1930/12 -- Contents as follows:

  • Why I Do Not Become an American by Theodore Maynard
  • Lodge Doctor by Lewis G. Arrowsmith
  • Liberty and Democracy by Louis Le Fevre
  • Editorials
  • Bong Soir by Joel Sayre
  • Savonarola in Los Angeles by Duncan Aikman
  • Americana
  • Sex and the Bishops by Herbert Parrish
  • Oklahoma Note Book by George Milburn
  • The Arts and Science:

  • Cremation in the United States by George G. Whitehead
  • The Argot of the Racketeers by James P. Burke
  • American Church Builders by F.R. Webber
  • White on Black by Tess Slesinger
  • Tom Paine by William E. Dodd
  • Iron Man of the Saginaw by James Stevens
  • Mississippi Pledges Her Faith by Richard F. O'Toole
  • Music

  • Eye Music by Winthrop Parkhurst
  • The Library by H.L. Mencken
  • The American Mercury Authors
  • Index to Volume XXI
  • Check List of New Books
  • Editorial Notes