Book Review: Social Problems by Ezra Thayer Towne (1929)
Title: Social Problems: A Study of Present-Day Social Conditions Author: Ezra Thayer Towne Published: New York: The MacMillan Company, 1929. 406-pages. About the Author[1] [2] Ezra Thayer Towne, an American…
Anatomy of a Boys’ Life Magazine from December 1966
I came across one of my uncle’s old Boys’ Life magazine in a box of old mementos. I took a gander through it and found some interesting points that I…
Flower couplets
Stars of Jerusalem, so small and white Looks like the stars in heaven at night. Daffodils are early to bloom Chasing away wintertime gloom Common violets close to the ground…
Review: The Scholar’s Mission
Title: “The Scholar’s Mission” in The Works of Orestes A. Brownson Collected and Arranged by Henry F. Brownson Volume XIX pages 65-87. Author: Orestes Augustus Brownson Published: New York: AMS…
Book Review: The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot
The cornerstone of Kirk’s essay is that Edmund Burke (1729-1797) was the founder of Modern Conservatism. I have read two of Burke’s works, Speech on Conciliation with America (1775) and…
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The Collapse of Superman by William Roscoe Thayer
Review of a political satire debunking the myth of the German Superman in 1918.