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In dealing with our modern economic life and the factors which make for industrial and social unrest, the author chooses to portray incidents and cases rather than to present economics and sociology as a science. He emphasizes the need of an ethical interest of the worker in his work and a satisfying emotional connection with its product. He sees the solution of our present day troubles in administrative methods rather than in more drastic revolutionary changes; and makes it one of his practical suggestions, at the end of the book, that the middle class youth—as the potential industrial leaders—should learn by practical experience of the strenuous life of workers. Contents: Emotion in industry; Business groups and business ideals; Business methods and business ethics; Decadence of the middle class; Our social group heredity; Ideas, ethics and institutionalism; Education, emotion and idealism; Adventure and ethics; The government, law and unrest; Some gulfs, complexities and loyalties; A summary and some suggestions; Notes and index.

“The form of his book is unusual because, being a lawyer, the author has seen the advantage of presenting his material in the case system. They are in fact actual and not theoretical cases, which will mean much to the interest of readers.”

Reviewed by C. S. Parker

THOMAS, GEORGE HOLT.Aerial transport. il *$12 (*30s) Doran 629.1

(Eng ed 20–13149)

The author was one of the first to advocate aircraft as a weapon in war-time and is now interested in proving its value in commerce, for high-speed travel and mail service. His object in this book is to supply “between the covers of a single volume, and written in a quite informal, non-technical way, a clear, uncoloured statement of just what a commercial aircraft can do, and also—which is just as important—what it cannot do.” (Foreword) The contents, after an introduction by Viscount Northcliffe, are: First considerations (Essence of the problem—length of stages—loads—speed—risk—etc.); Progress—immediate and future; “The air express”; Speeding up the business letter; Meteorology in commercial flying; Some general conclusions, with special reference to airships; Some questions of L. S. D.; Flying and the law; Aerial transport in remote places, with some notes as to passenger-carrying; Aerial photography and patrol. The book is profusely illustrated, has an appendix, an index, and four infolded maps.

“Mr Holt Thomas is an enthusiast, but a reasonable and restrained enthusiast. As the book is somewhat discursive and contains many repetitions, it is a pity he did not see that a proper index was provided.”

THOMAS, SHIPLEY.History of the A. E. F. il *$6 Doran 940.373

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In the foreword to the volume, Brigadier General U. G. McAlexander says of the author that he “has taken great pains to present historical facts in an attractive, readable form and to show to the mind a realistic picture of the whole scene of operations.” After giving the history of events, from the arrival of Pershing in France to the armistice, he devotes four chapters to: Auxiliary arms; The services of supply; Division histories; A visitor’s guide. The book has illustrations, maps and an index.

“Amid the great multiplicity of books on the war in its various phases which have appeared since the armistice there is none which, in the present or the future, is of more intensive value than this.”

“It is written with unflagging energy and interest, is thoroughly readable, and its author is the very embodiment of the type and spirit of the thousands of young officers from civil life who made such admirable leaders of our troops in action.” F. V. Greene

“It is the opinion of those most competent to judge that his story of America’s participation in the war is as accurate and complete as it can be made at this time.”

THOMPSON, CHARLES THADDEUS.Peace conference day by day; a presidential pilgrimage leading to the discovery of Europe. *$2.50 Brentano’s 940.314

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“Mr Thompson is the superintendent of the Associated press foreign service. He acted as special correspondent in reporting the proceedings of the Peace conference, and Colonel House has vouched for his accuracy. This book gives a circumstantial account of the writing of the peace treaty and the League of nations covenant.”—R of Rs

“This is by far the most interesting and valuable of the contributions to our post-war literature. Mr Thompson’s work seems to be an honest, unbiased effort to present the reader with the facts as he saw them. His training enabled him to get at the inside of many situations that were decidedly complex. All this wealth he gives most liberally to his readers in a vivid, chatty way that entertains and enlightens.”

Reviewed by W: MacDonald

Reviewed by M. F. Egan

“Such a useful volume as this should assuredly have had an index. The work is not only extraordinarily informative but equally entertaining.”

THOMPSON, FRANK VICTOR.Schooling of the immigrant. *$2 Harper 371.9

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This volume is the first of eleven Americanization studies instituted by the Carnegie corporation of New York, under the direction of Allen T. Burns. The author calls attention to the fact that since the preparation of the volume was begun such a complete overturn of ideas respecting Americanization has taken place that the term itself is being replaced by such terms as “citizenship” and “national unification.” This implies a larger comprehension of the problem and a realization that the “drive” method must give way to a process of education “not to be undertaken impulsively, but systematically, persistently, and determinedly.” Contents: The school and nationalization; Problems and policies; Public-school administration; Private schools and public responsibility; Methods of teaching English; Measuring progress in English; Educational service stations; The training of teachers; Trend of legislation; Schooling in citizenship; Summary; Appendix, maps, diagrams and tables.

“Very useful to the serious organizer of immigrant work.”

“As a text-book it gets to the heart of the matter and will be found invaluable to teachers interested in the education of the immigrant.” A. Yezierska

“Leaders in educational, industrial, or welfare work in any community which is facing the immigrant problem will find this book interesting in its account of conditions that exist and rich in suggestion of means by which these may be improved.”

“This is the most reassuring book on the subject of immigrant education that has yet appeared.” J. K. Hart

THOMPSON, HOLLAND.New South; a chronicle of social and industrial evolution. (Chronicles of America ser.) il per ser of 50v *$250 Yale univ. press 975

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“With no desire to encourage sectionalism, it seems to have been the purpose of the editors to have every part of the country intelligently presented in ‘The chronicles of America.’ ‘The new South,’ written by a southern man, Dr Holland Thompson, gives an account of the industrial, intellectual, and social progress that has been made by the South since the Civil war. In this volume, land and labor problems have an important place.”—R of Rs

“This small volume on a large subject has two notable characteristics. One is its catholicity of spirit. The other characteristic of the book is its descriptive value. As a brief and suggestive survey of the rise of a civilization the book is unsurpassed.” W: K. Boyd

“The chapters on The background, The revolt of the common man, and Industrial development may, perhaps, be found to contain more that is new than any of the others. The second mentioned, which describes the wresting of political control from the Confederate soldier, is probably the best in the book. All are good, however.” M. J. White

THOMPSON, MRS JANE SMEAL (HENDERSON), and THOMPSON, HELEN GERTRUDE.Silvanus Phillips Thompson, his life and letters. il *$7.50 Dutton

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“Many old students of the Finsbury technical college will welcome the life of its first principal, which has been compiled by his wife and daughter. Thompson accepted that post in 1885 and occupied it until his death in 1916. In addition to his life-work at Finsbury, Thompson wrote one of the best of elementary textbooks on electricity and magnetism, a standard work on dynamo-electric machinery, lives of Faraday and Lord Kelvin, and various monographs connected with Gilbert and the early history of magnetism, besides other books and a number of scientific papers. He was a convinced member of the Society of Friends, and frequently spoke at the Westminster meeting and elsewhere. Some of his religious addresses were printed in a posthumous work, ‘A not impossible religion.’—Spec

“These ladies enable us to make a closer acquaintance with one, to whose lucid explanations from the platform we have listened with pleasure, and whose text-books we have read with profit. The references to his home life are restrained but interesting. But we could have wished that letters other than those dealing with scientific matters were more plentiful.”

“His biography is interesting and it is also stimulating.”

THOMPSON, JOHN REUBEN.Poems; with a biographical introd. by J: S. Patton. *$2 Scribner 811

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“The University of Virginia edition of the ‘Poems of John R. Thompson’ is a tribute to the memory of one of the most memorable of Confederate poets. Now first collected, Thompson’s verses exhibit the gay and friendly—nor wholly unpuritanical—spirit which ruled the older literary Richmond. Here are echoes of Byron, Campbell, Southey, Béranger, Heine, Praed, Holmes, Saxe, neatly fitted to Virginian occasions. The rhymed essays, Patriotism, Virginia, and Poesy, sum up practically all that young Virginians were thinking and feeling from 1855 to 1859. The book was made possible by the Alfred Henry Byrd gift, and well edited by Mr John S. Patton.”—Nation

“It is good poetry of its time and kind, perfectly typical of the spirit of the mid-nineteenth century, although it does not touch the beauty and vigor of Poe, or the later sweetness and light of Lanier.” E. F. E.

“John R. Thompson was not a genius. He was a gentleman of talent and culture. His verse is witty, fluent, eloquent, exquisitely ironical, but never great.” M. Wilkinson

THOMPSON, MARGARET J.Food for the sick and the well: how to select it and how to cook it. *$1 World bk. 641.5

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Of the author of this practical little volume of recipes and suggestions on diet Dr William Gerry Morgan says in the introduction that she “has had years of experience in the care and feeding of the sick, and during all that time she has been a close and earnest student of dietetics from a practical standpoint.” Contents: General considerations—food and health, a balanced menu, suggestions and cautions; Recipes; Treatments; Index.

“This little book is written more especially for nurses but should prove very handy also on the household book shelf of the home maker.”

THOMS, CRAIG S.Essentials of Christianity. *$1.25 Am. Bapt. 230

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“Religion, like everything else,” says the author, “has caught the temper of the age,” and this little book can be called an attempt to apply modern efficiency methods to religion. In these times of wornout institutions and necessary readjustments in all our relations, religion too must be reduced to its lowest terms in order that we can build anew; and constructive thought and vigor of action are called for. Whatever our difficulties may be, the author thinks it is always possible “to secure an effective starting point for one’s religious life by beginning where one is and cooperating with God according to one’s light and opportunity.” Contents: Faith; God; Christ: Evolution; The Bible; Prayer; Immortality; The church; Cooperating with God.

THOMSON, JOHN ARTHUR.System of animate nature. 2v *$6 Holt 570

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Two volumes containing the Gifford lectures delivered in the University of St Andrews in the years 1915 and 1916, by the Regius professor of natural history in the University of Aberdeen. The subject matter of this lecture series is usually philosophical, dealing with the nature of man and the universe. In presenting the biological point of view, Professor Thomson’s remarks are valuable, but as a coninterpretation or our religious conviction, we must admit the desirability of having more than a passing acquaintance with the system of things of which our everyday life is in some measure part.” His aim has been “to state the general results of biological inquiry which must be taken account of if we are to think of organic nature as a whole and in relation to the rest of our experience.” (Preface) Volume 1 contains ten lectures on The realm of organisms as it is; Volume 2, also composed of ten lectures, is devoted to The evolution of the realm of organisms. Volume 2 has a bibliography of nineteen pages and an index.

“As correcting the ‘red in tooth and claw’ conception of the animate world. Professor Thomson’s remarks are valuable, but, as a contribution to the ethical and religious problem, they are unimportant.”

“Will appeal only to the reflective who can use biological facts as the material of thought. For large and special libraries.”

“The author’s resources in the way of naturalistic erudition are astounding, and his command of English at once fresh and fascinating.” E. P.

“It is a book that most certainly ought to have been written. It takes stock, so to speak, of the situation of speculative biology at the beginning of a new phase in science, and it does so in a manner that is candid, comprehensive, and most attractive.” J. J.

“If these Gifford lectures had no other value they would be welcome for their simple and comprehensive statement of the present phase of the Darwinian theory. In some cases he lays himself open to a charge of bad philosophy, in others of bad science. None the less, we are grateful for what is always a serious and often a true and beautiful book.”

THORLEY, WILFRID CHARLES, tr. and ed. Fleurs-de-lys. *$2 Houghton 841.08

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This anthology of French verse reaches from the thirteenth century to the present. It is a free translation and in his introduction to the collection, which is in part a treatise on the art of translation, the author sets forth his reasons for a free rendering. The greater part of the introduction is a historical survey of French verse. The poems are chronologically grouped and the English employed is likewise chronologically adapted to the original verse. There are copious notes, an index of authors and an index of first lines.

“Mr Thorley’s power of fluent expression gets the better of his sense of history. What he brings with him obscures what he takes. But to harp on Mr Thorley’s failures is ungenerous. Let us rather express our surprise and admiration that in a volume so large and so varied the failures are not more numerous and more complete.” A. L. H.

“The whole collection is marked by inspiration, technical flexibility and literary tact.”

“Mr Thorley displays more earnestness than achievement.”

“There is perhaps no version in his book that is not accomplished poetry, and he has an especial richness, ease, and sonorousness in handling the frequent sonnet form. He is less happy when he rebuilds poems. But it is his whole book that places Mr Thorley definitely in the front rank of those artists among whom he wishes to be counted.” Ludwig Lewisohn

“Mr Thorley is sometimes a spirited translator. But his felicity is intermittent, and is sometimes dotted or crossed with infelicity.”

“With a remarkable gift for translation, he has chosen his material with taste and with a scholarship free from pedantry.” E: B. Reed

THORNDIKE, ASHLEY HORACE.Literature in a changing age. *$3 Macmillan 820.9

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“The effect of life upon literature, especially as it concerns the English people, is the problem that Professor Thorndike examines in this book. His survey includes a century as he contrasts the difference of English literature after Waterloo with its character today after the great war. The study of the changes that are the groundwork upon which literature bases its expression is primarily concerned with life. Thus Professor Thorndike in the first four chapters of his book deals with literature—down to Carlyle with a more or less historical sense. His next five chapters shift the whole basis of this historic groundwork with the revolts and evolutions that began to change the aspects of society. Hence Progress and poverty, Democracy and empire, Religion, Woman, and Science, invention and machinery are the subjects discussed. What Professor Thorndike predicts for the future is a reconcilement, a quicker compromise than in the past, between the changing forces of life and the imaginative symbols, which is literature’s interpretation and embodiment of them.”—Boston Transcript

“One always takes up with respect a work by Professor Thorndike, but this book is below his reputation. It is solid and sensible, and presents truly the main facts about the period and its literature. But the ground covered is so wide that little not already known to the student of history or of literature can be told within the small compass of the volume: and the book lacks the unity, lucidity, and brilliancy which could alone make memorable so brief a treatment of so large and complex a subject.” W. C. Bronson

“A careful piece of work that will interest only widely read people who do not need an entrancing style to attract them. No index.”

“Perhaps it is this wealth of illustration which hinders the movement of the thesis: the author is continually led astray into the realms of literary criticism admirable in itself, but not bearing directly enough on the subject under discussion. We must confess to having found the opening chapters dull, academic, a laboring of the obvious.” W. H. B.

“On the political and economic side his conclusions are terrifically unconvincing.” Pierre Loving

“To this new study he has brought the integrity of method and the comprehensive acuteness which he had displayed in his previous works. He has written a book to be enjoyed by all lovers of literature and to be appreciated by all who can recognize the clear and cogent writing which is the result of wide culture and of deep thought.” Brander Matthews

“With what seems pretty near perversity, he has chosen scrupulously to avoid the inevitable circumstances of chronology, and to arrange his matter under such categories as ‘Democracy and empire,’ ‘Woman,’ and so on, and instead of stating facts he is apt only to allude. The resulting impression is of confused admiration.”

“It is an extensive and fascinating subject, and it is handled as we should expect a thoroughly efficient American professor to handle it. That is to say, he designs his structure in a clear and logical way.”

THORNLEY, ISOBEL D.England under the Yorkists, 1460–1485; with a preface by A. F. Pollard. (Univ. of London intermediate source-books of history) il *$3.35 (*9s 6d) Longmans 942.04

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“Though primarily intended for the use of undergraduates, this volume of extracts from contemporary sources for the reigns of Edward IV and Richard III will interest a larger public. Miss Thornley has ranged widely among printed and unprinted materials in selecting passages to illustrate the political, constitutional, ecclesiastical, economic, and social aspects of that turbulent generation.”—Spec

“The work is admirably done.”

THURSTON, ERNEST TEMPLE.Sheepskins and grey russet. il *$2.50 Putnam

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This is the story of a curious couple, “vagabonds,” the author calls them, from the restlessness with which they change from one abode to the other. They have a fad for old houses, and whenever they are “settled for life” in one place they find another which is even older and more to their liking. At last they buy quite an ancient farm near Tewkesbury and it is at this place that “A. H.” describes his visit to them. They are a most engaging couple, are Bellwattle and Cruikshank, with their oddities and whimsies and their farming vicissitudes, and the reader is left with the impression that if a child should come to bless their union, their restlessness would vanish. The illustrations are by Emile Verpilleux.

“There is a whimsical tenderness in Mr Thurston’s treatment of his characters. It is his most pleasing mood, and it is present throughout his pastoral.” D. L. M.

“‘Sheepskins and grey russet’ is really of value. This is a most gentlemanly book, with good antecedents, a reasonable income, and an excellent digestion.”

“Many chapters give us an insight into country life in England. Not in the manner of Thomas Hardy or Eden Phillpotts, but in the more substantial and eternal manner of the ‘Stable boys’ almanac.’” B: de Casseres

“Charmingly printed and illustrated.”

“The charm of the present book lies not a little in its slightness and unobtrusiveness as a story. The thread is there, a tale is told; but with great economy of motion, almost as if by inadvertence.” H. W. Boynton

“It must be confessed that as far as any practical assistance to an American family wanting to break into country life is concerned, the book is literature pure and simple, and by no means to be classed under useful arts. Perhaps they would say the same in England; but anyway, literature is quite worth while, and this book belongs in the worthwhile class.”

THWING, ANNIE HAVEN.Crooked and narrow streets of the town of Boston, 1630–1822. il *$5 (7c) Jones. Marshall 974.4

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The book gives a brief historical survey of how Boston came to be Boston and then confines itself to the history of its streets and their original inhabitants and ancestry. But few of the old streets survive even in pictures and of the survivors most have been widened. “Many of the old streets were so narrow that it was difficult for two vehicles to pass each other and so crooked that after a fire the town invariably ordered them straightened.” (Introductory) The contents are: The North end; Government and business centre; South end; The West end; The neck; Notes and index of streets. The book is illustrated with old prints and has seven insert maps.

“It is replete with accurate and minute information, and yet it does not lack the anecdotal vivacity which makes this kind of book good reading. The volume is admirably put together, and the engravings and old maps are especially interesting.” Margaret Ashmun

“There could hardly be a pleasanter guide book for a devout explorer than ‘The crooked and narrow streets of Boston.’”

“Its accuracy is vouched for by the fact that it is the outcome of a life-work, whose results are treasured by the Massachusetts Historical society. There are numerous agreeable lighter touches.”

“It is a work giving much valuable information and might well be imitated in all of our important cities.”

“Miss Thwing’s book will remove any lingering doubt you may have as to the historical interest of those streets or as to the quaint picturesqueness that was theirs in a bygone age.”

TITUS, HAROLD.Last straw. il *$1.75 (2c) Small

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Jane Hunter falls heir to a western ranch. She is an eastern society girl who knows little about the West and had it not been that her fortunes were at a low ebb she would have taken little interest in her new property. She goes West hoping to realize ready money out of the place and once there events decide her to stay. Dick Hilton, the easterner who had long wanted to marry her, follows her to the West and remains there to add to her troubles. Of the latter she has many, including a dishonest foreman, cattle thieves, and a “nester” who cuts off her best watering place and who is only a tool in the hands of her enemies. Tom Beck, who had refused to take a chance in the draw for foreman but who stays on the ranch to serve her at every turn, makes a very satisfactory hero and after an exciting bit of fighting the story comes to a peaceful close.

“The excellence of the novel lies not in its characters, not in its plot, which is always stirring, but in the way the plot works out of the characters. This stamps it as first-class work.”

“Mr Titus knows his subject; he writes with a facile pen, and ‘The last straw’ will be keenly enjoyed by all lovers of western adventure tales.”

TODD, ARTHUR JAMES.Scientific spirit and social work. *$2 Macmillan 361

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“Prof. A. J. Todd, in his new book, points out that for 25 years social work has been professionalizing itself. He shows how modern social work enlarges the ‘rights of man,’ how it contributes to social progress, and what qualifications in character and training it demands of those who have entered it as a vocation.”—Springf’d Republican

“A most readable book for social workers”

“The book, like some others based on college lectures, achieves an effect of reasoning by interpellation of ‘then,’ ‘therefore,’ ‘it follows,’ ‘and to sum up’ and contains frequent adjurations to ‘hard thinking’ without corresponding performance. Much of the material is a trifle obvious.”

“In matters of detail we find much with which we differ. But all trained social workers and all teachers of applied sociology will welcome this vigorous, powerful statement of the principles and methods and ideals of social work.” J. E. Hagerty

TOMLINSON, H. M.Old junk. *$2 (5c) Knopf 910

(Eng ed 19–15918)

This collection of sketches and essays has been reprinted from various publications between January, 1907 and April, 1918. They contain impressions and reminiscences from many lands and seas. S. K. Ratcliffe in his foreword to the volume, says of the author: “Among all the men writing in England today there is none known to us whose work reveals a more indubitable sense of the harmonies of imaginative prose.” The last seven of the papers reveal the author as war-correspondent. Among the contents are: The African coast; Old junk; The pit mouth; The art of writing; The derelict; The Lascar’s walking stick; On leave; A division on the march; The ruins.

“It is at times like these that we find it extraordinary comfort to have in our midst a citizen of the sea, a writer like Mr H. M. Tomlinson. We feel that he is calm, not because he has renounced life, but because he lives in the memory of that solemn gesture with which the sea blesses or dismisses or destroys her own. The breath of the sea sounds in all his writings.” K. M.

“One opens this book at random and finds sentences, paragraphs, whole pages that are at once a delight and a despair: a delight because they are—well, delightful; and a despair because, peer as you may, you cannot discover the secret of their making.” J: Bunker

“For a set of essays written on land and sea, ‘Old Junk’ is a misleading title. Mr Tomlinson is an artist to whom ‘the light that never was’ is plainly visible. His descriptions of two voyages, one along the African coast, and the other, the more familiar passage across the Atlantic, are marvelous prose.” C. H.

“Delicate and helpless in his gestures, he yet is enduringly accurate in imagination. His images are of that excellent variety which send your eye to the corner of the ceiling for testing and reflection and acceptance.”

“No one has the right to look knowing when literature is mentioned unless he is fully aware of Mr H. M. Tomlinson.” Rebecca West

“A collection of stories of travel and chance which open out to the reader new visions of the sea and all that thereon is.”

“Several of his papers deal with the war. He does not describe the fighting, but its effect on those who come back from it—how it disgusts them with life, how it works in them a change, not outwardly perceptible, which makes them strangers to their own kith and kin. All this is admirably thought and said, and so is a tribute to ‘the nobodies’ who restore the balance of the world when it has been upset by the highly placed.”

TOMPKINS, DANIEL AUGUSTUS.Builder of the new South; being the story of his life work, by George Tayloe Winston. il *$3 Doubleday

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The new South, says the author, is not the achievement of educational and religious missionaries but of industrial forces which are epitomized in the life of Daniel Augustus Tompkins. “He built a new South—of mills and factories, of skilled labor and machinery, of diversified and intensified agriculture, of improved railways and highways, of saving banks and building and loan associations—a new South also of public schools, technical colleges, and expanding universities, of independent journalism and independent thought—a new South of universal education and democracy.” (Author’s summary of the contents of the book)

“Describes a strong character and an important movement in American history.”

TOMPKINS, JULIET WILBOR (MRS JULIET WILBOR [TOMPKINS] POTTLE).Joanna builds a nest. il *$1.75 Bobbs

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