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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1887
Page
2
A Norwegian fisherman describes the Tremont temple and its deck view in a vivid account. The piece highlights locals and maritime scenes, detailing notable sights and cultural reflections from a sea vantage point.
Miss Marie A. Brown lectured on a voyage from Bergen toward the North Cape detailing the voyage by sea, impressions of Lofoten and Molde, Norwegian villagers, and the midnight sun. She contrasted rugged Norway with tourism aims and promised a third talk on Sweden versus Norway.
State's Attorney Grinnell said bucket shop operators promised proof that the regular board of trade is a big bucket shop. If proof arrives he will present the case to the grand jury.
Oliver L. Briggs of 970 Washington Street introduces a new pool billiard table marketed as a beauty. The unit is designed to suit private clubs and family use, marking a novelty in available home recreation options.
The basement furnace at 269 Tremont street caused a blaze leading to $800 damage to a restaurant and building contents. Windsor packing house burned with $200,000 loss and $150,000 insurance. The Chronicle office at St Clairsville and adjacent buildings on Main Street burned with losses over $20,000.
A reflective piece on women only clubs such as lunch and dinner groups and their social value, contrasting gentility with exclusivity. It notes beagle hunting as a trend among reforming women, praises artistic needlework, and cites Harvard prank culture as part of campus life. The column ends with GLEANER branding.
Louis Maas leads the first chamber concert of the season with the Kneisel quartet in Milley Hall next Wednesday evening. The program includes Rubinstein and Schumann quartets, Maas’s romanza from violin concerto, and Schumann’s quintet in E flat.
The London Atheneum reports a forthcoming Kitton collection will feature a fac simile of the first page from an early burlesque drama by the future Charles Dickens. Titled O Thello part of the Great Unpaid the piece dates to about 1833 35 and is written in Dickens own neat hand.
The current Quarterly Review from Houghton Mifflin & Co. presents articles on The Catholic Revival of the Sixteenth Century Count Beast Dairy Produce Roses Popular Education The Architectural History of the University of Cambridge The Suez Canal and the Egyptian Question Lord Selborne on the Church The Irish Parliament and the Union and The Future of Conservatism.
Estes and Lauriat announce holiday juvenile books. The Boys of 1812 is highlighted as a potential favorite for the year with lively content for boys.
A brisk portrait of Madame de Staël (1766 1817) highlighting her salon influence, political and literary impact, and entangled relations with Napoleon. The review notes Bella Dutly’s Famous Women volume and praises its balanced portrayal, while mentioning concurrent works Sobriquets and Nicknames.
A review praises Mr Butterworths Zigzag Journeys ninth volume for young readers. It blends Indian history myths temples and wildlife with tales inspired by Buddha and sacred rivers while advocating emancipation and a broader gospel. The book is richly illustrated and marketed through Estes and Lauriat at a price of 175.
A review notes Frey's Noted Names of Fiction as a pioneering nickname dictionary arranged alphabetically with an index of real names and their descriptive titles. It praises thoroughness and notices many obscure sobriquets while questioning how many instances define a true nickname.
Miss Alcott writes six or more tales named for Mayflowers Poppies Pansies and Ivy Spray. Stories praise charity kindness and thrift through children and earnest girls aiding Boston shops and households. A gentle exhortation to unselfish work and love. Roberts Bros price $1.25.
A new English version of Schiller's Song of the Bell translated by A W Cutler appears in a pretty quarto with illustrations by Giger Muller and a Raphael cartoon. The portrait of Schiller shows a nearly front handsome face though the translation was not needed amid many existing good versions. The Boston edition from D Lothrop Co priced at 2 dollars.
The piece surveys Ebers biography of Lepsius Egyptologist, Edith M. Thomas verses, and reviews novels by Kathleen O Meara Frances Mary Peard Moncure D Conway and Mrs C V Jamison. It notes prose and verse quality and comments on Narka Prentice Hugh and Andy Merrigan's Great Discovery with critical judgments.
An advertisement proclaims Pearline as rich enough for all users, promising strong cleaning power with a bold claim about content quality used for washing.
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