Edith Wharton as a Major American Novelist of Our Time
Edith Wharton has risen from relative obscurity to prominence as a leading American writer. She now challenges herself with a long novel to test her ability to sustain character analysis and a continuous narrative while preserving her delicate style. Her life in Philadelphia and Lenox, Italy influences her work, and she remains a celebrated social figure and writer.
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Edith Wharton
American Writers of Fiction
Wharton
Edward Wharton
Philadelphia
Italy
Lenox
England
Anna Armalda
Saxe
Weimar-Eisenach
Goethe
Weimar
Wolfgane Goethe
Postum Cure Story and Novel Reviews in Independent Letter
A letter from Independence, Ta notes people aided by leaving coffee for Postum Food Coffee, praising its effects on Cor a who recovered sleep and appetite. The piece also reviews several books, including The Debatable Land by Arthur Colton and The Leopard's Spots by Tom Dixon, detailing plots, themes, and critical reactions.
Kipling and Tarkington discuss art and southern publishing
Reminiscences of Kipling in India credit Mahbub Ali for local color in Kim and note Tarkington’s unique scene drawings guiding his fiction. The piece weighs on book illustration, the value of authorial vision, and Southern publishing plans, arguing for broader nationwide access and fair publisher chances amid rising southern literary prestige.
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Kipling
India
E. Kay Robinson
Lahore
Robinson
Mahbub Ali
Kim
Cancer cure claims touted by Easton and other locals
Descriptive testimonials from George W. Yost of Easton Illinois James McMuhen of Lebanon Ohio and Mrs J Woodrow of Crewkerne England praise a home cancer remedy. They insist it cured cancer in days with minimal scarring and no pain. The ad invites readers to send name and address for free information and testimonials from Dr Curry Cancer Cure Co Box 67 Lebanon Ohio.
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George W. Yost
Easton
Ill
James McMuhen
Lebanon
Ohio
J. Woodrow
Lyne Road
Crewkerne
England
Curry Cancer Cure Co
G Edw Harrison Co Advertises Repaid Snap Shot Book
The Baltimore based G Edw Harrison Co advertises a scanned out clip service offering a book titled Repaid Snap Shot. The notice promises a free interesting catalogue and claims the item will amuse a cat or a man. It invites readers to clip out and mail for 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Edw. Harrison Co
Balto
Books in Review: New Authors and Tatters of Taste
A critical survey notes The House With the Green Shutters lacks light and romance, while The Right of Way and Mrs. Wharton’s Lae Vahey of Decision are marked by tragedy and bleak endings. Ellen Stone’s Bulgarian memoirs attract attention, as do Baker’s praise, Harrison’s retirement, Harland’s The Lady Paramount, and Dixon’s Leopard’s Spots.
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Tom Dixon
South
Mason
Simon Degree
Uncle Tom
Mr Dixon
Simon Lesree
Carpet Basger
Nothorn
Mr. Dixon
Mrs. Stowe
Dixon
Gaston
Tom
George Harris
Boston
List Chanter
Ellen Stone
Ray Stannard Baker
Mies Stone
Salonica
London
The Great Black Diamond Hoax in Cairo Adventure
In Cairo a chubby fakir Ishmet tells of the Great Black Diamond and Cleopatra’s tomb, guiding a traveler to a cave on the Bakarah plateau. They descend to a hidden vault, glimpse a mummy with Cleopatra’s diamond, and flee with the hoax revealed as Ishmet’s fraud, leaving the narrator ruined and wary of counterfeit gems.
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Cairo
Arthy
Nile
Mae
Solomon
Cleopatra
Anthony
Rome
Sack
Allah
Ishmet
Mammon
Signor
Alte
Acenipoli
Oasia
Cleopatra 1
Acenipoll
Bakarah
Palma
Caire
Bakarah Plateau
Sunny South premium list for annual subscriptions
The Sunny South Publishing Company offers a yearly premium list for subscribers featuring dozens of magazines and journals. Readers may select from many titles including Home and Farm, Rural New Yorker, Harpers Bazaar, The Cosmopolitan, and Good Housekeeping, with prices and remittance details outlined.
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Sunny South Publishing Company
Sunny Bouth
Home and Farm
Louisville
Atlanta
Tri-State Farmer
Chattanooga
Tetin
the Gentlewoman
New York
Conzey'a Wome Journal
Chicago
Home and Flowers
Springfeld
Ohio
Springfield
the Ledger Monthly
Woman's Home Companion
the Cosmopolitan
the Weekly Constitution
the Standard Designer
Success
New
Corl
Frank ‘Leslie
Popular Monthly
Harpers Bazar
Wsss
New Yorker
Tha World
Good Housekeeping
Macy
South
Berge Plunkett
Georgia
Beary W. Grady
Wellesley
Esa
Scribera
Revigwnentul Agt
Geneva
Parpers
Sunday School Times
Halas
Christian Hworala
Neil Gurrent
New York Literary Digest
New Yorks
New Forte
Puck
Boston Commercial Poultry
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Conan Doyle
Sambourne
London Author's Club
John Doyle
Hator
Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
J. D
H. B
Society of Authors
Independence
Cone
Cora
Coraf
Sha
Ada
Mia
Bostom Co
Bastle Crook
Mick
Lecian L. Knight
Arthur Cotton
Mr. Munn
Tready
Uncle Terry
New England
Rockhaven
Charles
Clark Munn
Maine
Jin
Jess Hutton
Isander
Lee & Shepard
Harper & Bros
Virginia
Helen Bourn
Morgan Map
Gard Windham
Squire Map
Mr. Colton
Helen
Charrsters
Y. Y. Crowell & Co. New
Leopard
Thomas Dizon
Reconstruction Times
North Carolina
Chicago Record-Herald
Mr. Tourgee
Thomas Nelson Page
Red Rock
Simon Juegree
Mrs. St
North
Tom Camp
Booth Tarkington
Indianapolis
Gentlemon
Indiana
Monsieur Beaucure
Richard Harding Davis
Stuer
Tarkington
Joel Chandler Harms
Mary Johnston
Ellen Glasgow
Grace King
George W. Cable
New Orleans
Audrey
United States
Dieg
Frederick Harrison
Ife
Harrison
Sidney Luska
Henry Harland
Edmund Clarence Steadman
Harland
Lady Paramount
Thomas Dixon, Jr
New York City
Horatio Lankford King
Biological Society of Washington
Science
C. H. Townsend
Townsend
End Holub
South Africa
Vienna
Mved
Sunny Sous
Tio
New York Exchange
Atiamits, Ga
Coimmlewton
Trent & No
Notions Trading Agency
Sunny South
Abe
St. Vitus
Ping Street
Waw
York City
Gincianan
Renton
Ohio Chemical Works
Lita
Gitte
Rutherford Place
Macon
Woophington
Steverec Ae
Washington
Frottron
Wodence School
Philadelphi
Columbia
Ala
Buffalo
Alona
Huffalo
Inc
International Mig. Co
Parsons
Kan
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