Harper's Magazine: October 1920

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October 1920

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553-559	Fiction The hidden land: A story in two parts (part I) By Temple Bailey PDF IMAGES
560-573	Article A city of contradictions By Oliver Peck Newman SEE ALSO: Buildings, structures, etc.; Diplomatic privileges and immunities; Government etiquette; 1878-1967 PDF IMAGES
574-585	Fiction At two-in-the-bush By Wilbur Daniel Steele PDF IMAGES
586-598	Article America goes back to work: VI.—The seething Northwest By Edward Hungerford SEE ALSO: Townley, Arthur Charles; Career as Nonpartisan League organizer; Montana; Nonpartisan League; North Dakota; Northwestern States; Seattle; Seattle (Wash.); Shipyards; Trade-unions; Washington (State); Wheat farmers PDF IMAGES
599-610	Fiction New nonsense novels: Who do you think did it? Or the mixed-up murder mystery (done after the very latest fashion in this sort of thing) By Stephen Leacock PDF IMAGES
611-617	Article A world for an oculist By Fleta Campbell Springer SEE ALSO: Influence; 1913-1921; Oratory; Perspective (Philosophy); Tagore, Rabidranath; Science and civilization PDF IMAGES
617	Poem Sea distances By Alfred Noyes PDF IMAGES
618-634	Fiction An Old Chester secret: A story in three parts (part III) By Margaret Wade Campbell Deland PDF IMAGES
635-643	Article Mark Twain and the art of writing By Brander Matthews SEE ALSO: Criticism and interpretation; Critics; Dialect literature, American; Dialects; Twain, Mark PDF IMAGES
643	Poem The haunted heart By Jessie Belle Rittenhouse PDF IMAGES
644-658	Fiction The postmaster-general of Mindanao By Philip Everett Curtiss PDF IMAGES
659-668	Article The mind in the making (part II) By James Harvey Robinson SEE ALSO: Civilization, Classical; Social evolution PDF IMAGES
669-671	The lion's mouth/Fiction A bird in the handbook By Frederick Lewis Allen SEE ALSO: Bird watching; Birds; Guidebooks; Societies, etc. PDF IMAGES
671-673	The lion's mouth/Article Letters to certain people of importance: To a doctor By Winifred Margaretta Kirkland SEE ALSO: Medicine; Physician and patient; Vocational guidance PDF IMAGES
673-674	The lion's mouth/Poem Rares and antiques By Carolyn Wells PDF IMAGES
674-676	The lion's mouth/Fiction The tragedy of economy By Philip Everett Curtiss PDF IMAGES
677-680	Editor's easy chair/Article Editor's easy chair By Edward Sandford Martin SEE ALSO: Career in writing “Editor's easy chair”; “Editor's easy chair” (Harper's); Curtis, George William; 1900-1945; Howells, William Dean; World politics PDF IMAGES
681-685	Editor's drawer/Fiction An ordeal of art By Albert Bigelow Paine PDF IMAGES
685	Editor's drawer/Joke An obliging salesman SEE ALSO: Clerks (Retail trade); Helping behavior; Missing persons; Shopping PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Taking precautions SEE ALSO: Morrow, Edwin Porch; Humor; Vendetta PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke A dangerous weapon SEE ALSO: Buses; Mother and infant; Women travelers PDF IMAGES
686	Editor's drawer/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Children and animals; Grooming; Kittens PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Her luck SEE ALSO: Attorney and client; Damages; Falls (Accidents) PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Busy Bertha SEE ALSO: Firearms; Great Britain. Army; Women travelers PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke A sleepwalker SEE ALSO: Naps (Sleep); Playmates PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Too absorbed to report SEE ALSO: Career in journalism; Journalism, College; Railroad accidents; Reporters and reporting; Teacher-student relationships; Telegraph; Williams, Walter PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke No cause for complaint SEE ALSO: Castor oil; Pharmacist and patient; Prescription pricing PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Subtleties of our language SEE ALSO: Chinese Americans; Laundry PDF IMAGES
687	Editor's drawer/Joke Rural frankness SEE ALSO: College teachers; Lyceums; Missourians; Ozark Mountains PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Article Outwitting the president of the road SEE ALSO: Humor; Hill, John Henry; Lost articles; Management; Nails and spikes; Supervision of employees PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke The joys of a capitalist SEE ALSO: Apples; Playmates; Supply and demand PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Scant opportunity SEE ALSO: Parent and child; Quarreling; Traveling sales personnel PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Making it easy for him SEE ALSO: Judgment Day PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Cartoon City life SEE ALSO: City children; Summer; Swimming PDF IMAGES
688	Editor's drawer/Cartoon Cartoon SEE ALSO: Excuses; Golf courses; Jury duty PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Paul, the precisian SEE ALSO: Discipline of children; Pies PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke A large order SEE ALSO: Birdcages; Clerks (Retail trade); Prices; Rich people; Shopping PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke Above the market price SEE ALSO: Boxing matches; Fines (Penalties); Humor; Dempsey, Jack; Trials (Assault and battery) PDF IMAGES Editor's drawer/Joke A dangerous doctor SEE ALSO: Automobile driving; Telephone PDF IMAGES