Alumni Publications

M. A. Donohue and Company of New York City have published a little book of 124 pages "Spice for Speeches" by Hon. John Henry Bartlett '94, First Assistant Postmaster General. Mr. Bartlett in his introduction states that it was his thought in offering this book to the public "that it mighjt be helpful to public speakers, and possibly also to others as a source of amusement or conversation." He adds "It has been our purpose to select only the best and brightest wit, having a good point to illustrate, and being proper in every presence. We have intended no politics, no propaganda, no disrespect—only fun. If this volume but adds a few laughs to the world, it will have served its purpose." Some of these brief stories have their origin in real happenings and others are more or less fictitious.

"Christmas on Main Street" a poem by Rev. Howard J. Chidley '06 appears in the issue of the Boston Herald for December 18.

"Little Theatre Organization and Management, for Community, University and School, including a History of the Amateur in Drama" by Alexander Dean '16, Associate Professor of Dramatic Art and Literature in the Northwestern University, has been published by Appleton and Company. This book, containing a preface by Walter Prichard Eaton, will be reviewed in a later number of the magazine.

The January issue of the American Mercury contains an article by Fred Lewis Pattee 'BB entitled "Herman Melville."

The Living Age for January 1, 1927 contains "American Football and Rugger" by Nathan K. Parker '26. This article first appeared in the issue of the Oxford Magazine for November 18, 1926.

"The Year that Went Astray" and other poems, by A. K. Laing '25 appear in the January 1927 issue of Palms.

.The Dialect Notes for December 1926 contains an article "New England Provincialism in 1818" by Porter G. Perrin '17.