Over the Teacups and Old Age in Holmes's New Book
The review lauds Oliver Wendell Holmes’s Over the Teacups as witty and broad in scope with engaging prose and essayist ingenuity. It notes themes of love, death, and aging, the structure of lively conversations, and the added pensiveness on old age while comparing it to The Autocrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Holmes
Dr. Goldsmith
Goldsmith
Walt Whitman
Hadrian
Knights of Labor
Lord Timothy Dexter
Holmes
Ammonla
Catullus
Lesbia
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Rubinstein Autobiography Compared With Spohr in Review
The review contrasts Rubinstein and Spohr as biographical narrations, noting Spohr’s detail and frankness, Rubinstein’s conversational imprint, and the intriguing yet flawed translation. It highlights anecdotes about Liszt, Schumann, Meyerbeer, and the Emperor Nicholas, the Russian Musical Society, and a Siberian escape, while flagging translation errors and historic date inconsistencies.
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Anton Rubinstein
Delano
Spohr
Rubinstein
Rubinsteins
Liszt
Schumann
Meyerbeer
Nicholas
Germany
Siberia
Fitch
Charles Filtsch
Chopin
Schlesinger
Roush Publishers
Koloyurov
Helen
Mrs Stanley Drawings in Boston Attract Interest
Boston hosts the first American collection of Dorothy Tennant drawings featuring Mrs. H. M. Stanley. The piece details her methods and anecdotes of London street scenes, ragamuffins, and insights into her artistic process alongside other contemporary reviews and catalog notes on Kipling About and Hawthorne works.
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Gamini
Jack Sheppard
Stanley
London
Horace Walpole
Hogarth
St. James’s Park
Thames Embankment
Sirs
Joey Brown
Tommy Gedge
Tommy
Joey
H. M. Stanley
Dorothy Tennant
New York
Cassell & Co
Boston
W.B. Clarke & Co
Price
Annie Thomas
Pender Cuchip
Sloane Square
Kipling
Paoree
Muhammad Din
Mr. Kipling
Krishna Mulvaney
Dinah Snadd
Messrs
Harper & Bros
Carl Schoenhof
L’ Homme & L’ Oreille Cassée
Mr. Jenkins
Edmond About
A Cigarette Maker's Romance and Miss Carey Novels
A review notes Mr Crawford crafts a simple yet moving tale in A Cigarette Maker's Romance about a poor Russian count in Munich and a generous worker named Viera, while also critiquing Miss Audrey Ross's five hundred page Lover or Friend as an English three volume novel with a curious plot device and a caution about a happy ending.
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Paul Heyse
Berlin
Marion Crawford
New York
Macmillan & Co
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
Price
Rosa Nouchette Carey
United States Book Company
John W. Lovell Company
Sloane Square
Annie Thomas
Rudyard Kipling
Greille Cassée
Edmond
William KR. Jenkins
Carl Sehoenhof
Paul Heyrse
Worthington Company
DeWolfe
Mr. Crawford
Crawford
Munich
Viera
Miss Carey
Audrey Ross
Cyril Blake
Captain Burnett
Audrey
Illustrated Books Offerings From Crowell And Putnam
A review notes T Y Crowell Co edition of Charlotte Brontë Jane Eyre with red and white bindings and rich illustrations by Andrew, plus illustrated School Days at Rugby and Putnam's Literary Gems series renewed with classic extracts. It praises engraving quality and faithful adaptations while highlighting notable titles and artists.
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Messrs
T. Y. Crowell& Co
Charlotte Brontë
Lowood
Savage Rieds
Mr. Brocklehurst
Rochester
Jane Eyre
Rugby
Ives
England
Little Arthur
Andrew
Putnam’s
Poe
Brown
Rab
Marjorie Fleming
Goldsmith
Drake
Fay
Curtis
Arnold
Sheridan
School For Scandal
Froude
Science of History
Butler
Ruskin
Mrs. Browning
Carlyle
Miss Bronté
T. Y. Crowell & Co
Boston Advertiser
The Golden Goose dramatization for children
A review endorses The Golden Goose by H Cunningham as an ideal court for private school theatricals. The four scene verse play fits seven to twelve year olds, with simple language and director aids. Published by Baker Co in Boston, price 15 cents.
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H. Cunningham
Boston
H. Baker & Co
Price
Famous English Authors by Mrs Bolton reviewed
A compact critique praises Mrs Bolton's Famous English Authors for covering Scott, Burns, Byron, Shelley, Carlyle, Tennyson, Dickens, Ruskin and Browning in one volume. It notes strong factual basis and accessible prose, with minor quibbles about Adonais, Shelley and Burns, and portraits deemed only fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browning
Shelley
Burns
Sarah K. Bolton
New York
T. Y. Crowell & Co
Nine Out of Ten Persons Meet Catarrh Warns of Dangers
Catarrh, common yet often ignored, is said to lead to bronchitis or consumption if untreated. The ad promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a constitutional remedy, citing Mrs. A. R. Dunya of Omaha Nebraska who reports good results after long suffering. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla.
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Hood
Mus
A. R. Dunya
Omaha
Neb
Hoods Sarsaparilla 1 fills TD, MI NEW PUBLICATIONS
ARDIS CLAVERDEN by Frank R Stockton praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for its charm and skill in character delineation and grouping of figures. DODD MEAD COMPANY publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardis Claverden
Frank R. Stockton
San Francisco Chronicle
Dodd, Mead & Company, Publishers
Scripner's Magazine Prospectus Promises Strong Year Ahead
Publishers unveil a robust prospectus for the coming year with added emphasis on engaging general articles. Contributors include Henry M. Stanney with pieces on Africa and a “Rear Column,” M. M. Stanley and James Bryce on India, Sir Edwin Arnold continuing Japonica, Rupert Boom illustrations, John H. Wigmore on the Japanese Government, and a new serial The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. The issue highlights illustrated ocean steamships, Shaler's Seashore, Lumholtz Mexico, Frank R. Stockton, Thomas Nelson Page, Octave Thanet, and other new writers.
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Scripner’s
Henry M. Stanney
James Bryce
M.P
India
Edwin Arwnotp
John H. Wigmore
Tokio
Blum
Robert Louis Stevenson
Lloyd Osbourne
Jerry
N. S. Shaler
Carl Lumholtz
Mexico
Frank R. Stockton
Thomas Nelson Paer
Octave Thanet
New Books Advertised by Houghton Mifflin Appleton Co
Houghton Mifflin & Co announces A Biography by Charles Francis Adams with portraits in two volumes at four dollars. Also Dr LeBaron and His Daughters by Jane G Austin at 1.25. A Selected Sonnets by Gabriel H Cranpath at 1.50. American Sonnets in Boston with December contents include articles on iron making, race issues, light and electricity, the bore of the Amazon, spider defences, architecture, diving, Eskimo life, and other natural history works from Appleton & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpers
Wordsworth
Parsons
Kurtz
Abbey and
Shuter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
United States
Liverpool
England
Leamington
Warwick
Lichfield
Boston
Stratford On Avon
Thames
Delia Bacon
Shakspere
Hawthorne
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Miss Bacon
Schoff
Riverside Press
Henry Whitman
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronté
New York
T. Y. Crowell & Co
Tom Brown
Thomas Hughes
G. P. Pnotnam’s Sons
Seceived
W. P. Clarke & Co
William Wornsworth
Alfred Parsons
Marver & Bros
Our Old Home
Price
Caariel H. Cranpath
Crown
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C. I. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
Mass
NEW Publications
Scribner’s Magazine
Enowin Arnovp
Japan
Robert Blum
Howard Py Te
Amy Robsart
Scott
Kenilworth
W. H. Riperne
Kenilworth Castle
W. L. Taylor
Christie's
Humphry Warp
Harry Jurniss
Punch
A. F. Jacassy
Morelli
Octave Tuanet
Metcalf
Riccard Harpine Davis
C. D. Gibson
Grerce A. Hisparo
M. M. Stanley
Sir Edwin Arnold
Charles Scribner's Sons
Etaiol
New Books
Richard Henry Dana
Chaar Les Francis ApAms
Crowr
Dr. LeBaron
Plymouth Colony
Jane G. Austin
Standish
Tuomas Wentworth Hiccarson
E. H. Bigetow
Lowell’s
Riverside
Crown Lye
Bulier
Science Monthly
Columbus
Willliam F. DurFer
AppLeton MorGan
Prof
Henri Herz
Pororoca
The
Amazon
J. C. Branner
South America
Hi, C. McCoox
D.D
Barr Ferrer
Hermann Fol
Point Barrow
William Churchill
E. Hemnricu Riscu
D. Appleton & CO
Bond St
New York City
Pompei
Bulwer-Lytton
Frank Kirchbach
George Routledge & Sons, Limited
Lafayette Place
Cuahorré Bronre
E. H. Garrett
WM. Franklin Hall
Glebe
Washington Atrest
Thomas Y. Crowell & CO
East Fourteenth Street
NEW B Books
Edward L. Wilson
Holy Land
Christian Intelligencer
John Ericsson
Wintramm C.cuhuren
Ericsson
Church
LV. K. Herald
Jacob A. Riis
California
Alaska
Yosemite
Canadian Pacific Railway
Yellowstone Park
Grand Canon
Henry T. Fink
Imbert DE Saint-Amand
T.S. Perry
Marie Ana
Bonaparte
Fikst
Josepha Ava
Empress Marie Louise
Ssr Louise
M.de Saint-Amand
Fe Ziumes
Harold Frederic
Howard Pyle
W. D. Howells
Edward S. Martin
New York Sun
Cable
Ole
Virginia
Donald G. Mitchell
Eugene Field
Y. F. Tribune
Charles Scribver
Broadway
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