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February 13, 1929 issue

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This article literally appraises several books. The book "South Carolina Ballads, With a Study of the Traditional Ballad Today," was edited by Reed Smith. The core of this volume consists of fourteen traditional ballads and two folk-songs collected in South Carolina. Another book "The Book of Earths," is written by Edna Kenton. This is a friendly and fascinating canvass of theories concerning the shape of the earth--that body which we stand on yet cannot see. "The Confusion of Tongues," by Charles W. Ferguson offers an unfailingly amusing and reasonably thorough account of the numerous religious cults that flourish more or less successfully in America today. In

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BOOKS & reading; SOUTH Carolina Ballads (Book); BOOK of Earths, The (Book); CONFUSION of Tongues, The (Book); KENTON, Edna; FERGUSON, Charles W.; SMITH, Reed
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