Quite as tho he had in reality met this procession of chatterers and been “talked to death” does the reader lay down Mrs. Fisk’s book of monologues. It isn’t the woman with the forgivable little foible, but the voluble one who parades her own selfish interests to the exclusion of all others. The invalid, At the theatre, The new baby, A woman inquiring about trains, An afternoon call, The boardinghouse keeper and Her first trip abroad are suggestive of humorous as well as true-to-life possibilities for hits.
“Amusing but trivial.”
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Fitch, Michael Hendrick. Physical basis of mind and morals. $1. Kerr.
6–38885.
“A primer of socialism ... which makes an effective appeal to untrained thinkers, and for that reason deserves consideration by every one interested in exerting counter influence.”—Am. J. Soc.
“On the whole, it must be said that, though the book abounds with sensible remarks and just criticisms of present social conditions, it is an example of that pseudo-science which has brought disrepute upon the social sciences among men of scientific training; and that the less of such books with scientific pretensions we have published, the better it will be for the social sciences.” A. W. S.
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