French women and armies unite to save Europe in war
The author lauds Les Femmes de France and American Ambulance Corps for heroic wartime aid. He describes French and English unity, the tireless care at Coulommiers and Meaux, and the stitching of a shared democratic resolve amid the Marne and Rhin battles.
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Les Femmes de France
Red Cross
Rheims
Senegal
Mohammedan
Mohamedan
Arbulance Corps
Lycee Pasteur
Neuilly
Paris
Blake
New York
Derby
Theodore Roosevelt
Dubouchet
France
Ambassador Herrick
Long Island
Ford
the Marne
Meaux-sur-Marne
Cregy-y-Pres
Metz
Strassburg
Gare de
Hevre
The Silent People in a War Time Verse
A rhythmic tribute to Silent People in London and on foreign fronts. It contrasts home front din with silent troops in trenches and on roads, noting their sacrifice and patience. The poem links London street scenes with soldiers marching toward Berlin, echoing national resolve and shared cost of war.
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Picadilly
Oxford Street
Strand
Ludgate Hill
Evenin
Speshul
London
France
Silent People
Hackney
Tipperary
Berlin
Frivolous Peace Talk Denounced in German Press
Berlin reports Cologne Gazette opinion on renewed peace talk calling it frivolous. It says no German diplomat or soldier will accept a sham peace after victory and asserts Germans from Kaiser to laborer will seek a clean score, while English talk of peace is labeled a bluff. Also includes an ad for Eimer Amend's Rheumatism remedy.
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Engishman
Paris
Sezanne
Rheims
Hotel de Ville
Boulogne
Dunkirk
Calais
Aisne
Monson
Joffre
France
Havre
Gott
Himmel
Hell
Chritien
San Francisco
Monsieur
Pau
Alsace
Argonne
Berlin
Hague
London
Cologne Gazette
Germany
England
The Story of Dartmouth praised in Wilder review
A review of Dwight Quint’s The Story of Dartmouth applauds its vivid Hanover focus and insight into Dartmouth College’s rise. Quint dwells on Wheelock and the Indian Charity School, Yale and Harvard links, and Webster, noting a compelling Dartmouth atmosphere and humane education valori.
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Dartmouth
Wilder D. Quint
Wilder Dwight Quint
Little, Brown & Co
New England
Christopher Columbus
Ferdinand and
Isabella
West Indies
Spain
London
Great Britain
Pittsfield
Williamstown
Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College
Syracuse
N. Y
Quint
Eleazar Wheelock
Connecticut
Grant
Indian Charity School
Redskin
Yale
Harvard
Wentworth
Virgil
Daniel Webster
Webster
Mr. Quint
Boston
Gray Youth in Oliver Onions novel faces divergent art paths
In Gray Youth Amory Powers and Dorothy Lennard diverge as Amory joins an ardent cultish art circle while Dorothy pursues practicality and commercial art. Amory marries Cosimo Pratt. Dorothy weds Stanhope Tasker. The novel contrasts ideals and life choices with humor, satire, and a humane philosophy.
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Oliver Onions
Doran
Amory Powers
Dorothy Lennard
Amory
Dorothy
Jowett
McGrath
Myers
Galton
Tolstoi
Moses
Rod
Onions
Glenerne
Hallowell & Smith
Ladies’ Emporium
Sandy the Foundling in a New Jersey Escape
A foundling named Sandy, left homeless by a benefactor’s death, runs away with 87 cents from a New Jersey town near the Orange Mountains. She hops a train to Egypt and meets editor Alec Sandison of the Sentinel, opening a story of youth discovery and family shelter.
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Sandy
Margaret Turnbull
Orange Mountains
N. J
Egypt
Alec Sandison
the Sentinel
Harpers
Pawns of Liberty review of Balkan tale by Tsanoff duo
A literary critique of Pawns of Liberty by Corrine S. and R. A. Tsanoff published by Outing. The piece praises the narrative showing monks and a Macedonian girl stirring patriotism against Turkish rule. It notes the book’s dramatic finale arguing liberty comes through united freed states.
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Turkey
Balkan
Balkan Peninsula
Balkans
Outing Publishing Company
Corrine 8 S
R. A. Tsanoff
Macedonia
Gerrinne S. and &. A. Tsanoff
New York
the Outing Publishing Company
Beauty for Ashes and the Indiana housing laws
A review of Mrs Albion Fellows Bacon’s Beauty for Ashes outlines her shift from charity work in Evansville to shaping state housing reform. The memoir details her awakening, the challenges of passing a bill, and the personal sincerity driving her public welfare mission. The book highlights the enduring impact of a determined woman on housing policy.
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Albion Fellows Bacon
Indiana
Evansville
Jacob Riis
Biography of Commodore George Hamilton Perkins
Carroll Storrs Alden offers a readable biography tracing Perkins from New Hampshire boyhood to Civil War heroism at New Orleans and Mobile Bay, then his later work reclaiming deserted farms in New Hampshire. The book uses letters and commentary to enrich the life of a naval officer famed for bravery and leadership despite his dislike of study.
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Carroll Storrs Alden
Commodore George Hamilton Perkins
Houghton, Mifflin Company
Commodore Perkins
Navy
New Hampshire
Naval Academy
Admiral Dewey
Panama
South America
California
New Orleans
Mobile Bay
Perkins
Review of Julian Hawthorne’s The Subterranean Brotherhood
The critique argues Hawthorne’s book mixes fact and exaggeration to condemn the penal system. It notes biased praise of some prisoners and questions the author’s understanding of prisons and reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Hawthorne
the Subterranean Brotherhood
Hawthorne
When to Lock the Stable humorous novel review
Homer Croy's When to Lock the Stable from Bobbs Merrill is described as a midwest set satire with one or two funny scenes but overall a disappointment and not worth reading.
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Homer Croy
Bobbs-Merrill
Middle West
Tadiana
T Robba-Merrill
Book of Friendly Giants collects tales from many lands
The introduction by Eanice Fuller praises friendly giants in a two story collection drawing on Norse Celtic German and Indian sources. Gulliver Brobdingnag and St Christopher appear with verse intros by Seymour Bernard and illustrations by Pamela Colman Smith. A final snapshot caption accompanies the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eanice Fuller
Century Company
Gulliver
Brobdignag
St. Christopher
Seymour Bernard
Pamela Colman Smith
Boy Fugitives in Mexico reviewed for readers
A review of The Boy Fugitives in Mexico by LL Wisginton Green, praised for solid storytelling and authentic Mexican setting. The reviewer notes lively adventures, well knit plot, and strong sense of place derived from the author’s deep knowledge of Mexico. Boston publisher Houghton Mifflin is cited with price $1.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
LL. Wisogton
Green
Boston
Houghton Mifflin Company
Scouting With Daniel Boone review by Everett T Tomlinson
Everett T Tomlinson’s study Nor aims to honor Daniel Boone as frontier explorer and fighter. The book traces events in order, avoids glorifying superhuman feats, and portrays frontier life and Indian warfare with restrained vividness.
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Daniel Boone
Everett T. Tomlinson
Boone
Everett T. ‘Tomlinson
Garden City
New York
Day, Page & Co
Legends of King Arthur Retold for Children
Janet Macdonald Clark retells the Arthur legends for young readers in simple language while preserving the classic beauty. The Bavaria printed volume features illustrations by W. H. Margetson and is published in New York by B. P. Dutton & Co. at $2.50.
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King Arthur
Janet Macdonald Clark
Knights of the Round Table
Mach
Bavaria
W. H. Margetson
B. P. Dutton & Co
Margetson
Arthur
Sir Bedivere
Janet Macdowall Clark
New York
P. Dnottan
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Frederick the Great
Bernhardi
Lord Kichener
Alfred
Kentucky
Dulcie Lawrence Smith
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London Outlook
Ning
Eimer & Amend
J. A. Seaford
Jovelike
John Albert Seaford
Souac
Williams
Gray Youth
H. Doran Company
Practical Watton & CO
TEL. Main
OLD Corner Book Store, Inc
Bromfield Street
Boston Telephones
Harper & Brothers
Beauty
Aligon Fellows Bacon
Dodd, Mead & Co
George Hamilton Perkins
Subterranean Brotherhood
AirBride, Nast & Co
Keston
Byle
Gian
Robert
Buntee Fuller
the Century Company
Virginia
By Marie van Vorst
Edward S. Martin
E. P. Dutton & CO
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