Book Reviews of Mawson Antarctic Expedition History
The Home of the Blizzard review extols Mawson’s two volume history of the 1911 1914 Australian Antarctic expedition with 300 photographs color plates maps and diagrams. It praises the labors of 600 men through extreme climate and notes the expedition’s scientific significance and pioneering wireless telegraphy. The piece references Mawson’s lectures in the United States and the author’s background with Shackleton’s 1908 quest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Douglas, Mawson
Antarctic
Douglas Manson
Australia
Adelaide University
Stir I. Shackleton
Great Britain
Douglas Mawson
United States
I. B. Lippincott Company
Philadelphia
Books on War and Law Stir Readers in 1915 Market
A diverse slate of early 20th century titles features Nyburg’s tales of a young lawyer exploring human law and justice in a moral maze. Par Island scenarios weave war time romance with historical figures like Stonewall Jackson, while critics note Tarkington, Tarkingtonan style, and a raft of sociological and biographical works.
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Nyburg
J. Blappincott Company
Philadelphia
Red Mint
Py Randall Parrish
General Jackson
West Virginia
Wyatt
Hei
Stonewall” Jackson
Alonzo Kimball
A. C. McClurg & Co
Chicago
Knew a Bargain from a Scottish Manager
A Chicago commercial traveler offered a box of Havana cigars as a bribe to an Aberdeen Scottish manager who refused bribes due to church membership. Pressed, the Scot considered a nominal sale and ultimately decided to take two boxes, ending the exchange with a humorous twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Aberdeen
Kirk
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L. Barclay
Ges
New York
London
Florence
Sidney L. Ny
Bass
Brussels
Creck
Louis Joseph Vance
Joan Thursday
James Montgomery Flagg
Chittle, Brown & Co
Boston
the Warneveit
Booth Tarkington
Constance Smedley
G. P. Putnam's Sons
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Seba Eldridge
Thomas Y. Crowell Company
New York City
Irvin S. Cobb
George H. Doran Company
Albert Leftingwell
American Humane Association
Japan
G. Kell & Song, Ltd
York
Bernhard Dernburg
Coloniéal
German Empire
Germany
Fingland
England
America
Jane
Austria-Hungary
Albert
Helgium
Karl H. von Wiegand
Grist
Mare Srs Literary Harper
Bros
Gertrude Atherton
California
John P. Mahaffy
Trinity College
Dublin
Irving Bachélor
Tsizzie
Adirondacks
Lizzie
Tarkington
Jane Greys
Texas
Rangers
Allen Wyeth
Wreth
Q Dellivered
Panama
Latin America
Margaret Deland
Harsau
Joseph S. Auerbach
Century Company
Fourth Avenue
26Th Street
Union Square
Arthur I. Andrews
Department of History and Public Law
Tufts College
Herbert Adams Gibbons
Europe
Charles D. Stewart
Wisconsin
Harry A. Franck
South America
Brazil
Oliver Herford
Infanta Eulia
James Harvey Robinson
Columbia University
Kipling
Paris
New
France
Samuel F. Orth
Wvougers Mawson
Frontier Asthma CO
Niagara and Hudson Sts
Buffalo, N
Keely Company
New Spring
Yard Rc
Aoc
Voile
Neige
Ava
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