soldiers, Indians, and Schools | 55 |
| ‘Let Joy Be Unrefined!’ | 188 |
| Fiddles and Drums | 859 |
| Crothers, Samuel McChord, Augustus Bagster, Thought Broker | 442 |
| | ‍ |
| De la Mare, Walter, Pigtails, Ltd. | 175 |
| Douglas, A. Vibert, Other Little Ships | 169 |
| Durall, Ellen, The New Paganism | 633 |
| Dwight, H. G., The Official Returns | 787 |
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| Edwards, A. Cecil, The Debt | 502 |
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| Farr, Clifford H., The Philosophy of Growth | 508 |
| Fitch, Robert F., The True Light That Lighteth | 33 |
| Fitzgerald, Brassil, Courage | 655 |
| Flexner, Abraham, A Modern University | 530 |
| Forster, E. M., Anonymity: An Inquiry | 588 |
| Fuller, Mary Lucia Bierce, The Infinitude of Things | 334 |
| Fuller, Richard Frederick, The Younger Generation in 1840 | 216 |
| Furman, Lucy |
| The Glass Window | 208 |
| Little Lowizy | 847 |
| Uncle Tutt’s Typhoids | 473 |
| | ‍ |
| Gardner, Charles, George Eliot's ‘Quarries’ | 659 |
| Goodspeed, Edgar J., Buying Happiness | 343 |
| Groseclose, Elgin E., The Mosque | 694 |
| Gummere, Francis B., Exit Professor | 815 |
| Gwynn, Denis, Baiting the Church in France | 272 |
| | ‍ |
| Hall, James Norman |
| Onward, Christian Soldiers | 19 |
| Sing: A Song of Sixpence | 726 |
| Hart, Captain B. H. Liddell, After Cavalry—What? | 409 |
| Hoagland, Hudson, Science and the Medium | 666 |
| Howell, Edward Beach, The Economic Cause of War | 128 |
| Huntington, Raymond Edwards | |
| Death and Taxes | 419 |
| The Twilight Land of Taxation | 828 |
| | ‍ |
| Kendon, Frank, The Crane in Bloomsbury | 333 |
| Komroff, Manuel, How Does It Feel to Be Free? | 329 |
| Krunich, Milutin |
| ‘We, the Cavemen’ | 615 |
| Then Christs Fought Hard | 778 |
| | ‍ |
| LeFevre, Frances, The Victor—Who? | 89 |
| Leiserson, W. M., Problems for an Impartial Chairman | 301 |
| Lewin, Evans | |
| The German People and Their Lost Colonies | 264 |
| The Struggle for Cotton | 560 |
| Lowell, Amy, Fool o’ the Moon | 47 |
| | ‍ |
| McAdie Alexander, Franklin and Lightning | 67 |
| McDduffee, Franklin, Hakluyt Unpurchased | 770 |
| McFarland, J. Horace, Plant Quarantine | 241 |
| MacLeish, Archibald, Conversation Balnéaire | 97 |
| Martin, William, Treaty Revision | 117 |
| Montague, Margaret Prescott, Roots | 230 |
| Moore, Virginia, Mississippi Melodies | 492 |
| Morrison, Theodore | |
| ‘As the Swift Ships’ | 648 |
| A Star among the Reeds | 798 |
| Mullins, Helene, The Violinist and the Lady | 388 |
| Murphy, Henry R., The Knight-Errant and the Infidel | 159 |
| Murphy, James, Italian Tyranny: An Anti-Fascist View | 818 |
| | ‍ |
| Newton, Joseph Fort, When Will Christmas Come? | 721 |
| Nixon, Justin Wroe, The Evangelicals’ Dilemma | 368 |
| | ‍ |
| Orcutt, William Dana, In Quest of the Perfect Book | 800 |
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| Pearson, Thomas, One Persian Friday | 375 |
| Perry, Carroll, An Avatar at Wykeham | 395 |
| Pomeroy, Vivian T., A Contemporary Challenge | 787 |
| Pressey, Benfield, He Asked the Dean | 612 |
| Reaser, Robert Alden, A Picture Peddler | 518 ​ |
| Repplier, Agnes | |
| Cure-alls | 12 |
| The Unconscious Humor of the Movies | 601 |
| Richards, I. A., Science and Poetry | 481 |
| | ‍ |
| Sencourt, Robert, The Question of Spain | 108 |
| Sheean, Vincent, Abd el-Krim and the War in Africa | 251 |
| Sheldon, Charles M., Can Religion Be Taught? | 467 |
| Smith, Edgar Lawrence, Speculation and Investment | 542 |
| Steger, Jane, More Leaves from a Secret Journal | 758 |
| Stewart, Charles D., The Bee’s Knees | 1 |
| Suffern, Arthur E., Coal for the People | 838 |
| | ‍ |
| Tallmadge, Thomas E., The Advance of Architecture | 225 |
| Thomas, Sir W. Beach, The Way of a Bird | 810 |
| Towle, Herbert L., The Motor Menace | 98 |
| Toynbee, Arnold J., The Turkish State of Mind | 548 |
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| Waln, Nora, Neighbors of Mine | 791 |
| Warren, Gretchen, Evening | 665 |
| Wesl, Wolfgang von, In the Djebel Druz | 848 |
| Whistler, Anna M., The Lady of the Portrait | 319 |
| Whitehead, Alfred North, Religion and Science | 200 |
| Whiteley, Emily Stone, Mr. John Hook Wants His Money | 756 |
| Wight, Carol, Greek in the Machine Shop | 247 |
| Wilson, Edmund, A Conversation in the Galapagos | 577 |
| Wright, Grace Latimer, Spars | 187 |
The Contributors’ Club
| Ancestors, My | 570 |
| Asino Italiano | 283 |
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| Baltic Summer | 134 |
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| Grandfather French’s Nightshirt | 858 |
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| Hey Diddle Diddle! | 426 |
| Hint to Impecunious Authors, A | 568 |
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| Morning Caravans | 139 |
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| Oldenbury Hollow | 855 |
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| Penalty of Poise, The | 135 |
| Primitive Winter | 856 |
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| Social Work and Kangaroos, On | 712 |
| | ‍ |
| Toward the Royal Tombs | 716 |
| Tragedy of Trifles, A | 282 |
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| Vineyard Mosaic, The | 137 |
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| Widow’s Friend, The | 714 |
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