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The Light Touch
August 24, 1918 issue

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This article critically appraises two books. They are "Pebbles on the Shore," by E.P. Dutton and "A Boswell of Bagdad," by E.V. Lucas. Perhaps the chief significance of these two books appearing as they do in the heart of a world crisis is as an illustration of "British phlegm." Not a few of these papers touch upon the war and hint at personal loss; but nowhere is there the slightest symptom of alarm or uncertainty as to the issue. In the mental attitude of both writers there is no weakness, no suggestion of doubt, much less of gloom or fear. In the midst of a tottering world, the English spirit stands firm.

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BOOKS; PEBBLES on the Shore (Book); DUTTON, E. P.; BOSWELL of Bagdad, A (Book); LUCAS, E. V.; LITERATURE
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