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MAGAZINE NOTES
TTHE author of "The Struggle for the worker than acceptance by your very
Mediterranean," Frederic C. Howe, good selves."
is Commissioner of Immigration at
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the Port of New York and well known N.C. WYETH, whose fine pictures
as a writer and speaker on social and illustrate George T. Marsh's story,
economic subjects. He is the author of * is one of the most distinguished
the recent notable book, "Why War." of the younger contemporary American
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illustrators. He is a fin­
MARY SYNON, like
ished draftsman, has a fine
so many other suc-
decorative sense in his use
' cessful writers, be­
of color, and the imaginagan
her career as a newstion
to realize and express
paper woman in Chicago.
the scenes and characters
Her stories of the men and
he depicts so skilfully.
women who live in the
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camps that follow " the end
JOHN CORBIN, the
of steel" in the Canadian
author of the article
wilderness are the result of
"The Garden of
actual experience. " The
Weeds," has been a con­
Boy Who Went Back to
tributor to the Magazine
the Bush," her first SCRIB-
on a number of occasions.
NER story, was one of these.
He is a writer of stories and
It was published in No­
a special student of the
vember, 1910.
drama, having been the
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dramatic critic of both
THOMAS WALSH,
Harper's Weekly and the
the author of the
New York Times. He was
poem "War," that is
graduated at Harvard and
accompanied by Mr. Cul-
spent a year at Oxford.
len's striking illustration, was the poet
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of his class at Georgetown University, GEORGE T. MARSH, whose story
and has been a frequent contributor of of "The Quest of Narcisse La-
verse to this magazine. He is the aublanche" shows him evidently fathor
of a number of volumes. His home miliar with the country and people of the
is in Brooklyn, New York.
Canadian wilderness, is a lawyer living
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in Providence. He is a lover of rugged
DUDLEY BURROWS is another sport and has made a number of long ca­
new name in the Magazine. His noe journeys in the Hudson Bay country.
story, "Mutiny!" appears in this
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number. Mr. Burrows was for years a FEW poets have a larger circle of ad­
newspaper man, and he has recently been mirers than Edith M. Thomas. She
associated in an editorial capacity with has been a contributor to this and
one of the great Californian film pro­ other magazines for a number of years,
ducers.
and her verse has always been marked
by exceptional thoughtfulness and finish.
THE Road from Potterville," a Cal­ Her home for years has been on Staten
ifornia story, is by a California Island, across the bay from New York.
author, Charles Caldwell Dobie,
a new name in the Magazine, a resident KKATHARINE LEE BATES is a
of San Francisco. He has published professor of English at Wellesley
short stories in several other periodicals. College. She is the author of a
He says: "It is, of course, unnecessary number of volumes of verse, stories,
for me to assure you that there can be books of travel, and has edited many
nothing more gratifying to a literary standard authors for school use.