Auction of famous literary letters and Lamb Coleridge relics
A London auction houses sale opens with works by Nelson, Burke, Carlyle, Ruskin and more. Letters from George Eliot and Boswell fetch high sums, while Lamb and Coleridge manuscripts highlight tender, insightful exchanges. A burial register from a Wren church lists causes of death with blunt entries, showing era customs and odd anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lauder
Gray
Poe
Wellington
Weber
Bach
George Eliot
Romola
Boswell
Johnsonian
Miss Milford
Shelley
Godwin
London
John Keats
Haydon
George
Tom
Strand
Lamb
Coleridge
Mary
Lloyd
Hetty
Charles
Shrewsbury
Christ Hospital
Hazlitt of
Wem
Christabel
Charles Lamb
William Hazlitt
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Wren
Workingmen Seek Tariff Protection in Boston
A Boston letter discusses a growing workingmen movement backing tariff protection. Led by Edward Fitzwilliam and aided by the Home Market Club, the effort aims to mobilize workers against tariff reform, praising protection while questioning the motives of labor agitators and predicting electoral consequences for Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Evening Post
Workingmen of America
Edward Fitzwilliam
Blaine
Home Market Bulletin
Butler
Wade
Memors
Workingmen’s Protection Club
Jamaica Plain Gun Club Christmas shoot features turkey events and standings
The Jamaica Plain Gun Club held a daylong Christmas shoot at Clarendon Hills with many members and visitors. Events included turkey, blue rocks, blackbirds, and clays across multiple distances and formats, with Savage, Barrett, Newcomb, Boothby, and Johnson posting top results.
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Jamaica Plain
Clarendon Hills
Savage
Newcomb
Barrett
Melcher
Turkey
Boothby
Needham
Blackbirds
Swain
Cilley Eye
Johnson
Cilley
Marrett
Heffer
Nichols
Brown
Blue Rocks
Blaehingh Bhai
Baker
Malden
Bear’s den Range
J. M. Blake
W. M. Foster
F. J. Lounsbury
C. E. Wiggin
G. P. Cooley
G. M. Portle
W. T. Getchell
J. H. Whittekind
F. B R. Blake
Train Accident Claims Life of John Deggin Near Amherst
John Deggin, struck by a Fitchburg railroad train near Amherst last Saturday, died yesterday morning from injuries at Massachusetts General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deggin
Fitchburg
Amherst
Massachusetts General Hospital
Fires Rack Cities and Firms Across Multiple States
Astringent fires last night caused heavy losses in Vicksburg Worcester and London. In Vicksburg Switzer Newitter & Co sustained about 120000 in stock and building damage, with other firms including Rea & Jackson and Lewis Bros incurring substantial insured losses. Fire blamed on fireworks but origin uncertain. Additional blazes hit Oakdale saw mill and box shop causing about 10000 loss, and nearby structures including a large barn with livestock burned in Oxford. Other fires affected Charter House square warehouses in London causing 750000 loss and fires at Crosby farm in Forrest Street and Libby Varney mill in North Hartford with varied insured totals.
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Vicksbura
Miss
Switzer, Newitter & Co
Rea & Jackson
Lewis Bros
J. Blumenstein
B.G Regers
Lewis
Alexander Kuhne
Worcester
Warren Howe
Oakdale
L. W. Plaisted
Oxford
London
Charter House Square
Crosby
Forrest Street
Wotrespono
N. H
Libby, Varney & Co
Syrpnxy
N.S. W
New Zealand Steamship Company
Verdant Green Creator Edward Bradley Dies at 61
Obituary notes the death of Rev Edward Bradley vicar of Lenton aged sixty one. Though born 1827 in Kidderminster he wrote many works and created Verdant Green, the Oxford freshman character who inspired enduring humor and vivid portraiture of varsity life in mid Victorian England.
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Robert Browning
London Daily Telegraph
Edward Bradley
Lenton
Cuthbert Bede
Kidderminster
Oxford
Durham University
Bobbington
Denton
Hunts
Stretton
Lord Ayeland
Granston
Green
Mr. Pickwick
Old Oxford
Cribbcourt
Israel
Judah
Guy Livingstone
Tom Brown
Scud” East
Flastman
Buily
Old Brooke
Larkyns
Smalls
Fosbrooke
Obituary notices for Horatio E. Swasey and Charles Albert Ashburner
Horatio E. Swasey of Swasey and Swasey dies suddenly at 16 Upton street after overwork and pneumonia. Born 1847 in Standish Missouri, he studied law, practiced in South Paris and Boston, and formed the present firm in 1882. Ashburner, Pittsburg geologist and APS member, dies after brief illness aged 36. in 1880 he led Pennsylvania coal field surveys and developed a surveying method praised by engineers and geologists.
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Horatio E. Swasey
Swasey & Swasey
Upton Street
Standish
Gorham Academy
Horatio J
Oxford Normal School
South Paris
Boston
Henry W. Paine
Thomas J. Gargan
George R
Supreme Court
Swasey
A. A. Ranney
Charles Albert Ashburner
Pittsburg
American Philosophical Society
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Pennsylvania
United States
Europe
New Books The English Constitution by Hannis Taylor
A Mobile Alabama scholar delivers Orig in growth study of English constitutional system and its link to the US federal republic. Widespread acclaim comes from Stubbs Freeman McVane Fiske and others with praise for clarity and scholarly rigor. The work argues history grows not made and highlights Taylor’s personal dedication to his subject.
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Hannis Taylor
Mobile
Ala
Federal Republic of the
United States
Kemble and Palgrave
Freeman and Stubbs
James Macintosh
Taylor
William Stubvs
Oxford
Edward A. Freeman
Johns Hopkins University
John Fiske
Fiske
Sir Henry Maine
Alabama
South
Grant
Sherman
Thomas
Sheridan
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Price
Law of Trusts and Trustees Fourth Edition Endorsement
A historical appraisal praises Perry on Trusts as a standard trusted by bench and bar since 1871. The fourth edition edited by Frank Parsons is commended for analytic, orderly content with exhaustive citation and minimal new material, widely deemed the best American trust law book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
England
Bench
Bar
Choate
Frank Parsons
Blackwell
Parsons
Bird Songs About Worcester and the Universalist Debate
A review contrasts Bird-Songs About Worcester by Harr. Leverett Nelson with Unto the Uttermost by James M. Campbell. Nelson’s local natural history notes on warblers and birds around Worcester are praised for accuracy and outdoor appeal, while Campbell’s Universalist critique is viewed as flawed in construction though the printing is praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Harry Leverett Nelson
England
Mr. Nelson
Massachusetts
Gilbert White
Selborne
Nelson
Harr Leverett Nelson
A.M
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
James M. Campbell
New York
Fords, Howard & Hulbert
Estes & Lauriat
Jupiter Lights and wrapped in Woolson Ward essays
A critical note reviews Constance Fenimore Woolson's Jupiter Lights praising its depiction of Eve Bruce and Cicely on Abercrombie's Island while highlighting flaws in pacing and overdone climaxes. It also surveys Mrs Ward's essays, praising vigor, moral urgency, and practical religion amid debates on immortality and spiritualism.
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Miss Woolson
Eve Bruce
Abercrombie’s
Miss Sabrina
Cicely
Jack
Jupiter
Romney
Ferdie
Eve
Paul Tennant
Salvation unto the Uttermost and Postdeath Probation
The piece notes how laical interpretation strives for logic yetwaver at defining probation after death. It cites the motto Salvation unto the uttermost through Christ, while acknowledging uncertainty about fate beyond death and possible future surprises.
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Christ
Boston Athletic Club Postpones Games for Christmas
Holiday postponements shift tournaments to later dates at the Boston Athletic Club. The green decorated house drew many members, with R D Sears and Max Norman contesting squash fives final standings. Sears won three straight to claim first prize. Tennis event slated to begin around January 6.
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Pame
Sexton
Hamlet
Gripes
Cotton Mather
Vicksburg
Bennington Street
E. W. DeWitt
Cuthbert
NEW Books
Constantinides
Welch
Mass
Jairus Ware Perry
Jupiter Lighies
Ward
F. H. Hedge
Elizabeth Omaar Phelps
Boston Wharf CO
Boston Postoffice
Congress, Sleeper
A. Granite
Richards Streets
Mt. Washington Avenue
Fort Point Channel
N.Y
N. EF. R.R. Co
J. B. Russell
State ST
School Street
Better Head
Recorder Printing CO
Lncoln St
James F.C. Lyde
Milk St
Humphreys
Albany
U. & Army Cavalry
Ud. K
Humphreys’ Med. Co
Fulton St
WN. Y
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Fulton St. N
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Boston & Maine Railroad
Co. E. Cram
Loston
Lowell
James T. Furber
Boston &Lowell Railroad Corporation
Fanewil Hall National Bank OF Boston
South Market Street
T. G. Haller
BOSTON WATER POWER +O
Boston Water Power Co
Milk Street
W. B. Brown
the Tremont National Bank
Tremont National Bank of Boston
Congress Street
A. T. Frothingham
State National Bank OF Bos
State Street
Geo. B. Warren
Alphevus M. Stetsoow
Kilby Street
Cypress Lumber
Cunringham
State S Wharf
Border Pt
Daniels, Badger & Co
Friend St
Sudbury St
Cambridge
E. van Noogrden & CO
Harrison Ave
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