Books: Mobile Vulgus

KING MOB—Frank K. Notch—Harcourt, Brace ($2).

Author Notch has harsh things to say about the Mob, thinks it is gaining control of civilization, is not happy about it. Says he: "A mob is made up of a group of persons unable to think straight because they are affected by the consciousness of their own numbers. . . . The Mob destroys spiritual values by accepting them; it destroys great men by adopting their principles." Because he is a writer, Author Notch's prime examples of mob-rule are taken from the literary racket.

Says he:...

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