The Mentor Magazine Jan 1929 Collecting Chinese Rug Making Stradivarius Faience

Description: The Mentor - January 1929W. D. Moffat, Editor Crowell Publishing, 68 pages Condition as shown in photos. Worn and aged. 2-hole punched. No markings found. "Collecting in the grand manner began in America with James Lenox, who in 1847 bought a copy of the Gutenberg Bible for $2500 and received much publicity therefor. Less than two years ago, $120.000 for a bible from the same press..." -- The Golden Age Of American Collecting by Ruth Kedzie Wood Includes: What Price Orchids?Seven Famous BottlesHe Dug for Gold -- and Discovered ChinaThe Chalice : The Story of the Sacred CupPrinted At Author's ExpenseFrom Archive Grid:The Mentor was published originally by the Associated Newspaper School, then by the Mentor Association in New York City, New York, with the purpose of disseminating information about "the world's great men and women, the great achievements, and the permanently interesting things in art, literature, science, history, nature and travel."The companies were founded by William David Moffat about 1912.Originally a weekly, it was later published twice a month and each issue was published on one specific theme.It was purchased by Crowell Publishing Co. in 1921. When Moffatt retired in 1929, the magazine changed format and began publishing articles on many topics in one issue, using famous authors. The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature stopped indexing the magazine in December 1930. The January 1931 issue is the last known issue.

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