Life — January 23, 1913 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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HIGH FINANCE IN ITS EARLY STAGES coraments on current topics in the form of parodies of the Latin poets. Jade, by Berthold Lanfer, A study of Chinese’ archeology and religion based upon a discussion of carly jade burial pieces, votive offerings and amulets. The Midlanders, by Charles Tenney Jackson. | A_ picturesque “ "and Mississippi River melodrama, ing the coming of the Wisconsin Idea to Towa. Old Age, Its Prevention and Cure, by Sanford Bennett. An incredibly ill- written book outlining a splendidly sim- ple and sensible system of home exer- cise. The Provincial American, by Mere dith Nicholson. Essays which are chiefly attractive for their pleasant soundings of the personal note. The Reef, by Edith Wharton. The subtly analyzed and brilliantly presented story of a disfigured love aifair. Some English Story Tellers, by Fred- erick Taber Cooper. Critical sizings up from the academic angle of the leaders among the younger British novelists. Scientific Sprague, by Francis Lynde. Short stories of a high-brow detective and a series of Western railroad mys- teries. sane Women of Shakespeare, by bra Efficiency Crank: YOUNG MAN, ARE YOU AWARE THAT YOU EMPLOYED cism and controversial hair-splitting. FIFTEEN UNNECESSARY MOTIONS DELIVERING THAT KISS? comicbooks.com