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WHO?╟╓S WHO IN - James M. Cain, the author, writes: ?╟úIn the course of an ordinary writing day, one consults the ?╟ World Almanac?╟╓ at least once, the ?╟ Britannica?╟╓ three times, the ?╟ Webster Unabridged Dic- tionary?╟╓ six; but ?╟ Who?╟╓s Who in America?╟╓, in my own case anyway, is thumbed every hour on the hour. ?╟úThis addiction, this habit of settling endless things, from the spelling of a name to the title of a song, by a quick look-see at an appropriate entry, goes back to my childhood, when I made the acquaintance of Volume I, in the year 1901, in my father?╟╓s study at Annapolis, during a summer when I was supposed to be boning square root as a preliminary to a special pro- motion in school, but actually spent most of my time with this fascinating book, which told all about Roosevelt and Sampson and Schley and Dewey and McKinley and Bryan and other worthies of the era, as well as George W. Cable and James Whitcomb Riley, Joel Chandler Harris and others lying closer to my heart, and transformed them from fabulous newspaper figures into flesh-and-blood human beings. ?╟úMy education thus derived in no small part from these pages, has been invariably my entertainment too: I know of no book so endlessly absorbing as this, so full of surprises, so suitable to sporadic peeping or hour-long poring; if you are a stranger to it, I congratulate you for many pleasant hours lie ahead, an adventure in self-improvement, though one, I am afraid, which is habit-forming.?╟Ñ A CONGRESSMAN: "Who's Who" enriches my library by considerably more than its weight. I'm pleased to have it. A PUBLICIST: "Who's Who" has grown into an invaluable work ... I don't see how anyone dealing with facts concerning people can do without it. AN ARTIST: What tremendous detail . . . and what a wonderful job! A real service to America and the whole literate world. AN EDUCATOR: My advanced college students refer to "Who's Who" publications frequently and regularly. A MUSEUM CURATOR: I use "Who's Who" constantly in my college and museum work. It is an indispensable "must" on my library shelf. A PERSONNEL DIRECTOR: Each issue is better than previous publications: A SOCIAL WORKER: I make weekly use of "Who's Who" in my writing and cannot do without it. TYPICAL COMMENTS FROM USERS OF "WHO'S WHO" ?╟÷ MARQUIS-WHO'S WHO, INC. (The A. N. Marquis Co. ?╟÷ Founded 1897) MARQUIS PUBLICATIONS BUILDING CHICAGO-11 ILLINOIS USA