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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1914
Page
8
A concise review of The Beginnings of Libraries notes its 160 pages of knowledge and the playful myth that Noah kept a five foot shelf of fiction. It discusses how readers should curate books for posterity and cautions about sentimentalism while praising the work’s compact instructiveness.
A critique of The Modern Short Story by Lucy Wilson Notestein and Waldo Hilary Dunn and The Greatest Books in the World by Taura Spencer Porter. The review praises Mrs Knollys as a standout short story and endorses study of Kipling Poe Maupassant and others. It notes chapters on structure title atmosphere and characterization and urges art over commercial fiction.
A survey of famed lists and Laura Spencer Porter’s new volume The Greatest Books in the World. It covers The Odyssey The Divine Comedy Faust Arabian Nights Pilgrim's Progress The Book of Job and Don Quixote with brief praise and noted omissions.
A concise study by Ernest Cushing Richardson traces library origins from primitive records to the written word. It reviews three sources history custom and child development and offers curious passages on early Adamite libraries and the first library building with cherubim as librarians.
A critical note on Mara Ven e Thompson's The Woman's Law. Gail Orcutt seeks to save her son from disgrace amid a globe spanning vengeance. The reviewer finds the substitution plot unlikely yet engaging amid modern yawns.
In Cap'n Dan’s Daughter Cap'n Dan Dott, ex-skipper and store owner in Trumet, becomes the hearth of a comic tale. His daughter, a lovable figure, ignites social ambition after a windfall legacy while Mrs. Dott seeks social leadership and a move to the city.
A Boston Page Company edition surveys Miss Billy's early married life and growth into a steady woman The tale follows Adrian and his sister Aunt Hannah Arkwright and Alice Gregory in a continuation of the Miss Billy series.
A brisk tale set in the era of Richard III follows Sir Richard Rohan a noble hearing of royal lineage who unknowingly carries sealed despatches to Scotland. The king fears his claim to the throne and dispatches him on a perilous mission where wit and sword prevail and a romance threads through the dangers.
A vivid Cape Cod fishing village tale by Wilbur Daniel Steele blends smuggling daring and sea peril with a bold Portuguese hero. The plot threads love between Big Joe Manta and Allie Snow weave through killings and rescues, set in a vast atmospheric backdrop.
A critical note on Jean Louise de Forests The Love Affair of a Homely Girl from Sully and Kleinreich. Martin Lewis injures his sight and rests with Rebecca Van derpool who tends him. He recovers his sight as a romance develops with a strong critical event at the core.
The April magazines discuss contemporary American novelists with an eye to a future writer under 40. Boston bookshops list February best sellers including Cap'n Dan's Daughter and The Rocks of Valpre. The Yale Review and The Atlantic are praised for insightful criticism on modern fiction and social themes.
Elisabeth Woodbridge closes her fine paper with a bird metaphor: society has two wings, woman and man, and one wing broken hinders flight. Now that this wing gains strength, the other wing should not be crippled. The passage emphasizes balance and equality in social progress.
A Selected List of New Books features Cap'n Dan's Daughter by Joseph C. Lincoln praised for humor humanity and warmth. Anthony The Absolute by Samuel Merwin dubbed a thrilling morality tale. Black Is White and The Light of Western Stars by Zane Grey attract readers with vivid action. Penrod by Booth Tarkington and A Son of the Ages by Stanley Waterloo promise originality. The Fortunate Youth by Wm. J. Locke The Best Man by Grace Livingston Hill Lutz and The Rocks of Valpre by Ethel M. Dell receive favorable notices for drama and narrative power.
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