Review of a Roman Society Study in a Cambridge Prize Volume
The 1888 volume presents Roman social life from dawn to death, balancing luxury and public life under the Caesars. It argues that slavery shaped society while Christianity altered moral consciousness, and contrasts capital life with provincial realities. It also notes Pliny the younger and Tacitus, and compares ancient and modern social dynamics and philanthropy.
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Rome
Suetonius
Tacitus
Pliny the Younger
Ome
William Ralph Inne
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
Amos A Lawrence Biography: Boston Merchant and Patriot Reformer
Amos A Lawrence, born 1814 in Boston, rose as a wealthy merchant and civic benefactor. He supported churches, schools, and reform causes, helped fund regional projects, and championed abolitionist efforts including Kansas settlement with New Englanders and the New England Hicrant Aid Company. He married Sarah Appleton in 1842 and balanced business, philanthropy, and public service throughout his life.
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New England
United States
Missouri
Kansas
Mr. Lawrence
South
Brown
Lawrence
Sumner
Wilson
Senate
North
Republic
Smith Sisters
Glastonbury
Amos A. Lawrence
William Lawrence
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Brice
Concord
Amos
House of
A. & A. Lawrence
Amos Adams
Groton
Harvard College
Quincy
Medford
Andover
Collee
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Sarah Eizabeth Appleton
Wisconsin
Issife
Groton Academy
New England Hiicrant Aid Company
Rai Piaayee
Worcester
Myr
Patrick Jackson
Langence
Dr Martineaus Latest Volumes Review of The Study of Religion
The article lauds James Martineau at eighty three for completing a two volume treatment of morals and religion. It highlights his argument for a theistic God, unity of will, and conscience, defending religion against atheistic critiques while noting method and influence.
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Martineau
Mr. Gladstone
England
America
James Martineau
Manchester New College
London
Spectator
Mariineau
Herbert Spencer
Frederic Harrison
Serley
Paley
Laplace
James Martieau
D.D
Macmillan & Co
Price
Architectural Drawing: A Comprehensive Work for Draughtsmen
This work by R Phene Spiers outlines modern drawing types used in foreign schools with working drawings from London offices. It includes examples by Wilson, Norman, Shaw, Stannus, Plumbe, Waterhouse, Pearson and others, plus a preface by Professor Ware.
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Architeture
America
Europe
R. Phenespiers
F.S.A
Ecole de Beaux Arts
Paris
Architectural School
Royal Academy
London
Architectural Association
Spiers
Wilson
Norman
Shaw
Stannus
Plumbe
Waterhouse
Pearson
Ernest George
Cockerell
Thomas Allom
George Ekcinund Doreet
United States
Ware
Columbia College
The Fleet Prisons and Marriages in Old London Life
A review of The Fleet The River Prisons and Marriages by John Ashton. The work surveys Fleet prison life from the seventeenth century toward reform, detailing wardens, punishments, and Fleet marriages with historical anecdotes and illustrations.
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London
Ashton
Sadler's Wells
Paris
New York
Daily Press
Ely Tonse
Fleet
Fredom
Ts River
John Ashton
Scribner & Weilford
Britons and Muscovites and Venice Makers Reviewed
A column reviews Curtis Guilds Russia England letters and Mrs Oliphants Makers of Venice. It notes Russia’s social life, hospitals, monks and Siberian prisoners, plus Rus sian industry. then argues Oliphant’s Venice sketches highlight doges, Zeno, Carmagnola and Venetian arts. Also mentions reprints and juvenile classics including Jane Andrews The Seven Little Sisters and Flower People.
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Venice
Athens
Rome
Florence
Doges
Orseoli
Michieli
Dandolo
Gradenigo
Faliero
Foscari
Ziani
Barbarossa
Peter
Romanin
Genoa
Carlo Zeno
Carmagnola
Zeno
Otthers
Marco Volo
Berlinis
Carpaccio
Titian
Tintoretto
Paul Veronese
Jane Andrews
Louisa Parsons Hopkins
Horace Mann
California
South
Walter Lindley
J P. Widney
New York
D. Appleton & Co
William Shikspere
Suakspere
Funk & Wagnalls
Boston
Traits of Two Enemies Curtis Guild Book Review Note
A brief fragment notes a work titled Traits of Two Enemies by Curtis Guild. Published in Boston by Lee & Shepard, the volume is priced at $2. The text alludes to a scale of power surpassing anything imagined by the current generation and mentions Britons and Muscovites as subjects.
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Mesers, Funk & Wagnalls
George Mingle
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Harry Fenn
Church of the Nativity
Sea of Galilee
The
Mount of Olives
Curtis Guild
Boston
Lee & Shepard
Southern California described in Widney Lindley book
Dr J P Widney and Dr Walter Lindley unite to outline a guide on Southern California. The work contrasts north and south climates, notes regional varieties, and suggests suitable treatments and airs. It covers the overland trip and cities like Los Angeles San Diego San Bernardino Ventura and Santa Barbara with their churches schools parks hotels and springs.
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J. P. Widney
Walter Lindley
California
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Bernardino
Ventura
Santa Barbara
Ge . W
America
Literary notes and new editions feature prominent scholars
The piece surveys forthcoming editions and essays in journals. It highlights Macmillan & Co. American agents for Browning’s works with illustrated volumes, and outlines articles by Richmond M. Smith Monroe Smith Bernheim Jenks Tausig Walker Buress, Clark Newcomb Osgood Giddings and Kennan in Century and related periodicals. It also notes World English by A Melville Bell and the planned Celtic chair at Bangor. Auction and library news follow, with prices for Bibles and Scottish books.
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Monroe Smith
A. C. Bernheim
New York
J. W. Jenks
Knox College
Michigan
F. W. Tausig
Harvard
G. A. Frost
Kennan
Russia
Rusaccordesia
A. Melville Bell
Kingland
Directory of National Biography
Lord Derby
James Gairdner
John Day
Thomas Dekker
A. H. Bullen
Deloe
de Quincey
Leslie Stephen
England
Henry V
Paris
London
Robert Graham
Saigowan
Lord Snedoch
Edinburgh
Matthew Arnold
University College of Bangor
Wales
Aylesford
Aubrey
Surrey
Atkyns
Gloucestershire
Schouter
Robert Dudley
Auderbon
Irda
America
Goethe Notes and 19th Century Literary Auctions Highlight Weimar Find
The report notes a grave discovery in Weimar said to be Christiane von Goethe and mentions Goethe's Faust performance planned for April in Munich. It also covers bids for rare works such as Buffon Histoire Naturelle and Arnold's Chronicle, with prices and publishers like Doda Mead & Co planning new Barr and Besant editions.
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Curtis
Buffon
Histoire Naturelle
Earl of Bute
R. Bariom
Arnold
Christiane von Goethe
Weimar
Goethe
Munich
A. Bronson Alcott
England
A. B. Alcott
T. W. Higginson
Independent
Willian Austin
Hawthorne
Doda, Mead & Co
Amelia E. Barr
West Riding of
Yorkshire
Besant and Rice
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