182.
1928
Jan. 8
The Peat Cutters
Alphonse de Châteaubriant
Trans. by F. Mabel Robinson
Grand Prix du Roman de l’Académie
Française (Novel)
The Dial Press
Wilmington, Del.
Jan. 9
Ebony & Topaz: A Collectanea
(Of Prose, poetry, drama, essays, & what not by or about the Negro)
Edited by Charles S. Johnson
Pub. by Opportunity
Wilm. Del.
Jan. 16
Psychoanalysis in the Classroom
G. H. Green
G. P. Putnam Sons
Psychology
Marshallton, Del.
Jan. 21
Right-Off-the Map
C. E. Montague
Another War Novel. Most excellent
Doubleday, Page & Co.
Wilmington, Del.
183.
1928
Jan. 23
The Charwoman’s Shadow
Lord Dunsany
Fantastic Novel
Putnam Sons
Wilm. Del.
Jan. 24
The Almosts
Helen MacMurchy
A Study of the Feeble-Minded in Literature
Houghton Mifflin Co.
Wilm. Del.
Jan. 28
Spanish Bayonet
Stephen Vincent Benet
Novel – … at the beginning of the Revolution
Geo. H. Doran
Wilm. Del.
Feb. 3
Plays of Negro Life
Edited by Alain Locke & Montgomery Gregory
Drama
Harper Bros.
Wilm. Del.
184.
Feb. 6, 1928
Autobiography of Frederick Douglass
Re-read
Wilm. Del.
Feb. 15
Claire Amber
Booth Tarkington
Doubleday & Co.
On train bet. Phila. & W’ton.
Feb. 18
Jalna
Marzo de la Roche
Atlantic Monthly $10,000 prize novel
Little, Brown & Co.
Wilm. Del.
March 4
My Heart and My Flesh
Elizabeth Madox Roberts
The Viking Press
W’ton. Del.
185.
March 18, 1928
Meat
Wilbur Daniel Steele
Novel. A most awful book. Of the sacrifice of a family to a moron.
Harper Bros.
Wilmington, Del.
March 22
Teaching Dull & Retarded Children
H. B. Wilson
Macmillan Co.
Psychology
Mashallton, Del.
March 26
Rainbow Round My Shoulder: The Blue Odyssey of a Black Ulysses
Howard W. Odum
Bobbs-Merrill Co.
Wilm. Del.
March 28
Home to Harlem
Claude McKay
Harper Bros.
Novel (Rotting)
Wilm. Del.
186.
April 2
So Much Good
Gilbert Frankau
Harpers
“A novel in a new way” Good Lord!
Wilmington, Del.
April 14
Toussaint L’Ouverture: A Dramatic History
Leslie Pinckney Hill
Christopher Pub. House
On train bet. Phila. & W’ton
April 22
Three Wives [i]
Novel
On train between Nashville and Washington
May 2
Dark Princess
W. E. B. DuBois
Novel. Satisfying!
Harcourt, Brace & Howe
Wilm. Del.
187.
1928
May 4
Quicksand
Nella Larsen (Mrs. Imes)
Alfred A. Knopf
Another “race” book – without propaganda. Novel.
Wilm. Del.
May 14
Mother India
Katherine Mayo
Harcourt, Brace & Howe
A terrible exposition of existing conditions in India.
Wilm. Del.
May 21
A President is Born
Fannie Hurst
Harpers.
Novel
Wilm. Del.
May 26
Strange Interlude
Eugene O’Neill
Boni & Liveright
Drama
That nine-act play that has disrupted the literary world.
Wilm. Del.
188.
May 29
A Son of Mother India
Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Reply to “Mother India.”
E. P. Dutton & Co.
Marshallton, Del.
May 30
Bad Girl
Viña Delmar
Pathetic little novel.
Harcourt, Brace & Co.
Wilm. Del.
June 8
Saturday Evg. Quill Clun Magazine
By group of authors
Collection of Afro-Americana
Printed – Edited by Eugene Gordon
Wilm. Del.
June 17
Black Majesty
John W. Vandercook
Story of Henry Christophe I. Emperor of Haiti.
Harper Bros.
Phila. Pa.
189.
June 20
Sorrel and Son
Warwick Deeping
Novel (Beautiful)
Grosset & Dunlap
On train between Pocono & Trenton, N.J.
June 21
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Wilder
Albert & Chas. Boni
A weird narrative –and a bestseller
On train bet. Phila. And W’ton
July 3
The Closed Garden
Julien Green
Trans. from French by Henry Longan Stuart
Novel
Harper Bros.
W’ton, Del.
July 4
The Dark Dawn
Martha Ostenso
Novel
Dodd, Mead & Co.
Wilm. Del.
190.
July 5
In Spite of Handicaps
Ralph W. Bullock
Association Press
“Race” biographies
Phila. Pa.
July 5
When Black Meets White
John Louis Hill
The Argyle Press
More “Race.”
Phila. Pa.
July 6
Daughters of Folly
Cosmo Hamilton
“Trashy Novel”
Putnam Sons
Wilm. Del
July 14
The Walls of Jericho
Rudolph Fisher
Best of the Harlem novels yet
Alfred A. Knopf
Wilm. Del.
191.
July 18
The Road to Heaven
Thomas Beer
A. A. Knopf
Narrative
Newport, R.I.
July 19
Bambi
Felix Salten
Simon & Schuster
Story of a Deer
Newport, R.I.
July 27
Dead Lovers are Faithful Lovers
Frances Newman
Boni & Liveright
Novel – On train between Charleston, W. Va. and Wash. D.C.
Aug 4
Quiet Cities
Joseph Hergesheimer
Alfred A. Knopf
Short Stories
Wash. D.C.
192.
1928
Aug. 21
Live of Eminent Africans
G. A. Gollock
Biography
Longmans, Green & Co.
Phila. Pa.
Aug. 25
Toward the Understanding of Jesus
Vladimir G. Simkhovitch
Historical Essay
Macmillan Co.
Between W’ton & Chicago B & O R. R.
Sept. 1
Fire Tongue
Sax Rohmer
Mystery Novel
A. L. Burt Co.
Chicago, Ill.
Sept. 6
The President’s Daughter
Nan Britton
Elizabeth Ann Guild
That awful blackmailing attack on Warren Harding
Phila. Pa.
193.
1928
Sept. 11
Show Girl
J. P. McEvoy
Simon & Schuster
A “whoopee” novel.
Phila. Pa.
Sept. 15
The Growth of the Soil
Knut Hamsen [ii]
Trans. from the Norwegian by…
Novel
Geo. H. Doran
Phila. Pa.
Sept. 5
John Brown’s Body
Stephen Vincent Benet
Epic Poem
Magnificent!
Doubleday & Doran
On train between Chicago & W’ton.
Sept. 23
The Children
Edith Wharton
Appleton
Novel
Wilm. Del.
194.
1928
Oct. 5
To-Morrow
Alfred Ollivant
A novel of the future
Wilm. Del.
Oct. 15
Spider Boy
Carl Van Vechten
One of those Hollywood fooleries
Alfred A. Knopf
Wilm Del.
Oct. 19
Dracula
Bram Stoker
The horror-novel of the 19th cent.
Grosset & Dunlap
Wilm. Del.
Oct. 26
Kitty
Warwick Deeping
Novel
Alfred A. Knopf
Wilm. Del.
195.
1928
Oct. 28
The Vicarion
Gardner Hunting
Serial Novel – Evening Public Ledger
On train bet. W’ton and Phila.
Nov. 12
The Negro in Contemporary Am. Literature [iii]
Elizabeth Lay Green
Univ. of N. C. Press
Bibliography
Wilm. Del.
Nov. 18
Bright Metal
T. S. Stribling
Doubleday, Doran Co.
Another Tennessee Novel. Explains why Tennessee is Republican
Wilm. Del.
Nov. 15
Scarlet Sister Mary
Julia Peterkin
Bobbs-Merrill
More Gullah. Novel.
Wilm. Del.
196.
1928
Nov. 17
Candleshades
Ursula Bloom
G. Howard Watt
Superficial, but interesting
Wilm. Del.
Nov. 21
The Island Within
Ludwig Lewisohn
Novel – A Jews interpretation of Jews
Harper Bros.
Wilm. Del.
Nov. 23
Sons and Lovers
D. H. Lawrence
Novel – Mother fixation complex
Modern Library
Wilm. Del.
Nov. 26
The Negro in Contemporary Am. Literature
Elizabeth Lay Green
Univ. of N. C. Press
A Bibliography
Phila. Pa.
197.
1928
Dec. 5
All Kneeling
Anne Parrish
Novel
Harper Bros.
Wilm. Del.
Dec. 7
The Lie
Helen R. Martin
Striking picture of post-war hysterical 100% Americanism
Dodd, Mead & Co.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dec. 20
Findings for National Inter-racial Conference
Charles S. Johnson
Mimeographed
Washington, D.C.
Dec. 21
Peasants
Konrad Bercovici
Short Stories
Doubleday, Doran & Co.
Philadelphia, Pa.
198.
Dec. 22
Adam & Eve
John Erskine
Another one of Erskine’s novels of the past.
Doran & Co.
On train bet. N.Y. & W’ton
Dec. 29
A Study in Bronze
Esther Hyman
Study of a Jamaican girl in England.
Novel
Henry Holt & Co.
Phila.
Dec. 26
African Myths
Carter G. Woodson
Folk & Fairy tales of Africa
Supplementary Reader for Children
Associated Publishers
Phila.
The Answer [iv]
To – A President’s Daughter
Phila. Pa.
1928
Recapitulation
Fiction novel 43
Short Stories 5
History 5
Essays 2
Travel
Poetry 1
Drama 3
Biography 4
Psychology 3
Bibliography 1
67
Notes
[i] Dunbar-Nelson did not include the author and publisher for this entry, but it is safe to conclude that she was referring to Beatrice Kean Seymour’s Three Wives published in 1927 by Alfred A. Knopf in the American edition.
[ii] Norwegian poet, novelist, and essayist Knut Hamsun (1859-1952).
[iii] It is interesting to note that Dunbar-Nelson would have found herself listed among the various authors of color that were included in this volume.
[iv] Written by Joseph DeBarthe in 1928, this book was a published response to the claims made by Britton in The President’s Daughter (1928) concerning Warren G. Harding’s fathering of Elizabeth Ann Blaesing. The refutation, however, was proven false by DNA testing in 2015, which verified Harding’s paternal relationship to Blaesing. Dunbar-Nelson did not date this entry.
