The American mercury : a monthly review. Vol. XII, no. 47 / edited by H. L. Mencken.

American Mercury (New York, N.Y. : 1924). Vol. XII, no. 47.

New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1927.

cxii, 257-383 pages : black and white illustrations ; 26 cm

Title from cover.

November 1927.

The biology of superiority / Raymond Pearl -- Egypt / W. A. S. Douglas -- Tom Heflin / John W. Owens -- A German grandfather / Ruth Suckow -- Editorial -- Elegy in a malty mood / Benjamin DeCasseres -- Officers of the court / Horace A. Davis -- Americana -- A Texas chain-gang / Ernest Booth -- The arts and sciences -- Heat or heredity? / Emmett Reid Dunn -- The Yugoslav speech in America / Louis Adamic -- Body's breviary / Joseph Warren Beach -- The gods confused / Oliver H. P. Garrett -- Deadwood the dreadful / Duncan Aikman -- Churches in the moronic mode / F. R. Webber -- Flat tires on the farm / W. G. Clugston -- Days of wickedness / Herbert Asbury -- Clinical notes / George Jean Nathan -- The theatre / George Jean Nathan -- The library / H. L. Mencken -- The American mercury authors.