One Hundred Great Novels Condensed for Readers
A condensed study by T. L. Hood presents Scott's Heart of Midlothian in a shortened form for daily readers. It highlights Jeanie Deans’s steadfast honesty, her London pilgrimage to seek pardon for Effie, and the intertwined fates of Meg Murdockson, Lady Staunton, and family ties, while noting notable scenes and key characters.
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T. L. Hood
Harvard University
Post
Scott
The
King’s Park
Effie
Geordie Robertson
Wilson
Effie Deans
Muschat’s Cairn
Robertson
Jeanie
Jeanie Deans
London
Reuben Butler
Duke of
Argyle
Bible Butler
Libberton
Scotland
George Staunton
America
Staunton
France
Duke of Argyle
Heart of Midlothian
Ratcliffe
Caroline
Madge Wildfire
Meg Murdockson
Maisie
Scott the Wizard of the North and His Romances
Walter Scott born in Edinburgh August 15 1771 rose to fame as a prolific writer of romantic histories and Scottish tales. He published Waverley anonymously in 1814 and after 1825 revealed his name earning status as a leading English language novelist with works like Ivanhoe and Rob Roy.
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Walter Scott
Edinburgh
Scott
Byron
Waverley
Stevenson
Guy Mannering
Nigel
Antiquary
St. Ronan’s Well
Rob Roy
Wizard of the North
The Narrative of Reuben Butler and Effie Deans in Edinburg
The excerpt recounts Reuben Butler, licensed minister and Libberton assistant master, drawn into Edinburgh turmoil over Captain Porteous’s execution. Effie Deans, Jeanie Deans's sister, is imprisoned in the Tolbooth on a charge of child murder as mob violence erupts around the city. Butler is forced to witness and later relay the events, facing bail and confinement while authorities piece together testimonies amid the tumult.
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Heart of Midlothian
Tolbooth
Old City
Edinburg
Midlothian
Reuben Butler
Libberton
John Porteous
Porteous
Scotch” Wilson
Saint Leonard’s
Jeanie
Effie
Tyne
Gude
Butler
King’s Park
Jeanie Deans
Nicol Muschat
Saint Anthony’s Chapel
Effie Deans
Condensed Classics Preview in The Boston Post 1919
The Boston Post announces tomorrow's printing of James Lane Allen’s The Choir Invisible condensed by Sara Ware Bassett plus a list of previously featured condensed works. Dates accompany each title from Dickens to Kipling and Sienkiewicz, spanning May 1 to May 9.
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Post Publishing Co
The
Boston Post
James Lane Allen
Sara Ware Bassett
Post
David Copperfield
Dickens
Pendennis
Thackeray
Kipling
Sienkiewicz
Pompeii
Sir Nigel
Hebrew Trades Secretary Denies I W W Ties In Boston Strike
MAX H. HAMLIN of the United Hebrew Trades of Greater Boston declares in a letter to the editor that the Lawrence strike committee did visit Governor Coolidge’s interview, sought funds, and used his Causeway Street office for a meeting. He states no I W W affiliation exists, attributing such claims to a private detective seeking pay. The note is dated May 8, 1919.
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Boston
Causeway Street
Peston
United Hebrew Trades of
Greater Boston
16Qauseway Street
American Federation of Labor
Lawrence
Sherman Detective Agency
State Street
Erett Street
Max H. Hamlin
Recorder
United Hebrew Trades
Strong Anti Japanese Feeling in China
Washington May 9 Ambassador Morris reports strong Chinese resentment toward Japan over Shantung in the Versailles treaty. He cites Pekin disturbances where the Chinese minister to Tokio was attacked by students who thought he favored Japanese claims. He saw no special significance in the disrupted communications from China.
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Washington
Morris
Tokio
State Department
Shantung
Wellesley Elects Athletic Heads for 1919 20
Miss Elizabeth Mack of Detroit has been elected chairman of the golf committee for 1919 1920 and Miss Mildred Shephard of Orange New Jersey has been chosen head of the college crew committee at Wellesley College. Other committee heads include basketball chair Miss Ruby Ponsford of Paso Texas and Miss Elizabeth Manchester of Clark Mills New York. Elizabeth Mock of Detroit has been elected head of the Wellesley College Golf Club.
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Elizabeth Mack
Detroit
Mich
Mildred Shephard
Orange
N. J
Wellesley College
Ruby Ponsford
Paso
Tex
Elizabeth Manchester
Clark Mills
N. Y
Elizabeth C. Mock
Wellesley College Golf Club
Mildred Shepard
Orange, N. J
Virginia convict in army uniform case returned to South
John Miles alias Frisco, recently arrested by federal officers for illegally wearing the army uniform, is revealed as an escaped convict from Virginia. A deputy warden of the prison escorted him back to the South yesterday.
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John Miles
Frisco
Virginia
Will Rule On Science Case Referred To Judge Dodge
The Christian Science controversy has been referred by Judge Loring to Frederick Dodge for hearing. Dodge, formerly on Massachusetts district and circuit courts, resigned years ago and will decide law questions with unusual authority.
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Judge Loring
Supreme Court
Frederick Dodge
Massachusetts
Angell Named Chair of National Research Council
Washington May 9 Dean James R Angell of the University of Chicago was appointed chairman of the National Research Council for the year starting July 1 The council formed in 1916 by the National Academy of Sciences and reorganized recently under a presidential order TREBLE UP and Double Up references appear as extraneous cheer.
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Dean Angell
Research Council
Washington
National Research Council
James R. Angell
University of Chicago
National Academy of Sciences
Million Jobs For Soldiers Drive On Mothers Day
Washington May 10 A million jobs for soldiers is the slogan of Mothers Day this year The Mothers Day International Association partners with the United States Employment Service to find work for soldiers and sailors Employment Sunday May 4 launched the drive Lists of opportunities are being reported to returning service bureaus with church and Sunday school services tomorrow as the ideal gifts for patriotic mothers The drive expects a peak on Mothers Day with widespread public effort across 150000 churches nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
Mothers’ Day International Association
United States
Anna Jarvis
Mothers’ Day Association
United States Employment Service
Patriotic Mothers of America
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Sir Walter Scott
Sen Ace Landon
China
Wellesley
U. S
Feu
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