The Pastor's Wife by the Author of Elizabeth and Her German Garten
A review of The Pastor's Wife a double day release by Doubleday Page explores its blend of British and German sensibilities. Ingeborg Bullivant travels from England to Prussia meeting and marrying Herr Robert Dremmel, with humor and depth surfacing through this domestic tale.
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Elizabeth
England
East Prussia
Doubleday, Page & Co
Ingeborg Bullivant
London
Switerland
Robert Dremmel
Ingeborg
Dremmel
Ilse
New York
Doubleday, Page & Op
The Well by Bethlehem's Gate in Pilgrim Press
The reviewer cites The Well at Bethlehem's Gate by William Allen Knight as a colorful addition to his Syrian Guest, recounting a fireside talk about Palestine's glory. The passage notes sacred names as spiritual landmarks from hills and waters to meaning in human geography.
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Bethlehem’s Gate
Pilgrim Press
Palestine
Jordan
Dead Sea
Jerusalem
Egypt
Pisgah
Mount Zion
Bethany
Calvary
Bethlehem's Gate
William Allen Kngiht
Boston
the Pilgrim Press
Good Stories for Great Holidays Book Review
Frances Jenkins Olcott assembles Good Stories for Great Holidays a year round reading plan with holiday themed excerpts from Xenophon Ovid Caxton Washington Irving and the Brothers Grimm. Labor Day features eleven tales including The Smithy and The Nail praised by teachers for education and enjoyment.
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Frances Jenkins Olcott
Houghton, Mifflin Company
Xenophon
Ovid
Caxton
Washington Irving
Brothers Grimm
Labor Day
Boston
Houghton Mifflin Company
The William J Locke Calendar Review
Emma M Pope compiles The William J Locke Calendar a collection of Locke quotes that highlights the authorial wit and philosophy. The calendar aims to deepen readers’ appreciation for Septimus and The Beloved Vagabond while introducing Locke’s finer flights to new admirers. Published by The John Lane Company in New York, priced at $1.
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Emma M. Pope
William J. Locke
Septimus
New York
The
John Tane Company
A Midsummer Night's Dream in Henry Holt Edition
Henry Holt & Co releases a refined edition of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with W Heath Robinson illustrations. The reviewer notes superior beauty and sympathetic treatment in color plates, while black and white work appears less lively. Priced at $4.00.
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Henry Holt & Co
W. Heath Robinson
William Shakspere
New York
Cured! A Humorous Tale of Eye Strain and 70 Cures
A reviewer notes Brian Boru Dunne’s book Cured! recounting his dyspepsia cures, finally traced to eye strain. Wells praises the man, whose satire targets doctors and medical follies. Foreword by H. G. Wells. published by John C. Winston Company for $1.60.
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H. G. Wells
Brian Boru Dunne
John C. Winston Company
Mr. Dunne
Brian Born Dunne
Philadelphia
The
A Blossoming Rod Christmas Story by Mary Stewart Cutting
A charming Christmas tale from Mary Stewart Cutting about a loving family of four. The father hopes for a special gift, believes he has lost it, and then discovers it through the joy and love of his family. Published by Doubleday, Page & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Stewart Cutting
Doubleday, Page & Co
New York
Drake's Drum and Newbolt Sea Poems Spotlighted
The George H. Doran Company issues Drake's Drum a color illustrated edition by A. D. McCormick R I featuring Henry Newbolt's stirring sea poems. The book links Drake the Armada era to modern balladry with vivid period scenes and cost five dollars.
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Sir Francis Drake
England
Drake
Henry Newbolt
Newbolt i
Kipling
George H. Doran Company
Newbolt
A. D. McCormick
R. I
Drake's
New York
The
Neighborhood Stories by Zona Gale
Review praises Zona Gale's Neighborhood Stories as a strong collection set in a Midwestern village. Tales portray ordinary residents with humor and pathos, maintaining the author’s sympathetic voice and literary quality. Macmillan edition priced at 1.50 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zona Gale
Macmillan
Middle West
Miss Gale
New York
the Macmillan Company
The Boys' Book of Battles reviewed and praised
A review applauds The Boys' Book of Battles from Houghton Mifflin Co. It covers battles from ancient clashes recorded on Egyptian temples to Mons reported by Sir John French. The editor curator combines history fiction poetry and biography with noted illustrations including Gettysburg reunion photo of 1918.
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Houghton Mifflin Co
John French
Mons
Gettysburg
Christmas and the Home Library
The essay praises the home library as a fireside temple of inspiration and urges Christmas gifts of books. It contrasts the home library with public libraries, notes the personal and sacred value of book gifts, and ties gift choice to Christian ideals and universal peace.
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Home
Christendom
Galsworthy's Memories honors his dog Chris
A review of John Galsworthy's Memories recounts the canine Chris as a beloved companion who joins Rab Bob Son of Battle and Dog of Flanders in immortal memory. The edition features Maud Earl illustrations and passages recalling Chris’s joyful, loyal nature and the master’s quiet appreciation.
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John Galsworthy
Chris
Scribner’s
Galsworthy
Rab
Bob
Battle
Flanders
Maud Earl
Songs of Grace from the Psalms calendar
A peculiarly exquisite calendar hookset issued by the E P Dutton Company titled Songs of Grace from the Psalms. It contains passages for the months of the year and 12 calendar pages with illustrations resembling an old missal. Price fifty cents.
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E. P. Dutton Company
Waring’s Aftermath and a Creed of Kindness
A writer undergoes a serious abdominal operation and, under anesthesia, revisits life’s evolution and his own philosophy. The renewed creed, kindness is the whole duty of man, shapes his actions with wife and mistress and his daughter’s elopment. The reviewer notes the book’s premises and moral tensions and questions whether the protagonist survives.
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Thomas Waring
Waring
Roberts
Phyllis by Maria Thompson Daviess review
A favorable critique of Phyllis set in a country village. The heroine, rich and new to town, wins local hearts through frank, tasteful storytelling. The plot centers on a steelmaking secret process with a young man key to the tale, praised as a fine, recommended novel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis
Maria Thompson Daviess
Molly
The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame reviewed
A review praises The Golden Age with new John Lane edition and Mooney color illustrations. The article extols Grahame’s enduring appeal for all ages and likens readers to Argonauts, urging that the Arcade of youth keeps life in perpetual renown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Grahame
Grahame
John Lane Company
R. J. E. Mooney
Hazlitt
Poussin
Arcadia
Arcady
Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail review by Sabin
Edwin L. Sabin presents a vivid readable account of young Buffalo Bill Cody with Dave Scott and Wild Bill Hickok amid 19th century wagon trains stage coaches and pony expresses. The book portrays pioneer life mining cattle herding buffalo hunting and Indian fighting and shows lively young characters in authentic frontier scenes.
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Buffalo Bill
Edwin J. Sabin
Colonel Cody
Billy Cody
Dave Scott
Bill’ Hickok
Sunshine Record Book by Anna Sanford Thompson review
A brief notice praises Sunshine Record Book published by The Pilgrim Press as a helpful keepsake for shut ins and readers with cloudy days. It highlights quotations puzzles and sun day record pages, noting value for those confined indoors, with price listed as 50 cents.
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Sunshine Record
Anna Sanford Thompson
the Pilgrim Press
Sunshine Record Book
Boston
Stories Without Tears in Barry Pain Collection
A review praises Barry Pain for versatile short stories in Stories Without Tears from Frederick A. Stokes Company. It highlights humor pathos and tragedy, noting Pain’s restraint and ability to reveal underlying reality. The piece calls 45 tales strong with no single standout except perhaps Great Possessions as the book’s opening.
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Barry Pain
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Pain
de Maupassant
Stevenson
Kipling
Henley
George Meredith
Mr. Pain
New York
Two Nature Books for Youngsters
A review notes The Animal School with six breezy illustrated stories of domestic and wild animals, funny antics, and a companion title The Bird Friends of a Country Doll featuring Alice the doll and New England birds. Poems add value. Boston Pilgrim Press priced 65 cents each.
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Alice
New England
The
Animal School
Frances Weld Danielson
Caroline Stetson Allen
Boston
the Pilgrim Press
The Rejuvenation of Father Christmas review
A brief critique notes J Edgar Park's The Rejuvenation of Father Christmas as a bright tale in which Santa Claus awakens to philanthropy. It praises the moral lesson, the spirited tone, and the clever telling that encourages meaningful gifts and a sense of life's beauty.
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Brotherhood of Men
J. Edgar Park
Father Christmas
the Pilgrim Press
Old Father Christmas
Santa Claus
Oy Wayne Park
Boston
The Cuckoo Clock Reissued By J. B. Lippincott Company
Mrs. Molesworth classic The Cuckoo Clock appears again in print from J. B. Lippincott Company priced at $1.25. Little Griselda discovers a cuckoo friend inside a curious clock and journeys to magical realms at night.
The Boy With the U Plan ets Bolt Wheeler
A praise filled note for The Boy With the U Plan ets Bolt Wheeler by Dr. Rolt-Wheeler. The hero saves a Kansas farm by visiting Washington and becomes a world traveler with adventures in China and Siberia while collecting agricultural specimens. The book blends story and fact and targets young readers.
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United States Service
China
Bureau of Agriculture
Siberia
Round the Wonderful World travel book review
G E H Mitton’s Round the Wonderful World published by Putnam is a vivid British travel narrative for youth with English history and American chapters. The chatty volume features color plates, strong illustrations, and sections on Niagara and America plus a death defense tale.
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H. Mitton
Putnam
Great Britain
Davenpore
America
Niagara
Robinson Crusoe in Windermere Series for Children
A reviewer recalls how Robinson Crusoe opened English literature for him and welcomes Rand McNally Windermere edition for children. Milo Winter illustrations accompany a compact, well printed copy priced at $1.35.
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Milo Winter
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Neighborhood Stories
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Christmas and the Home Library
By Abraham Mitrie Rihbany
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Songs of Grace
FE. P. Dutton Company
California
George Wharton James
Rupert Hughes
Arthur Elson
Hughes
Boston Transcript
Japan
Isabel Anderson
Larz Anderson
Spain
Keith Clark
Chicago News
Sylvia
Margaret R. Piper
H. V. Meyer
American Baptist Pub. Soc
Pollyanna
Eleanor H. Porter
Anne OF the Blossom Shop
Isla May Mullins
Louisville Times
Laura FE. Richards
Time
Morley Roberts
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Meria Thompson Daviess
the Century Company
Everyman Encyclopaedia
the Sun
Fifth Ave
Dutton & CO
Germany
J. A. Cramb
Joseph H. Choate
Wiliam
George Saunders
Times
Berlin
Edward
Martin
William
Struwwelpeter
FE. V. Lucas
Georges Bourdon
Figaro
IL. Cecil Jand
E. P. Dutton & CO
BF. A. Stokes Company
Edith Horton
Richard G. Moulton
Ellen Torelle
John T. Dale
Florence Holbrook
Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
Maine
Beacon Bt
D. C
Heath & Company
U. S
Bolt-Wheeler, Saket and Shepard
Round
G. B. Mitton
P. Putnam's Sons
Robinson Crusoe
Cobb
James Montgomery
Flagg
Parnell
Katharine O’shea
George
Birmingham
William C
DE Mille
Europe
John T. McCutcheon
Wilson
Caruso
Pankhurst
Charles Dana Gibson
Charles Stewart Parnell
Ireland
Dublin
Chicago
Pullmans and
Strongheart
Harold Sichel
North DA
South
Charles Livingston Bull
Ralph Connor
Sun Dance Trail
Connor
North West Mounted Palace
Hills
Baroness Orczy
Samuel G. Blythe
Marie Corelli
Innocent
Thelma
Corelli
Gilbert Parker
Sweet Kitty Tynan
Hugh Walpole
Wrexe
West 32Nd St
Hodder & Stoughton
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