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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1914
Page
8
A review praises Bishop Talbot for humane steady leadership in Wyoming Idaho and now eastern Pennsylvania. It notes the book covers revelation faith duty church machinery missions and social service with loyal Episcopal perspective and tempered optimism about Christian unity and social questions.
A review of Felicidad by Rowland Thomas lauds its tropical setting and character depth. The critic praises the book for atmosphere and wholesome content, while noting a tenuous plot and a rescue scene involving a native girl. A brief jab at rival titles follows.
Horace Annesley Vachell’s Loot from the Temple of Fortune offers tales set around the Cosmopolis restaurant and its famed proprietor with a warm humorous tone. The collection features Sally the flower girl and General Paganet among a supporting cast, with readable variety and steady viewpoint shifts. New York publisher George H. Doran Company lists the book at $1.25.
Bertrand W Sinclair’s North of Fifty-Three is described as a strong tale of the plains and woods. The contrast between wilderness virtue and urban temptation is explored through William Wagstaff and a conventional romance. Contentment is framed as a logical state found in simple things.
A contemporary critique argues Amelie Rives s World s End is harmless yet tiresome with excessive domestic angst. The review notes Phoebe s two year secret and Randolph s coercive tactics, calling the prose earnest but draining in this 490 page tale.
A New York literary note on Matthew Ferguson by Margaret Blake from G. W. Dillingham Company applauds its romance since early chapters present Matthew Bican as a scientifically egotistical hero and Doris Diberto as a mournful spouse in a Gothic setting. The plot modernizes to expose corporate threats and psychopathic eugenics, ending with the hero triumphing while the prose offers glittering cynicism about women. The book, priced $1.25, is deemed unusually interesting and well told.
In a breezy letter, Caroline Lockhart defends her Western novels and notes how critics misread her work. She recalls personal stunts to research authenticity, defends women doctors, and laughs at harsh reviews while hoping to improve and publish a truly worthy book.
A May Bookman excerpt criticizes contemporary drama coverage noting Billie Burke’s pink pajamas overshadow Eleanor Gates’ new work The Poor Little Rich Girl. It argues publicity favors fashion over artistry and lampoons the influence of popular entertainment on aspiring dramatists.
A review of Terry's Mexico by T Philip Terry from Houghton Mifflin. a 500 plus page handbook now widely read by troops in Mexico. It covers Cortes era to present, with chapters on customs hotels railroads and maps. recommended as a valuable reference as Mexico gains prominence in American thinking.
Frederick J. Anderson presents six exploits of Godahl a master thief who blends clever social life with daring robberies. He targets safes uses 1800 alarms in Maiden Lane New York and plunders liquid gold from a U S office while leaving no trace.
The author of Felicidad Rowland Thomas, son of Rev. L J Thomas, Congre gational minister, born Castine Maine 1879 and Harvard graduate 1901, taught in the Philippines before winning the Collier prize in 1905 for Fagan. He later wrote The Little Gods and spends much time on his Duxbury farm with a homely bulldog, a local pride.
Una Martindale travels with her aunt Sophia and loses support after a sudden death leaves her financially strained. She falls for Allister Macdonald alias Dinsmore, who hides a troubled past. Sir John Hart seeks delay for answers as letters go astray and a deathbed confession clears Allister of crime. Ends happily.
The May Forum highlights Stuart Chase's On the Threshold with trumpet notes urging self definition. The young writer moves beyond his peers, aiming to live as an active example of the ideal he seeks, a figure to watch.
The article surveys modern interest in human conservation and the efficiency drive. It notes scientific management as anti waste and cites the need for clearer exposition to help lay readers grasp this epoch making movement. It introduces a new study titled Psychology of Management by an author with thorough knowledge of the subject.
A. D. Hall surveys Great Britain in three summers 1910 1911 112 detailing diverse crops methods and stock raising. He praises pedigreed stock seeds and farming variety, notes Axholme Lincoln Wolds primitive land division and cooperative farming elsewhere, and lauds agricultural heroes. New York E P Dutton Co 1 50.
Experimental Domestic Science by R Henry Jones from Lippincott is a practical text for teachers of domestic science. It covers simple to complex experiments including specific gravity tests and dairy and kitchen chemistry with about 160 experiments and study questions.
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