Italian prelate hero in Pompeo Litta tale and bold moderns
The Boston Post reviews Pompeo Duke Litta’s Italian romance Monsignor Villarosa, praising the lovable prelate who supports peasant reforms and endures ecclesiastical opposition while pursuing a great work. It also covers Grace S. Richmond’s The Twenty-Fourth of June as a delightful home life novel and Gertrude Atherton’s Perch of the Devil with its intertwined romances and sharp social insight.
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Pompeo
Litta
Garibaldi
Guido
Don Paolino
Delia Leoni
Gregory Compton
Gertrude Atherton
Stokes
Butte
Montana
Gregory
Ida
Mark Blake
Ida Hook
Ora
A Letter From Rex Beach
Rex Beach recalls his youth in Michigan and Florida and his early career. He describes cold meals, moves for warmth, schooling in Chicago, law studies, and a stint as a football player. He details various jobs, Alaska mining, brickwork, contracting, and finally turning to writing after a magazine editor encouraged him.
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Rex Beach
Michigan
Beach
Florida
Mississippi River
Rex
Chicago
Blackstone
Richard Harding Davis
George Ade
Alaska
Cook's Inlet
Arctic
Harvester Company
New York
A Lad of Kent review from a 19th century press
A Folkestone tale set in the early 1800s follows Philip, a Kentish lad of 15, as plots surround him with exaggerated characters. Tragedy appears more often than comedy, yet the book remains entertaining though the figures feel unreal. Herbert Harrison’s A Lad of Kent, Macmillan, New York, $1.35 net.
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Folkestone
Philip
Kent
Lad of Kent
Herbert Harrison
New York
the Macmillan Company
The Wolf Hunters A Civil War Wolves Tale
A brief tale set in the Far West after the Civil War recounts three young cavalrymen wintering to hunt wolves for their skins. Originally by Robert M. Peck, edited posthumously by George Bird Grinnell. Scribner's Sons of New York published it for readers and boy audiences.
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Buffalo Plains
Far West
Robert M. Peck
George Bird Grinnell
Robert M. Peek
New York
Charles Scribner’s Sons
The Lights Are Bright Review Likely Aims For Readers
AHarper and Brothers novel by Louise Kennedy Mabie features Theodora Trevor as a central figure in a romance set amid business intrigue. The story traverses the Great Lakes region, highlighting enterprise, resilience, and the era's inspirational spirit through vivid characters and a brisk narrative tone.
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Louise Kennedy Mabie
Harper & Brothers
N. Y
Theodora Trevor
Great Lakes
New York
Ezekiel Expands Those Who Enjoyed Lucy Pratt Books
A review of Ezekiel by Lucy Pratt notes the second volume continues the imaginative tales of the darkey Ezekiel as he starts school. The stories, drawn from Pratt’s Hampton teaching experience, blend vivid narration with occasional painful scenes. Boston publication details listed.
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Lucy Pratt
Ekiel
Ezekiel
Houghton, Mifflin
Darkey
Miss Pratt
Hampton
Remarkable Novels and New Titles in Cloth
A display of current fiction with Elinor Mordaunt’s A Remarkable Novel Bellamy priced at 1.35 and Maid of Cloth praised as an exhilarating idyll. Gambier's Advocate by Ronald MacDonald follows a young woman's sacrifice to shield her stepmother's reputation and free her lover from murder charges. The Man with the Double Heart by Muriel Hine explores dual hearts in a sprightly romance. H. F. Prevost Battersby presents a tropical backdrop tale priced at 1.30 net, noted by the New York Times for its vivid life and settings.
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Richard Kendrick
Rich
Roberta
Gray
Rich Kendrick
H. F. Prevost Battersby
New York Times
Across Siberia Alone by Mrs Lee review
The reviewer praises Mrs John Clarence Lees Across Siberia Alone for its concise unadorned travel narrative. It offers a direct autobiographical account of a woman traveling alone via Siberia to China and Irkutsk, Tomsk, and Moscow, with vivid observations and a readable portrait of Russian life.
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John Clarence Lee
Siberia
John Lane Company
China
Irkutsk
Moscow
Lee
Dreshky
New York
Philadelphia Club
The Torch of Life by Rachel Swete McNamara
An uneven novel praised for Venice imagery and detail. Fenton Mede’s honesty rekindles Titian Fleury’s fading flame while Toye Tempest and Cosmo Trevor provide contrast. Strong character portrayals and vivid settings elevate the book above its flaws, making it worth reading.
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Titian Fleury
Arnot Fleury
Fenton Mede
Fenton
Toye Tempest
Vicis
Miss Gerard
Titian
Cosmo Trevor
Miss McNamara
Venice
Novels on the War Reach Readers of the Post
A current Post list surveys wartime fiction inspired by Europe’s conflict. It features The Iron Year by Walter Bloem, The World Set Free by H. G. Wells, When William Came by H. H. Munro, and other titles such as The Frontier, The Last Shot, Red Wrath, The Unseen Empire, The Children of Alsace, Down Among Men, The Frontiers of the Heart, Lorraine, The Conspirators, plus notes on authors Maurice Leblanc, Frederick Palmer, John Oxenham, Atherton Brownell, Rene Bazin, Will Levington Comfort, Victor Margueritte, Robert W. Chambers. Titles explore war causes, diplomacy, and modern battle. Next week promises a list of authoritative histories of the war’s origins.
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Frederick Palmer
Charles Scribner's Sons
John Oxenham
Queen of the Mounted Guards
John Lane Company
Atherton Brownell
England
Germany
Harper & Bros
Alsace
Rene Bazin
Will Levington Comfort
America
George Hi
Doran Company
Victor Margueritte
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Lorraine
Robert W. Chambers
Chambers
Duchy of
Luxembourg
United States
William the
Books for Boys and Girls by Arthur Stanwood Pier
Mr Pier's latest St Timothy Story for boys earns strong praise. The Concord school setting known as St Timothy's adds local color. Pier writes with sympathy, sharp character studies, and a firm grip on ideals, especially in Todd and Grannis.
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Arthur Stanwood Pier
St. Timothy
St. Timothy's
St. Paul's
Concord
Pier
Mr. Pier
Todd
Grannis
Grannis of the Fifth
Brief note on Arthur Stanwood Pier's work Grannis of the Fifth published by Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston.
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Boston Weather Reports
New England
Boston Weather Bureau
Jamaica Pond Elm Yree
Richards
M. 1
Oriental Tea Company
Scollay Square
Court St
Grannis
Arthur Stanwood
Boston
Houghton Mifflin Company
Christmas Porringer Evaleen Stein Story Added
The Christmas Porringer Eva leen Stein adds another charming tale to her list of children's books titled The Christ.
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Evaleen Stein
Bruges Lacemaking Life in The Christing Porringer
Evaleen Stern portrays Bruges in The Christing Porringer in vivid scenes of lacemakers and fading city glory. Longfellow’s Bruges belfry is noted, though not depicted in the illustrations. A charming holiday gift edition from The Page Company priced at $1.25.
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Mas Porringer
Bruges
Longfellow
Christhiigs Porringer
Evaleen Stern
Boston
the Page Company
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Boston Post
Monsignor Villarosa
Duke Litta
Putnam
Grace S. Richmond
Doubleday Page and Company
Cotillions
Richmond
Doubleday, Page & Co
U. S
Cobb
Wolf
NEW Scribner Books
Janet Nichol
South Sea Islands
Robert Louis Stevenson
Stevenson
South Seas
Winifred Louise Taylor
Kenyon Cox
Cox
Ana Mary
By Una A. Hunt
George W. Cable
Cable
Corinne Roosevelt Robinson
Mrs. Robinson
Edith Wharton
Edwin Markham
Jacob A. Rits
Noah Brooks
H. J. Dunn
California
Fifth Avenue
48Th Street
Louise Kennedy Marie
Pozekiel
Houghton, Mifflin Company
Elinor Mordaunt
Simpson
Maid
John Lane
Rachel Swete McNamara
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Europe
Walter Bloem
H. G. Wells
E. P. Dutton
William
H. H. Munro
London
Maurice Leblanc
Arsene Lupin
George H. Doran Company
Hristopher
Percy J. Brebner
Christopher Quarles
Sherlock Holmes
Lecocq
E. P. Dutton & CO
Old Corner Book Store, Inc
Bromfield Street
Yee
Florence L. Barclay
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
J. A. Cramb
Earl Roberts
Britain
Spectator
the Times
E.p.dutton & Co
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