Maclean's

PAGANINI’S GUITAR

THE sunlight and the sea air, the very breath of Spring, were pouring in through the open window, and the heart of the old guitar-player was full of joy. Seated at his table with a quill pen in his hand, he noted down the melodies which welled up, clear and limpid, in his mind, and from time to time he lifted from the chair beside him his wonderful Guadagnini guitar, and tested by the reality of sound the music he was engaged in composing. By SANTE BARGELLINI52 min

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WOMEN and THEIR WORK

EVERY DAY LAW FOR WOMEN

Some Helpful Hints Regarding Legal Points That Should Be Familiar to All. Conditions Governing Banking and Real Estate Transactions That Will Prove of Economic Value By A. H. HERBERT8 min

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THE TIMBER PIRATE

STRANGE events took place on the Nannabijou Limits during the morning of the day Hammond left by tug for Kam City. Josephine Stone rose early after a restless night of nervous dread of she knew not what. There had been disturbing incidents that had contributed to her trepidation. By CHARLES CHRISTOPHER JENKINS39 min

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REVIEW of REVIEWS

Facing Survival of Fittest Plea

“The Future of Civilization is at Stake;” We Must Protect The Fit Against The Unfit. By DEAN INGE, OF ST. PAUL’S7 min

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IDOL WORSHIP

WHEN Preston Waring called me in professionally I knew at once his illness was a serious one. It was not his nature to raise an alarm over nothing. “Just sent for you, Eben, old friend,” he told me when Mrs. Nibley ushered me in to his bedside, “to help me set my house in order. By LESLIE GORDON BARNARD34 min

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REVIEW of REVIEWS

Pestered By a “Poltergeist”

Startling Experiences of An English Couple in Italy. By NIGEL KERR6 min

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The Man Whom Nobody Loved

THERE are two ways into Bettinilli’s Restaurant in Stefferson Avenue; there is the main entrance, where a giant porter stands with a large and impressive umbrella, to cover the heads of clients in their short passage from car to door; and this is the entrance best known. By EDGAR WALLACE22 min

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REVIEW of REVIEWS

Kerensky’s Last Stand

Final Phase of the Struggle That Brought the Bolsheviki Into Power. By A. F. KERENSKY6 min

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PERHAPS YOU REMEMBER

The Record of Some Early Happenings in the Middle West By COL. GEORGE H. HAM22 min

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REVIEW of REVIEWS

The Problem of Fatigue

Its Relation to Industry Both In Its Effects on Men and Metals. By G. CLARKE NUTTALL5 min

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KEEPING THE WELL CHILD WELL

What You Should Know About a Child’s Growth. The First of a Series of Six Articles By DR. ALAN BROWN18 min

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REVIEW of REVIEWS

India’s Native States Loyal

Suggestion to Restore Hyderabad to the Nizam, its Native Prince. By R. G. BURTON4 min

A GRADUAL TREND TOWARD BETTER BUSINESS CONDITIONS

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BUSINESS & INVESTMENTS

A GRADUAL TREND TOWARD BETTER BUSINESS CONDITIONS

THE LATEST reports on employment in Canada show that the rapid improvement in industrial conditions, which first showed itself in April, has been well maintained. Last winter, things were at an even lower ebb than in the winter of 1920-1921. By G. E. JACKSON10 min