Fables by Kipling Poe and Poe Poems Edition Review
Stevenson and Kipling lovers receive new Scribner editions with Fables by Stevenson, a Kipling handbook by Ralph Durand, and Poe’s Poems with notes by George Edward Woodberry. The volumes include illustrations, biographical images, and extensive notes on language and revisions.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Charles Scribner's Sons
Lorimer Graham
Poe
Griswold
Stedman
Pascace
Israel
Poetry Book Prices in Contemporary Catalogs
A fragment lists several classical poetry titles with publishers and prices. Items include rubles by Robert Louis Stevenson from Scribner's Sons at 3.00 dollars and A Handbook to the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling by Ralph Durand at 2.00 dollars.
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Kipling
Ralph Durand
Rudyard Kipling
Doubleday, Page & Co
Robert Louis Stevenson
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
Ralph’Durand
Edgar Allan Poe
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Our Sentimental Garden by Agnes and Egerton Castle
A review of Our Sentimental Garden, a Lippincott volume on gardens and garden history. It praises its dainty typography, illustrations, and the book’s perfume of beauty, noting how it weaves scents and scenes from Surrey and other lands into a vivid, romantic portrait of gardens.
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Horace
Virgil
Agnes
Agnes and
The Animals Touring Club by Sheila Braeme
Describes a Duton Christmas book for children with full page color illustrations by G H Thompson. Animals travel to many countries with funny adventures by land and sea. Described by Sheila Braeme, published by E P Dutton in New York for $1 50.
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Animals’ Touring Club
Sheila Braeme
G. H. Thompson
Dutton
New York
E. P. Dutton
Meredith Nicholson
Henry Harland
Sun
Charles S. Olcott
Outlook
William E. Mead
Europe
Estelle M. Hufll
Michelangelo
Juan
Raphael
Correggio
van Dyck
Rembrandt
Murillo
Maurice Baring
United States
Bookland
Walter A. Mursell
Stevenson
Dickens
Borrow
Henry D. Thoreau
Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris
Mr. Harris
Hans Andersens Fairy Tales illustrated by Louis Rhead
Harper’s edition features William Dean Howells introduction and Louis Rhead illustrations. New York MW Harper & Bros lists at $1.80. The volume presents beloved tales with charming depictions for children.
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Hans Andersen
Louis Rhead
Harper's
William Dean Howells
Hane Andersen
New York
Harper & Bros
Spell of Japan review praises Isabel Anderson work
The Spell of Japan by Isabel Anderson examines Japanese life from her Kyoto residency as ambassador Larz Anderson’s wife. The review highlights vivid passages like Miyajima temple scenes and notes the book conveys the country’s atmosphere and charm beyond mere scenery. Boston Page Company edition priced 2.50.
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Japan
Isabel Anderson
Larz Anderson
Page Company
Island Kingdom
United States
The
Miyajima
Boston
the Page Company
Carillons of Belgium and Holland in Blissful Color
Book notices describe Carillons of Belgium and Holland and Tower Music in the Flowing Countries with color plates and many illustrations. Authors Lawrence J Burpeer and William Gorham Rice contribute topics on Canadian parks Indian trails Rockies and mountain journeys. proceeds support the Belgian Relief Fund.
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Rockies
Belgium
Holland
Fkow
William Gorham Rice
N. B
The Fakers in Corruption Rise and Fall in Politics
Samuel G Blythe profiles the rise of Tommy Hicks alias U Marmaduke Hicks as a master fakir of public opinion. Hicks fingers Senator Paxton, builds a power network, and oversteps, toppled by his own schemes. His end comes as he vows to seek titles in Paris with his wife.
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Samuel G. Blythe
Tommy Hicks
U. Marmaduke Hicks
Tommie
Senator Paxton
Tommie Hicks
Tomiie
T. Marmaduke
Paris
United States
Anne Feversham by J C Snaith review
The novel follows Anne Feversham and her lover through perilous escape from castle halls and dungeons in Elizabethan times. It foregrounds Shakspere and Richard Burbage in vivid character sketched scenes and honors Queen Elizabeth with restrained admiration.
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Anne Feversham
Queen Elizabeth
Broke
Caveden
Castle Hall
Dungeon
Shakspere
Richard Burbage
Elizabeth
Burbage
William Shakspere
Gloriana
The Lost Boy by Henry van Dyke review
A review notes Van Dyke's The Lost Boy set in biblical times. The author faithfully evokes the era and portrays the boy Jesus with warmth, framed by Mary’s love and other personalities. Published by Harper and Brothers in New York priced at 50 cents.
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Dr. van Dyke
Harpers
Jerusalem
Temple
Jesus
Henry van Dyke
New York
Harper and Brothers
The Prize of Life by Wilfred T. Grenfell review
The essay defines life's greatest prize as the return from doing for others. It opens with a sailor on the Carmania and Scott's South Pole voyage, then presents a divine flame uniting men with humanity seen as God.
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Dr. Grenfell
the Pilgrim Press
Carmania
Scott
South Pole
Wilfred T. Grenfell
Boston
A Woman's Career by Myrtle Reed
The manuscript found among Myrtle Reed's papers discusses the possibilities for women in active life with humor and incisiveness. The reviewer notes food for thought and rates the work among Reed's best writings, published by G P Putnam Sons in New York.
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Myrtle Reed
Marts Reed
New York
G.P. Arise Sone
Little Sir Galahad book review praises humane message
A scrutinizing critique of Phoebe Gray’s Little Sir Galahad from Small, Maynard & Co. lauds its humanitarian motive and Christlike heroism. The crippled boy Charlie Thomas propels the story with themes of love, charity, and forgiveness, while publishers donate part of sales to Belgians.
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Sir Galahad
Phoebe Gray
Small, Maynard & Co
Little Sir Galahad
Phebe Gray
Charlie Thomas
Galahad
Boston
Federal Reserve Act Analyzed by C W Barron
C W Barron publisher of the Wall Street Journal Boston News Bureau and Philadelphia News Bureau has released a book analyzing the new Federal Reserve Banking Act. He describes motives benefits dangers and includes a complete personnel list of banks and district business characteristics.
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C. W. Yarren
Wall Street Journal
Boston News Bureau
Philadelphia News Bureau
Barron
The Burglar and the Blizzard
A young millionaire Geoffrey Holland confronts a burglar robbing to aid his sister hidden in a hut on the estate. He frees the sister, leading to a dramatic scene and a developing love motif in this clever tale by Alice Tuer Miller.
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Geoffrey Holland
Young Holland
Geoffrey
The Lone Wolf A Crime Tale By Louis Joseph Vance
A review praises The Lone Wolf as a strong mystery of crime and danger set in Paris with the underworld. The hero Michael Lan Yard seeks to escape burglary and battles criminal forces, though the plot relies too much on exposition and distant events rather than dialogue and action. Boston Little Brown price 1.80.
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Troyon
Paris
the Lone Wolf
Louis Joseph Vance
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
Betty's Virginia Christmas a Southern Christmas Tale
Molly Elliot Seawell presents Betty Beverley and her grandfather in a Virginia Christmas story set amid hardship and relocation. A Northerner buys the Beverley estate and his son Philip Fortescue falls for Betty, with dances foxhunting and vivid local life scenes. Decorative black and white drawings accompany the tale.
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Mae Betty
Virginia
Molly Elliot Seawell
Betty
Hippincott
Betty Beverley
Beverley
Philip Fortescue
Miss Betty
Philadelphia
Rhe . B. Lippincott Company
J. B. Tippincott Company
Calendars Offered by E. P. Dutton for 1915
The E. P. Dutton Company of New York publishes several 1915 calendars with day pads. Titles include Sitakspere Merrie Thoughts Notes for the Day and Hunting Scenes priced from 40c to $1.25, with others like A Dog Tale Dominus Vobiscum and Gay Dogs.
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E. P. Dutton Company of
New York
Ruskin
The Christmas Treasure Box from Seaver Howland Press
The Christmas Treasure Box presents a blue and buff collection of mini classics. Reprints from Dickens Irving Scott and others appear in a small double use box suitable as a gift for one or several friends. Boston The Seaver Howland Press $2.00.
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Seaver-Howland Press
Dickens
Irving
Scott
Boston
the Selver-Howland Press
Newly Published Boy Scout and College Life Books
D Appleton & Co releases two boys books Johnson of Lansing and A Freshman Scout at College Hawley Williams tale follows Lansing Academy life Marshall Jenkins portrays authentic College life at Columbia University during football abolition Both works offer readable stories and strong character lessons with appeal to younger readers and Columbia graduates alike.
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Johnson
Lansing
D. Appleton & Co
Bath
Hawley Williams
Lansing Academy
Marshall Jenkins
Columbia University
Columbia
New York
D, Appleton & Co
The Boy Emigrants gets new illustrated edition
A fall release reanimates Noah Brooks’s 1876 tale with H. T. Dunn’s illustrations. The Boy Emigrants remains a staple of Western adventure, drawing readers with nature scenes and real-life inspiration, including insights from the author’s November 1876 letter. New York Charles Scribner's Sons list price two dollars.
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Great West
United States
Noah Brooks
H. T. Dunn
Scribners
California
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Cinderella in deluxe child edition by Githa Sowerby
Hodder & Stoughton in America via George H. Doran publish an elaborate children’s edition of Cinderella. Githa Sowerby tells the tale with full page color illustrations by Millicent Sowerby and the book aims to introduce children to artistic book making.
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Hodder & Stoughton
America
George H. Doran Company
Githa Sowerby
Millicent Sowerby
Cinderella
New York
The
The Boys of Eastmarsh Review
The review endorses this seasonal boys book as highly as packed with incident from cover to cover and likely to engage any lad who reads it.
The Boys of Eastmarsh by Isher Ames Jr.
A New England village tale featuring rival school pupils. Notable incidents include Time and Tide Will Not Wait A Night Swim for Life and The Wreck on Blackfish. Published in New York by Thomas Y Crowell at $1.23.
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New England
Blackfish
the Boys of
Eastmarsh
Isher Ames, Jr
New York
Thomas Y. Crowell
Shelters Shacks and Shanties by Dan Beard a Boy Guide
A New York Scribner's Sons edition of Shelters Shacks and Shanties by D O Beard appears as a practical boy friendly guide. The book classifies camp structures into Tomahawk Camps needing only a hatchet and Axe Camps requiring an axe with detailed instructions and author illustrations.
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Dan Beard
Scribners
Beard
D.O. Beard
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
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J. C. Snaith
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