Witty reviews praise Cobb and Wharton war writings
The column surveys Howard Russell's Half-Hours in the Library praising Irvin Cobb's Speaking of Operations as a humorous, human account of medical exams and wartime life. It also reviews Anne Hollingsworth Wharton's English Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans and Mary Roberts Rinehart's Kings Queens and Pawns, noting travel, history, and front-line perspectives from World War I.
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Irvin Cobb
Mr. Cobb
Cobb
Miss Wharton
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
William Penn
Pilgrim Fathers
Maryland
Virginia
United States
England
London
English Meadows
Casey Chimney
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton
J. B. Lippincott Co
Philadelphia
Mary Roberts Rinehart
France
Metropolitan December issue praised despite mixed pieces
The Metropolitan Magazine December issue is praised for substantial reading despite mixed quality. It features art by The Burning Balkans, critic notes on the army, a Christmas story by Miss Hurst, and lighter tales by George Weston and Will Irwin about Lord Northcliffe, plus reviews of The American Magazine and other items.
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Metropolitan Magazine
Outlook
Vienna
William Howard Taft
Elihu Root
William Barnes, Jr
Cosmopolitan
Santa Claus
John Reed
Boardman Robinson
Robinson
Balkans
Henry Reuterbahl
United States Army
Reuterbahl
Union
Fanny Hurst
Miss Hurst
George Weston
Will Irwin
Lord Northcliffe
Mr. Irwin
Gossip on Books and Writers by Socrates Smith
Critic Socrates Smith surveys novels and authors favored by clergy and scholars. He notes Wells and Burnett among many titles, praises Keeping in Condition, and highlights Boy Scout wartime service as described by Herbert Adams Gibbons in Paris Reborn.
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Socrates Smith
United States
England
France
Herbert Adams Gibbons
Paris
Paderewski Delivers Enthusiastic Boston Recital
Ignace Paderewski gave his second Boston recital at Symphony Hall with a large audience and unbounded enthusiasm. The critic lauds his heroic expression and masterful interpretive craft, noting exceptional readings of Chopin Etudes, Schumann Symphonic Etudes, Liszt Rhapsodie, and the audience's post concert support for Poland.
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Ignace Paderewski
Boston
Symphony Hall
Mr. Paderewski
Paderewski
Michelangelo
Schumann
Poland
Life Saver at Allerton Dead in Hull
Captain Samuel James 92, lifelong Allerton coast guard and life saving volunteer, father of Chief Washington I. James, dies at his James Avenue home. Funeral Sunday at Hull Methodist Church. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.
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Hull
Samuel James
Washington I. James
James Avenue
James
Coast Guard
Allerton
Methodist
Speaking of Operations by Irvin S. Cobb
A brief publisher note advertises Speaking of Operations by Irvin S. Cobb from George H. Doran Company New York priced at fifty cents net.
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Irvin S. Cobb
George H. Doran Company
New York
The Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln reviewed by Browne
Francis I Browne in The Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln gathers reminiscences from over 500 contemporaries and friends. Putnams imprint the sold edition notes Lincoln as seen by neighbors and peers, presenting his words and manner rather than posthumous myth.
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Abraham Lincoln
Francis I. Browne
The
Dial
Putnams
Lincoln
North
Browne
The Teen Life of Abraham Lincoln
Francis Browne presents a biography aimed at young readers detailing Lincoln's early years and formative moments. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York, the book traces influences, challenges, and growth that shaped the future president.
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Abraham Lincoln
Francis Browne
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
New York
English Ancestral Homes of Noted Americans
Miss Wharton presents a readable study of American history through the ancestral homes of notable figures. The volume surveys lineage and residence, highlighting how family roots shaped public life and the nation’s cultural memory.
Vallely Responds to Whitman Statement on Parlin Ghost
James B. Vallely, candidate for reelection to the Cambridge school committee, plus the four male members, replies to Mrs. Florence Lee Whitman’s claim about the ghost of ex Superintendent Frank Edson Parlin. He says the assertion is news to most Cambridge residents.
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Beale
Parlin
Cambridge
Cambridge Training School
Fitzgerald
Committee On Instruction
James B. Vallely
Florence Lee Whitman
Misses and Small Women Suits and Coats in Early Prices
A sale offers fur trimmed suits for misses and small women with prices reduced from 40 to 45 48 dollars and from 38 to 28 dollars on new imported coats. Velvet and duvetyne coats, chinchilla and boucle girls coats at substantial markdowns with early season prices listed.
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Jean Price
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