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The Golden Book Magazine [v1, #1, January 1925] (Review of Reviews, 160pp, 6½″ x 9½″) []
- 1 · Happiness, as Viewed by Some Poets, Essayists, Novelists, Philosophers, and—a French Duchess · Various · ms (r)
- 2 · The Booklover’s Calendar · Various · ms (r); quotes, tied to days.
- 4 · A Man’s a Man for a’ That · Robert Burns · pm Stewart and Meikle, 1799
- 5 · French Mons: A Tale of the Charles Men · Verner Von Heidenstam · ss (r)
copyright 1924 by The Review of Reviews Corporation. - 12 · Opportunity · Walter Malone · pm The Busy Man’s Magazine June 1909
- 12 · The Origin of Government · Anatole France · ex (r)
- 13 · Captain Veneno’s Proposal of Marriage · Pedro Antonio de Alarcón · ex from Captain Poison (r)
translated from the Spanish (El capitán Veneno, Imprenta de D. Antonio Pérez Dubrull, 1881). - 15 · The Phonograph and the Graft · O. Henry · ss McClure’s Magazine February 1903
- 20 · If I Should Die To-night · Ben King · pm (r)
- 21 · Monsieur Lecoq [Part 1 of 8; Monsieur Lecoq] · Emile Gaboriau · n. Scribner’s, 1900
- 36 · “I’m nobody? Who are you?” · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1891
- 37 · A Walk Up the Avenue [Van Bibber] · Richard Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1890
- 39 · The Real Life of a Man · Mark Twain · ex (r)
- 40 · And Wilt Thou Leave Me Thus? · Sir Thomas Wiat · pm (r); nb: last name usually spelled Wyatt.
- 41 · The Comedy of the Man Who Married a Dumb Wife · Anatole France · pl (r); two-act play.
- 54 · Loneliness · Don Marquis · ar (r); philosophical musings, not an “archy” or other humor story.
- 55 · Too Dear! · Leo Tolstoy · ss (r)
- 57 · The Twa Dows · William Dunbar · pm (r)
- 58 · Prince Otto: A Romance [Part 1 of 2] · Robert Louis Stevenson · n. Longman’s Magazine April 1885 (+6)
- 97 · With the Main Guard · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Week’s News August 4 1888
- 103 · Fear · Michel Yquem de Montaigne; translated by H. L. · ar (r)
- 105 · The Notorious Jumping Frog · Mark Twain · ss The Californian December 16 1865, as “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
revised from “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” (The New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865). - 108 · Sayings That Make Men Immortal: Some French Kings · Various · ms (r)
- 109 · Specimen Jones · Owen Wister · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1894
- 119 · [untitled] · Anatole France · ms (r); four untitled lines of dialog, on lying.
- 120 · Brown of Calaveras · Bret Harte · ss Overland Monthly March 1870
- 124 · The Sundays of a Parisian · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French (“Les dimanches d’un bourgeois de Paris”, Le Gaulois, 1880). - 129 · Hector · H. C. Bunner · ss (r)
- 133 · The Flying Dutchman · Heinrich Heine · ss (r)
- 135 · Solange: Dr. Ledru’s Story of the Reign of Terror · Alexandre Dumas · nv The London Journal 1849
translated from the French (Les Milles et un Fantômes, Cadot, 1849). - 142 · The Climax at the House of Allah · Sir Richard Burton · ar (r)
- 144 · The Maiden Lady and the Serpent · A. B. Frost · cs (r)
- 145 · An Epitaph · George MacDonald · pm (r); the “Here lie I, Martin Elginbrodde” one.
- 145 · Jorrocks · Robert Smith Surtees · ex (r)
- 146 · In the Lion’s Mouth · H. H. (Sir Harry) Johnston · ss (r)
- 148 · Some Women I Have Met · Various · ms (r); quotes from various authors.
- 150 · Ballad of Things Known and Unknown · Francois Villon · pm (r)
- 151 · How Men Make Love in Novels · Various · ms (r); quotes from various authors.
- 154 · Feldeinsamkelt: In Summer Fields · Johannes Brahms · ms (r); musical score.
- 156 · The Indian Fighter and the Black-Eyed Senorita · James Ohio Pattie · ss (r)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.
