Honeyfogling Time, by Virginia Dale. New York [and] London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1946.] 262p.

Set in the 1880s in a small midwestern community some fifty miles from Chicago, Honeyfogling Time tells the story of Rose Pye who suffers the contempt of the community because of her love for Pierre Vane. This novel is a photographically accurate presentation of small-town life, written with humor and understanding.

Book Review Digest, 1946, p. 190.

An Eye for an Eye, by Clarence S. Darrow. Author of "Farmington," "Resist Not Evil," etc., etc. New York: Fox, Duffield & Company, 1905. 213p.

Clarence Darrow, Chicago lawyer famed for his defenses in such courtroom dramas as the Loeb-Leopold murder and the Scopes evolution trial, here presents a moment-by-moment fictional recount of a murder. Jim Jackson, convicted in the Chicago courts and sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of his wife, requests that his friend, Hank Clery, be permitted to visit him on the evening before his execution. As the two await the final hour and Jim's hopes for a stay of execution begin to wain, he tells his story in detail, from his youth to the endless days on death row, with a plea that Hank relay the story to his son so that the boy will know and understand the truth about his parents. An Eye for an Eye is pathetic, gruesome, and perceptive. Set in the era of general labor turmoil following the Pullman Strike and the Haymarket Riot, when workers toiled unrewarded in factories, trapped between high costs and low wages, the novel affords a sympathetic rendering of the hopeless, work-a-day world of the poor. Though not a pleasant story to read, An Eye for an Eye is a realistic image of the times and of the author's causes, principles, and philosophy.

Book Review Digest, 1905, p. 77.

The Seldens in Chicago; A Domestic Tale, by S. D. New York: Brentanos, 5 Union Square; Washington, D. C., 1015 Penn[sylvani]a Ave[nue;] Chicago, 101 State Street; [and] Paris, 17 Ave[nue] de l'Opera, 1889. 189p.

A slight story similar to hundreds of others written in the same era, The Seldens in Chicago is concerned with the courtship and marriage of Marjory Selden and Horace Dean. Horace has already been chosen by Ursula Selden to marry her daughter Theresa, when Marjory, one of the less affluent Seldens, comes onto the scene. Marjory does nothing to attract Horace beyond acting her usual demure, sweet self, but that is sufficient. Ursula and her brood, noting the additional attention paid to Marjory, resort to scheming and trickery. The results are easily imagined. Set in the 1880s, the novel mirrors perfectly the social life of Chicago's middle and upper classes, with long tedious pages devoted to the parlor chatter and social amenities which were requisites to social acceptance in earlier days.

Go in Peace, by Loyal Davis. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1954.] 247p.

John Cutter, Gates City, Illinois' hometown doctor, is forced to consider the bases of life and death when Mary Campbell asks him to save her from the suffering that accompanies terminal cancer. Unable to reconcile himself immediately to the idea of euthanasia, Dr. Cutter considers each aspect of the case thoroughly before making his decision. Treating a topic which could easily lend itself to sentimentality and emotionalism, the author carefully avoids these pitfalls for a thoughtful and thorough consideration of the problems of illness and death, set within the moral and social limitations of a provincial small town in the early 1900s.

Book Review Digest, 1954, p. 230.

Moon Calf, A Novel by Floyd Dell. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1920. 394p.

Floyd Dell was already an accepted leader in the Chicago Renaissance when Moon Calf, his first novel, was published, bringing him even greater recognition as a writer of unusual skill and perception in the realistic school. Largely autobiographical, Moon Calf draws heavily on Dell's childhood and early adolescence in Barry and Quincy in western Illinois for the first two segments of the novel, and on his later adolescence spent in Davenport, Iowa, for the last two segments. In a lucid, unembellished prose style, the story tells of Felix Fay, a sensitive and shy young man from a financially impoverished home around the turn of the century. His development from an awkward and frightened child to a capable and self-reliant adult is described in quiet terms, as his poetrywriting, his interest in and association with the socialist movement, his attempts to support himself, and his youthful romances and first love affair all contribute to his increasing maturity. The novel champions the cause of the poor but talented youth restricted by the constraints of economic need and by society's conventions of marriage. At the same time, it heralds the social revolution which would soon begin to erode those constraints and conventions.

Book Review Digest, 1920, p. 143.

"Three Fast Widows and Naughty Men"; A Story of Life in Chicago, by A. N. Demarest. Author of "Dead Mens' Tales," "The Wig-Maker's Daughter," "The Twin Detectives," "Ella's Constancy," "The Villain's End," "Fearless Frank," "Salvappo the Smuggler," "The Boy Miser," "Gabtown Mystery," "The Little Peddler," "The Miner's Oath," Etc. Chicago: The Arthur Newton Company, 1877. 72p.

A story which lends itself more easily to drama than prose, Three Fast Widows and Naughty Men is a farce in the tradition of the eighteenth and nineteenth century comedy of manners. Three young men meet three beautiful ladies in Chicago's Union Park. They flirt; they part; they correspond through the newspaper; they meet again; they fall in love. Only then is it revealed that not one has been completely honest. Practical jokes, gay deceptions, assumed names, elderly husbands, and brazen love letters add to the pandemonium which is set in, but not necessarily representative of, Chicago in the decade following the Civil War.

All That Was Mortal, by David Dempsey. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1958. 480p.

The story of Myles Rankin presents not only a close-up of a prominent small-town family between the 1890s and the 1920s, but also a broad view of life in central Illinois at that time. As Myles lies close to death, the author flashes back to earlier years and slowly unfolds the stories of Myles' daughters, Clara and Mabel; his son, John Willard; his tragic grandson William; and the strangely imaginative grandson, Chard. But it is Clara particularly who occupies center stage as her love affairs go awry and her relationship with Mabel, always underscored with jealousy, becomes more and more entangled.

Book Review Digest, 1959, p. 283-4.

Aide to Glory, by Louis Devon. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1952.] 246p.

See No. 116.

Rodger Latimer's Mistake, A Novel by Katharine Donelson. Chicago: Laird & Lee, Publishers, [1891.] 378p.

From youth, Margaret McVey and Rodger Latimer's love for one another is an accepted fact, and all who know them assume that eventually they will marry. And well they might, but for a disagreement over where they should live. Margaret wishes to remain in suburban Edgewood; Rodger chooses the environment of the nearby city of Clinton. They separate; Rodger marries into Clinton society; Margaret remains at home with her aging father; and each lives unhappily for a couple of years, until the convenient death of the first Mrs. Latimer gives the lovers an opportunity to correct their earlier error. Rodger Latimer's Mistake is a tedious novel filled with lengthy protestations of love, deep sorrow, and disappointment, with only an occasional hint of joy. Set in Illinois during the 1880s--Clinton can be no other city than Chicago, and Edgewood must be Evanston--the novel contrasts the superficiality of the city's social life with the homey intellectual atmosphere of the neighboring university town.

Picayune, 1/17/1892, p. 2.

Starved Rock Legendary, by Helen Martin Donovan. Chicago, Illinois: The O'Donnell Printing Company, 1915. 44p.

See No. 23.

The Brady's Chicago Clew; or, Exposing the Board of Trade Crooks, by a New York Detective. New York: Frank Tousey, Publishers; 34 & 36 North Moore Street, June 10, 1904. 29p. (Secret Service. Old and Young King Brady Detectives, No. 281)

The disappearance of several members of the Chicago Board of Trade confounds the Pinkerton Detective Agency to the point that they seek the assistance of Old King Brady and his son Harry in their investigation. Disregarding the Pinkertons' policy of strict secrecy and discretion, the Bradys employ newspaper publicity to lure the culprits into exposing their activities. Although written around the turn of the century, The Brady's Chicago Clew is a snappy, logical who-done-it that might easily appeal to the modern mystery enthusiast.

The "Genius," by Theodore Dreiser. New York: John Lane Company; London: John Lane, The Bodley Head; Toronto: S. B. Gundy, MCMXV. 736p.

The career and sonorous adventures of an artist constitute the subject of this gargantuan novel by one of the most controversial writers of the early twentieth century. The son of a sewing machine agent in Alexandria, Illinois, Eugene Witla becomes disenchanted with small-town life as a youth and goes to Chicago to seek his fortune. This change marks the beginning of his passion for art, his search for beauty, and his desire for women. When Angela Blue, an elegant young school teacher, encourages Eugene to continue his education, he enrolls in classes at the Chicago Art Institute, where his talent is recognized and developed. Between trysts with Margaret, a laundry worker, and Ruby, a model, Eugene manages to fall in love with Angela, but his love does not deter him from the decision to try his luck in the New York art world. Successful in New York as both an artist and a lover he returns to seduce and marry Angela. A stormy marriage and variable career follow, until Angela dies in childbirth. After her death, Eugene becomes a reasonably successful artist, while continuing his search for beauty, and dreaming of the time when his daughter can join him in his search. As with Sister Carrie, The Genius suffered at the hands of critics and self-appointed reformers. In the summer of 1916, shortly after publication, the New York Society for the Prevention of Vice, along with similar Cincinnati and Chicago censors, began a campaign to remove the book from the market because of its "75 lewd and 17 profane passages." The groups were not successful in instigating legal action against the novel and its author, but did succeed in intimidating the publisher who ceased distributing it. Many liberal reformers, opposed to bigotry and suppression, were incensed by the action and their interest finally led to legal proceedings. More than half of the action in The Genius occurs in New York, yet vivid descriptions of Chicago and Illinois during the 1880s and 1890s warrant its inclusion in an Illinois bibliography.

Book Review Digest, 1915, p. 133.

Jennie Gerhardt, A Novel by Theodore Dreiser. Author of "Sister Carrie." New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, MCMXI. 433p.

Dreiser's second novel, published eleven years after Sister Carrie, tells the story of the beautiful, vivacious, and self-sacrificing Jennie Gerhardt as she unquestioningly accepts her fate in a naturalistic world of Dreiser's creation. Sacrificing her virtue to an elderly senator who can save her younger brother from a jail sentence, Jennie finds herself at eighteen, abandoned, pregnant, and disowned. To support her daughter and herself after the child is born, Jennie finds employment as a maid in a fashionable household, where her beauty soon attracts the attention of Lester Kane, son of a wealthy carriage manufacturer. When a second family crisis occurs, Jennie succumbs to his advances and becomes his mistress, and Lester generously supplies the financial support necessary to see the family through to better times. Jennie endures the disapproval of her family, the snubs of Lester's friends, and the opposition of Lester's father until she realizes that she is hurting him by remaining. They part, to meet again years later as Lester is dying, and Jennie realizes that she must resign herself to a life of loneliness and despair. Jennie Gerhardt is a poignant story set largely in pre-turn of the century Chicago. In creating the scene, Dreiser pays close attention to detail, making the time and locale integral parts of the novel, while carefully defining their neutrality in the final working out of Jennie's destiny.

Book Review Digest, 1911, p. 132.

The Titan, by Theodore Dreiser. Author of "The Financier," "Sister Carrie," and "Jessie Gerhardt." New York: John Lane Company; London: John Lane, The Bodley Head; Toronto: Bell & Cockburn, MCMXIV. 552p.

The Titan is the second volume of a trilogy built around Frank Cowperwood, a financial genius whose story is begun in The Financier and completed in The Stoic. Having lost his fortune, served a prison sentence for illegal transactions, and alienated his wife, Cowperwood leaves Philadelphia with his mistress to begin a new life in Chicago. Continuing the life style that he had known in Philadelphia, he begins empire building in the new city, becoming involved in financial schemes, legal battles, and corporate power struggles as in former days. Nor does his private life change. Divorcing his former wife and marrying his mistress, Cowperwood soon begins seeking new liaisons. The Titan has been hailed as one of the major triumphs of the naturalistic school of writing. As a detailed psychological and sociological study of a man driven by his need for power, women, and social position, it has not been surpassed either by Dreiser or his literary counterparts. Set in Chicago during the 1890s, The Titan accurately reflects the times, giving insight into Chicago politics, economics, society, and growth as Cowperwood struggles unsuccessfully for control of the Chicago transit system and for admission into Chicago society.

Book Review Digest, 1914, p. 155-6.

Purple Peaks Remote, A Romance of Italy and America, by John Merritte Driver. Author of "Samson and Shylock," "Songs of the Soul," "Nepenthe," Etc. Illustrated. Chicago: Laird & Lee, Publishers, [1905.] 418p.

A long, loosely connected romance, Purple Peaks Remote is written in three parts, set consecutively in Naples, Chicago, and Rome. While traveling in Italy, Percival Howard saves the lives of Paolina Savelli, a fallen woman who is dying of shame, and her infant daughter, Giovanna. He falls in love with Paolina and remains in Naples until her death, then returns to the United States to establish a law practice in Chicago. A second affair of the heart also ends sadly, as Percival's suit of Agnes Meldrom is rejected for a fatter purse and a nobler lineage. After living in seclusion for many years, Percival returns to Italy, seeks out Giovanna, who has matured nicely, and marries the daughter of his first love. Excessive drama and gross emotionalism ruin Purple Peaks Remote for most purposes. However, if the reader will look beyond the fainting, languishing, and dying for love--or want of it--he will find an adequate account of many aspects of Chicago society during the late 1800s.

Wolf Point; An Adventure in History, [by] Leonard Dubkin New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1953.] 184p.

See Nos. 24 and 123.

Crimson Love; A Realistic Romance of Guilty Passion, by Paul James Duff... [Chicago: n. p. 1895.] 169p.

In the 1890s, Crimson Love may have been the epitome of sensationalism. It tells of Tom Freeman, editor of the Chicago Gong, and his associates as they involve themselves in, then extricate themselves from, affairs of the heart, mild flirtations, and serious sexual entanglements. Despite its risque subject matter, the tale is insipid, rambling, and frightfully boring. Its only value lies in its use as an example of early pulp publishing.

Side Lights on Darkest Chicago, by P. J. Duff. [Chicago: The Ross Pub. Co., 1890.] 174p.

Side Lights on Darkest Chicago might best be described as a guided tour of the city at night, for it contains no plot, but is rather a commentary on the people and places of interest to the pleasure seeker adrift on Chicago's teeming streets. The reader is introduced to Marty Donahue, an old-time dealer in the House of David on Clark Street; Tom O'Brien, Bunco King of Chicago; and others of their ilk who serve as personal tour guides to Gamblers Alley, Chinatown, South Clark Street, Little Africa, and the numerous bars, gambling dens, music halls, restaurants, and houses of joy located in each. The author is quite specific in each case, giving names and addresses of the various showplaces, and detailing the specific joys to be found therein.

Woman's Duplicity; A Realistic Novel, by P. J. Duff. [Chicago: Nile Publishing Company; 346 Dearborn Street, 1891.] 226p. (Nile Series)

The male side in the battle of the sexes is made abundantly clear in page after tedious page of biased dialogue and unwarranted diatribe against every unsavory female characteristic that the author can devise. Vincent Ashley's suffering at the hand of Lucy Heney and May Sillery, as he attempts to win first one and then the other in marriage, can be equaled only by the agony of the reader who attempts to read this insipid tripe.

Young & Fair, [by] Rosamond Du Jardin. Philadelphia and New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, [1963.] 187p.

When Lissa's foster mother dies of pneumonia in 1883, Lissa's life changes drastically. An orphan with little money, no vocation, and a totally disinterested foster father, her future seems grim until she is told of job opportunities for women with the Harrison Colby Company, a department store rivaling Marshall Field's in size and elegance. For Lissa, a job provides the key to financial independence, new interests, romance, and a new life. Young & Fair is a charming story of Chicago during the 1780s, depicting the status of women in society and the difficulties encountered by those who are forced by fate to earn their own ways.

Library Journal, 1/15/1964, p. 402-4.

Dissertations by Mr. Dooley, by the Author of "Mr. Dooley's Philosophy," "Mr. Dooley's Opinions," etc. London and New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1906. 313p.

In the inimitable style of his earlier, Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War, Dunne's Dissertations by Mr. Dooley comments bitingly on contemporary topics and pressing social issues.

CONTENTS: The King in his Shirt-sleeves.--Royal Doings.--Oratory.--Banting.--The Pursuit of Riches.--Short Marriage Contracts.--The Bringing Up of Children.--The Labor Troubles.--The Automobile.--The Comforts of Travel.--Our Representatives Abroad.--Diplomatic Uniforms.--The Intellectual Life.--The Vice-President.--A Lenten Sermon.--The Irish Question.--The American Family.--The Carnegie-Homer Controversy.--Gambling.--An International Police Force.--Oats as Food.--The Carnegie Libraries.--The Race Question.--Senatorial Courtesy.--The Candidate.--War.--The "Anglo-Saxon" Triumph.--Corporal Punishment.--The Simple Life.--Hotels and Hotel Life.--The Food We Eat.--National Housecleaning.--Socialism.--Business and Political Honesty.--Sieges.--Mr. Carnegie's Hero Fund.--Banks and Banking.--The Bar.

Book Review Digest, 1906, p. 92-3.

Mr. Dooley at His Best, [by] Finley Peter Dunne. Edited by Elmer Ellis of the University of Missouri. With Forward by Franklin P. Adams. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1938. 291p.

Eighty-six of Martin Dooley's best and most popular observations are reprinted in this handy volume. Nearly all of the sketches have appeared previously in book form, but without the introductory information preceding each observation, which identifies the event or news story that prompted Dunne to write the item. A foreward by Franklin P. Adams provides valuable insight into the character of Finley Peter Dunne.

CONTENTS: Archey Road.--New Year's Resolutions.--A Winter Night.--A Bachelor's Life.--Shaughnessy.--A Family Reunion.--Marriage.--Keeping Lent.--St. Patrick's Day.--Gold-Seeking.--Machinery.--War Preparations.--Mules and Others.--Army Appointments.--Cousin George.--Prayers for Victory.--Strategy.--The Destruction of Cervera's Fleet.--Our Cubian Allies.--General Miles's Moonlight Excursion.--The End of the War.--The Philippines.--The Philippine Peace.--Expansion.--Governor Taft's Report.--War and War Makers.--American Diplomacy.--The Supreme Court's Decisions.--A Speech by President McKinley.--Platform Making.--The Democratic Party.--The Tariff.--Party Claims.--1924.--Voting.--A Book Review.--Roosevelt and Taft.--Swearing.--Times Past.--Drink and Politics.--Statistics.--The Crusade Against Vice.--Oratory in Politics.--The Decline of National Feeling.--The Irish.--The Rising of the Subject Races.--The Dreyfus Case.--National Housecleaning.--The Hague Conference.--An International Police Force.--The Big Fine.--Making a Will.--Panics.--The Power of Love.--Football.--The Higher Baseball.--College Education.--Golf.--Athletics for Women.--Books.--The Poet's Fate.--Biography.--Printer and Editor.--History.--Our Modern Newspapers.--Woman Suffrage.--Marriage.--The Education of the Young.--The Descent of Man.--Mr. Carnegie's Gift.--The End of Things.--Newspaper Publicity.--The Gift of Oratory.--Old Age.--The People of New York.--The Servant Girl Problem.--Drugs.--War.--The Prohibition Era.--Alcohol as Food.--Divorce.--Firemen.--The Game of Cards.--Criminal Trials.--Thanksgiving.--The Idle Apprentice.

Book Review Digest, 1938, p. 278.

Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War, Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1898. 260p.

The career of Finley Peter Dunne in many respects parallels that of George Ade, the renowned writer of fables and short stories, and the two might have been serious rivals had Dunne not chosen to write ethnic humor. While writing for the Chicago Post during the 1890s, Dunne created Mr. Dooley, a knowledgeable, shrewd, opinionated, but loveable saloon keeper who expounded weekly in the Sunday edition of the Post, choosing for his subject any current event or topic that appealed to him. Summarizing his qualifications with the statement, "They're orny three books in th' wurruld worth readin'--Shakespeare, th' Bible, an' Mike Ahearn's histhry iv Chicago. I have Shakespeare on Thrust, Father Kelly r-reads th' Bible f'r me, an' I didn't buy Mike Ahearn's histhry because I seen more thin he cud put into it....," Mr. Dooley speaks plainly on every subject from football to Queen Victoria. Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War is the first collection of Mr. Dooley sketches to be published in book form. Forty-nine of the more than seven hundred Mr. Dooley columns written by Dunne during his journalistic career are but a sampling of the man's genius. Yet, these few sketches concerning the Spanish-American War and the years of peace prior to it, voice public sentiment so well and mirror the times so completely, that they are invaluable as social commentary.

CONTENTS: On Diplomacy.--On War Preparations.--On Fitz-Hugh Lee.--On Mules and Others.--On His Cousin George.--On Some Army Appointments.--On Strategy.--On General Miles's Moonlight Excursion.--On Admiral Dewey's Activity.--On the Philippines.--On Prayers for Victory.--On the Anglo-Saxon.--On a Letter from the Front.--On Our Cuban Allies.--On the Destruction of Cervera's Fleet.--On a Letter to Mr. Depew.--On the President's Cat.--On a Speech by President McKinley.--On the Hero in Politics.--On New Year's Resolutions.--On Gold-seeking.--On Books.--On Reform Candidates.--On Paternal Duty.--On Criminals.--On a Plot.--On the New Woman.--On Expert Testimony.--On the Popularity of Firemen.--On the Game of Football.--On the Necessity of Modesty among the Rich.--On the Power of Love.--On the Victorian Era.--On the Currency Question.--On Political Parades.--On Charity.--On Nansen.--On a Populist Convention.--On a Family Reunion.--On a Famous Wedding.--On a Quarrel between England and Germany.--On Oratory in Politics.--On Christmas Gifts.--On Anarchists.--On the Dreyfus Case.--On the Decadence of Greece.--On the Indian War.--On Golf.--On the French Character.

Atlantic, 2/1899, p. 288. Bookman (NY), 2/1899, p. 574-6. North American Review, 5/1903, p. 743-6. Saturday Review, 4/1/1899, p. 409.

Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1899. 285p.

The second collection of behind-the-bar opinions from Chicago's favorite Irish saloon keeper, Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen takes up the Mr. Dooley commentaries where the previous volume ends. Dedicated to the British publishers, Sir George Newnes and George Routledge & Sons, who published pirated editions of Mr. Dooley writings, this collection contains forty-six additional sketches on a multitude of everyday topics.

CONTENTS: Expansion.--A Hero Who Worked Overtime.--Rudyard Kipling.--Lord Charles Beresford.--Hanging Aldermen.--The Grip.--Lexow.--Their Excellencies, the Police.--Shaughnessy.--Times Past.--The Skirts of Chance.--When the Trust is at Work.--A Brand from the Burning.--A Winter Night.--The Blue and the Gray.--The Tragedy of the Agitator.--Boyne Water and Bad Blood.--The Freedom Picnic.--The Idle Apprentice.--The O'Briens Forever.--A Candidate's Pillory.--The Day after the Victory.--A Visit to Jekyl Island.--Slavin contra Wagner.--Grand Opera.--The Church Fair.--The Wanderers.--Making a Cabinet.--Old Age.--The Divided Skirt.--A Bit of History.--The Ruling Class.--The Optimist.--Prosperity.--The Great Hot Spell.--Keeping Lent.--The Quick and the Dead.--The Soft Spot.--The Irishman Abroad.--The Serenade.--The Hay Fleet.--The Performances of Lieutenant Hobson.--The Decline of National Feeling.--"Cyrano de Bergerac".--The Union of Two Great Fortunes.--The Dreyfus Case.

Bookman (NY), 12/1899, p. 378-9. Picayune, 10/29/1899, p. 12.

Mr. Dooley: Now and Forever, Created by Finley Peter Dunne. Selected, with Commentary and Introduction, by Louis Filler. Stanford, California: Academic Reprints, 1954. 299p.

Forty-one Mr. Dooley commentaries are reprinted from the eight original volumes published for Finley Peter Dunne between 1899 and 1910.

CONTENTS: Education.--The Monroe Doctrine.--On Mules and Others.--On His Cousin George.--On the Philippines.--On Prayers for Victory.--On the Anglo-Saxon.--On a Speech by the President.--On the Victorian Era.--On the Dreyfus Case.--Expansion.--Lord Charles Beresford.--Lexow.--The Blue and the Gray.--The Wanderers.--The Union of Two Great Fortunes.--A Book Review.--The Transvaal.--Modern Explosives.--The Boer Mission.--The Chinese Situation.--Voices from the Tomb.--Troubles of a Candidate.--The Supreme Court's Decisions.--Party Politics.--Immigration.--Cuba vs. Beet Sugar.--The Philippine Peace.--The Labor Troubles.--Our Representatives Abroad.--The Vice-President.--An International Police Force.--The Carnegie Libraries.--The Race Question.--The Food We Eat.--National Housecleaning.--Socialism.--Business and Political Honesty.--The Tariff.--The Big Fine.--The Japanese Scare.

Mr. Dooley on Ivrything and Ivrybody, by Finley Peter Dunne. Selected and with an Introduction by Robert Hutchinson. New York: Dover Publications, Inc., [1963.] 244p.

One hundred one observations selected from the six major publications of Finley Peter Dunne represent the work of that noteworthy Chicago humorist and newspaperman.

CONTENTS: On War Preparations.--On Mules and Others.--On His Cousin George.--On Some Army Appointments--On Strategy.--On General Miles's Moonlight Excursion.--On the Philippines.--On Prayers for Victory.--On the Anglo-Saxon.--On Our Cuban Allies.--On the Destruction of Cervera's Fleet.--On a Speech by President McKinley.--On New Year's Resolutions.--On Gold-Seeking.--On Books.--On Crirninals.--On the New Woman.--On the Popularity of Firemen.--On the Game of Football.--On the Power of Love.--On the Victorian Era.--On Political Parades.--On a Family Reunion.--On Oratory in Politics.--On Anarchists.--On the Dreyfus Case.--Expansion.--Rudyard Kipling.--Hanging Aldermen.--The Grip.--Shaughnessy.--Times Past.--The Skirts of Chance.--When the Trust Is at Work.--A Brand from the Burning.--A Winter Night.--The Blue and the Gray.--The Idle Apprentice.--Slavin contra Wagner.--The Wanderers.--Making a Cabinet.--The Divided Skirt.--The Optimist.--Prosperity.--Keeping Lent.--The Quick and the Dead.--The Hay Fleet.--The Decline of National Feeling.--"Cyrano de Bergerac".--The Union of Two Great Fortunes.--A Book Review.--Americans Abroad.--Servant Girl Problem.--Underestimating the Enemy.--Modern Explosives.--The Boer Mission.--The Chinese Situation.--Minister Wu.--The Future of China.--Platform Making.--Public Fickleness.--Alcohol as Food.--Christian Journalisrn.--The Admiral's Candidacy.--The Negro Problem.--Troubles of a Candidate.--A Bachelor's Life.--The Education of the Young.--Casual Observations.--The Supreme Court's Decisions.--Thanksgiving.--The Crusade against Vice.--The New York Custom House.--Youth and Age.--Sherlock Holmes.--Immigration.--Prince Henry's Visit.--Cuba vs. Beet Sugar.--Home Life of Geniuses.--Reform Administration.--Newport.--Machinery.--Swearing.--Rights and Privileges of Women.--Avarice and Generosity.--The End of Things.--Hypocrisy.--History.--Enjoyment.--Gratitude.--The Pursuit of Riches.--The Labor Troubles.--The Vice-President.--The American Family.--An International Police Force.--The Carnegie Libraries.--Senatorial Courtesy.--War.--Corporal Punishment.--The Food We Eat.--National Housecleaning.

N. Y. Times Book Review, 12/22/1963, p. 3.

Dooley on the Choice of Law. Compiled and Arranged by Edward J. Bander. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Michie Company, Law Publishers, [1963.] 231p.

Forty-three observations of the whimsically shrewd Martin Dooley, many never before published in book form, are collected here and arranged by topic to illustrate and expand various points of law. A glossary of law terms, as defined by Mr. Dooley, precedes the text.

CONTENTS: On Criminal Trials.--Cross-examinations.--On Criminals.--On Expert Testimony.--On the Dreyfus Case.--Insanity as a Defense or the McNaghten Rule in a Nutshell.--Law and Lawyers.--Jury Service.--The Art of Advocacy.--The Law's Delays.--The Big Fine.--The Supreme Court's Decisions.--Colleges and Degrees.--Justice at Yale.--Women Suffrage.--A Dissenting Opinion of Mr. Dooley.--Booker T. Washington, President Roosevelt, Mr. Dooley and the Fourteenth Amendment.--Freedom of the Press.--On Property Rights.--Labor Relations.--Immigration.--Proposed: A Federal Divorce Law.--High Finance.--Mr. Dooley Before the S. E. C.--Government by Whipping Postmaster.--On Tinkering with the Capitalist System.--On the New York Custom House.--On the Hague Conference.--Mr. Dooley Calls for an International Police Force.--On Peace.--On International Amenities.--On European Intervention.--War and War Makers.--Business and Political Honesty.--Hanging Aldermen.--Making a Cabinet or the Spoils System at Work.--On Drink and Statesmanship.--On the Recall of Judges.--Reform Administration.--Platform Making.--On Making a Will.--The Yacht Races.--On Golf.--On the Case System.--On Contingent Fees.--On Zoning.

N.Y.Times Book Review, 12/22/1963, p. 3.

Mr. Dooley Says. By the Author of "Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War," "Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen," etc. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910. 239p.

After eight years of silence, Martin Dooley, the sage of Archey Road, raises his voice again to comment on divorce, bachelorhood, women's suffrage, and dozens of other topics of interest to the 1910 reader. Although less entertaining than previous volumes, Mr. Dooley Says is still a merry spoof of newsworthy topics and events from the pre-World War I era.

CONTENTS: Divorce.--Glory.--Woman Suffrage.--The Bachelor Tax.--The Rising of the Subject Races.--Panics.--Ocean Travel.--Work.--Drugs.--A Broken Friendship.--The Army Canteen.--Things Spiritual.--Books.--The Tariff.--The Big Fine.--Expert Testimony.--The Call of the Wild.--The Japanese Scare.--The Hague Conference.--Turkish Politics.--Vacations.

Book Review Digest, 1910, p. 116.

Observations by Mr. Dooley. New York: R. H. Russell, 1902. 279p.

The last of the early Mr. Dooley series published between 1898 and 1902, Observations by Mr. Dooley contains thirty-seven timely, fictionalized essays in the finest Dooley tradition.

CONTENTS: A Little Essay on Books.--The Law's Delays.--Sherlock Holmes.--International Amenities.--Art Patronage.--Immigration.--White House Discipline.--Money and Matrimony.--Prince Henry's Visit.--Prince Henry's Reception.--Cuba vs. Beet Sugar.--Bad Men from the West.--European Intervention.--The Philippine Peace.--Soldier and Policeman.--King Edward's Coronation.--One Advantage of Poverty.--The Fighting Word.--Home Life of Geniuses.--Reform Administration.--Work and Sport.--The News of a Week--The End of the War.--Newport.--Arctic Exploration.--Machinery.--Swearing.--The War Game.--Newspaper Publicity.--Adventure.--Rights and Privileges of Women.--Avarice and Generosity.--The End of Things.--Hypocrisy.--History.--Enjoyment.--Gratitude.

N. Y. Times Book Review, 1/31/1903, p. 80.

What Dooley Says. Chicago: Kazmar & Co., Publishers; Pontiac Building, [1899.] 235p.

A paper-bound volume of Mr. Dooley articles gleaned from the pages of the Chicago Evening Post, this duplicates some of the items that appear in Mr. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen, but includes others that have previously not been published in book form.

CONTENTS: Skating.--Lent.--Hinnery Irving.--Education.--The Poor.--Shaughnessy.--After St. Patrick's Day.--A Primary Election.--Hot Weather.--Suicide.--A Good Man.--Decoration Day.--Law and Lawyers.--In Society.--The Nickel-in-the-Slot Machine.--On Love.--Cassidy on a Bicycle.--The Monroe Doctrine.--Thanksgiving.--Lah Grip.--Trilby.--A Storm on the Atlantic.--The Parlor Saloon.--Of the Blood Royal.--Mr. Hennessy's Wedding.--Courtship in Archey Road.--A Christening in Archey Road.--Ghosts.--Christmas.--At the Opera.--Reform.--Jury Service.--Peter O'Bryon.--Commencement Exercises.--Fishing.--A Church Fair.--France.--Petey Scanlan.--Reformers.--At a Raffle.--Bloomers in Archey Road.--Amateur Theatricals.--Molly Gives a "Vowdyvile".--Mary Tries to Vote.--Felix's Lost Chord.--Miss Molly's Piano.--The Woman's Bible.

The World of Mr. Dooley. Edited, with an Introduction by Louis Filler. New York, N[ew] Y[ork:] Collier Books, [1962.] 253p.

A good selection from the pen of Finley Peter Dunne, The World of Mr. Dooley contains eighty-four of the best observations written by the noted editor and humorist during his career.

CONTENTS: Dunne on Dooley.--Over the Counter.--The Wanderers.--Hot Weather.--Shaughnessy.--The Poor.--Education.--Petey Scanlan.--The Necessity of Modesty Among the Rich.--Hogan.--The Decline of National Feeling.--Iliction Day.--The Vice-President.--Senatorial Courtesy.--Ward Leaders.--Party Politics.--A Young Man for President.--The President's Message.--Dimmycrats an' Raypublicans.--Young Oratory.--Th' Bur-rds an' th Flag.--Voices from the Tomb.--Lobsters and Rayformers.--The News of a Week.--Dieting.--Short Marriage Contracts.--T. R.--The Intellectual Life.--The Supreme Court's Decisions.--Mr. Carnegie's Gift.--Miracles.--The Union of Two Great Fortunes.--The Indian War.--The Negro Problem.--Industrial Relations.--An International Police Force.--Decoration Day.--Prayers for Victory.--Strategy.--A Book Review.--The Home Front.--The Transvaal.--Boers and Americans.--Expansion.--War and War Makers.--Master Race.--Sieges.--War's End.--Lexow.--Reform Administration.--Socialism.--Riv'lution.--The Crusade against Vice.--Whisky.--The Food We Eat.--National Housecleaning.--Business and Political Honesty.--Rockefeller.--The Monroe Doctrine.--Thick as Water.--International Amenities.--Immigrants.--The Sun Never Sets.--Cuba vs. Beet Sugar.--The Paris Exposition.--Minister Wu.--Foreigners.--Americans Abroad.--The Frinch.--The Dreyfus Case.--Life.--Philosophic Vineyards.--The Bachelor.--Childher.--Fighting.--Fame.--Victorian Era.--The End of Things.--"Good-by, Teddy".--Scientific Management.--The Majesty of the Law.--Why Not Keep a Standing Army?--Talk of Politics.--Helicon Hall and Reality.

N. Y. Times Book Review, 12/22/1963, p. 3.