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The Nation
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Vol. CXXIII

NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1926

No. 3194

Contents

EDITORIAL PARAGRAPHS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		257
EDITORIALS:
	The Political Zoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	260
	The Golden Egg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	261
	Was Jesus a Myth? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	261
THE LATEST AMENDMENT TO THE DECALOGUE. By H. van Loon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		262
SACCO-VANZETTI—A FEDERAL LYNCHING
	New Light on an Old Story. By Thomas O'Connor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	263
	Paving the Way. By Arthur Warner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	265
	The Red Raids. By Robert W. Dunn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	267
THE EMOTIONAL NATURE OF THE CHINESE. By Pearl S. Buck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		269
THE LOST ART OF PROFANITY. By John Nicholas Beffel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		270
ON THE DRIFTWAY. By the Drifter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		272
CORRESPONDENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		272
BOOKS, ART, PLAYS:
	Poems. By Foster Damon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	274
	First Glance. By Mark Van Doren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	274
	The United States of Europe. By William MacDonald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	275
	Add Americana. By B. H. Haggin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	275
	History by Finance. By Drew Bond . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	276
	Books in Brief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	276
	Art: Roy Van Auken Sheldon. By Pierre Loving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	277
	Drama: Square of the Hypotenuse. By Joseph Wood Krutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	278
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS SECTION:
	Abyssinia Appeals to the League. By J. M. Kenworthy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	280

OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD, Editor

Associate Editors
LEWIS S. GANNETT

ARTHUR WARNER JOSEPH WOOD KRUTCH

Managing Editor FREDA KIRCHWEY		Literary Editor MARK VAN DOREN
JOHN A. HOPSON	Contributing Editors LUDWIG LEWISOHN	H. L. MENCKEN
NORMAN THOMAS CARL VAN DOREN
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Contributors to This Issue

Thomas O'Connor is a Boston newspaper man who became so much interested in the Sacco-Vanzetti case that he obtained a leave of absence early last summer and has devoted his time since to investigations in behalf of the counsel for the defense.

Arthur Warner, an associate editor of The Nation, wrote the article Sacco-Vanzetti—A Reasonable Doubt in the issue of September 28, 1921.

Robert W. Dunn is one of the directors of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Pearl S. Buck comes of an old missionary family, ang knows both the old and the new China. Her husband teaches agricultural economics at the University of Nanking.

John Nicholas Beffel has studied words and idioms in several special fields—in the circus, among thieves, among migratory workers.

The Honorable J. M. Kenworthy is a lieutenant commander, retired, in the British navy and since 1919 has been a Liberal member of Parliament from Central Hull.

S. Foster Damon is the author of "William Blake."

William MacDonald, formerly associate editor of The Nation, lectures on American history at Yale University.

B. H. Haggin is a teacher of music who writes on musical subjects for various publications.

Drew Bond is a writer on financial subjects.

Pierre Loving is an art critic who frequently contributes to The Nation and other periodicals.

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