New English Translations of French and American Tales
A review digest covers Duray's A History of France translation, Dumas Valois romances, Nero in a novel, Miss Lyall's Frithiof, and Tales from Blackwood. It evaluates translations and modern reads from several publishers, noting narrative quality, historical grounding, and character portrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Victor Duray
Alexandre Dumas
Marguerite de Valois
Henri IV
Marguerite
Catherine de Médicis
Charles IX
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
The Story of Vermont reviewed for its scope and value
The review notes the book by Mr. Heaton as a readable focused account rather than a full historical work. It praises its adherence to sociological style and its condemnation of slavery in Vermont, while criticizing its limited scope and missed opportunities to cover major state events and Civil War era acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nero
Médicis
Tiger Eckstein
Rome
Herr Eckstein
Popowa Sabina
Hasdra
Agrippina
Ernst Eckstein
Clara Bell
Mary J. Safford
New York
W. S. Gottsberger & Co
Boston
Estes & Lauriat
Blackwood
Thomas Hardy
Margaret Majendie
Puerto de Medina
Alfred Harcourt
Jack and
Minory
White & Allen
Adams
New Hampshire
Heaton
Vermont
Teir Revolutionary Committee of Safety
Than Allen
Ticonderoga
Vermont Gazette
Freeman’s Depository
Bennington
Windsor Journal
Rutland Herald
Montpelier Watchman
Danville North Star
Montpelier Argus
Burlington Free Press
St. Albans Messenger
Brattleboro Pioulx
Middlebury Register
Mr. Bridgman
States
John L. Heaton
Lothrop Company
McMaster
Croswell
Greenleaf
Washburn
Union
States of the Union
Simon G. Croswell
Angell
Wood
Anzell
Henry F. Buswell
Little, Brown & Co
Grey
Grandmother Grey
Kate Tannatt Woods
Lee & Shepard
Homer B. Sprague
A.M
Chicago
R. Winchell & Co
Translation of War and Peace and Tolstoi criticism
A review discusses Mr. Dole's authorized English version of Tolstoi's War and Peace as the second American edition, contrasts French and English reception of Tolstoi, and critiques the translator's approach while praising clarity and breadth. It notes other related works and literary criticism from The Atlantic and Nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dole
Count Tolstoi
Colonel Higginson
Howells
Tolstoi
M. de Vogue
Revue Des Veux Mondes
Turgénies
Vostoievsky
Tolstoites
Pierre Bezonkhof
Lévine
Pierre
Anna Karénine
Jolstoi
Paris
Count Lyof N. Tolstoi
Nathan Haskell Cole
New York
Y. Crowell & Co
Our Cats and All About Them by Harrison Weir
A review praises a substantial volume by Harrison Weir, president of the National Cat Club, praising its thorough treatment of domestic cats. It covers varieties from tabby to Siamese, care, feeding, breeding, diseases and remedies, and includes chapters on the wild British cat and cat proverbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakspere
Petrarch
Tasso
Cooper
Grey
Cardinal Richelieu
Montaigne
John Labous Tragellas
C. H. Grattan
Weir
Harrison Weir
National Cat Club
Siam
Britain
Nursery Lesson Book Praises Child Friendly Reading Plan
The article reviews The Nursery Lesson Book by Philip G. Hubert Jr a method teaching reading writing arithmetic drawing and singing through short object lessons. It notes teaching letters from words and writing as reading begins while commending well arranged lessons and suitable songs though drawing guidance invites criticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert
Philip G. Hubert, Jr
New York
P. Putnam’s Sons
Boston
W. B. Clarke & Co
Price
Mr. Hubert
Notes on October magazines in The English Illustrated
The English Illustrated earns top place this month with a new twofold format combining a single type and full width text. It elevates woodcuts, features Lacour’s engraving of A Portrait of a Man, and includes W A S Benson on embossing metals, plus essays on Ceylon and other period pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacour
Franz Hals
All the National
Gallery
London
W. A. S. Benson
Frederick Dickson
Ceylon
Swinburne
South Theodore
Watts
Order of White
Lucy
Bernadenis
Mme. Guizot de Witt
Anstruther
Fane
Pamela
New Republic
Ir. Malock
Walter Crane
Macmillan’s October Issue Highlights Verdi Otello and More
The October Macmillan’s Magazine features A S on Verdi Otello praised for music and English clarity. Drumcarre and Miss Eelen in Kirsteen receive strong note, with Archibald Prentice and Chalki island essayable pieces noted. Goldwin Smith Canada Jesuits and Clark Russell Marooned also reviewed. overall the issue leans less literary than usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macmillan’s
Verdi
Salvini
Charles Lamb
Coleridge
R. Dunlop
Archibald Prentice
J. Theodore Bent
Chalki
Goldwin Smith
Canada
Clark Russell
New Review and literary notes blend in period dialogue
The New Review mirrors the North American Review with notes on journalism, travel writing, and social issues. It cites T P O Connor Samuel Barnett Oswald Crawford Cardinal Manning John Burns and Richard Temple while listing new books from Ames Newell Ward Harvey Crawford Jackson and others and projecting a seasonal poetry fragment about summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Review
North American Review
England
Samuel A. Barnett
Whitechapel
Christ
Oswald Crawford
Portugal
Sporto
Cardinal Manning
John Burns
Richard Temple
Vamtery
Mohammedan
Lucia True Ames
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
C. M. Newell
de Wolfe, Fiske & Co
Julius H. Ward
Houghton, Miffin & Co
Metzerott
William Harvey
M.D
Alex. Bowie
New York
Scribner & Welford
John A. Grier
John W. Lovell Company
Margaret Crawford Jackson
Floradams Darling
A.M
John W. Ovell Company
Price
Court of the Tuileries
Mme. Carette
D. Appleton & A
Defences of Hyderabad Highlight Nizam in The Nineteenth Century
Mohsin ul Mulk Mehdi Ali argues that Hyderabad’s government has improved over twenty years and famine victims were well cared for. The piece compares Hyderabads progress with recent anti Nizam sentiment and lightly touches on cultural tastes and broader scholarly debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohsin-ul-Mulk
Mehdi Ali
Lepel Griffin
India
Hyderabad
Nizam
Nautch
Churton Collins
Entry Ady
Rome
Marion Crawford
London
Paris
Remembrance and History Highlight in Gentlemen's Essays
The piece notes Gladstone’s brief article on Marie Bashkirtseff’s Journal and Sir Edward Strachey’s essay stressing the significance of old English country houses in tracing national history. It mentions views from the basilica steps as characteristic and places value on literary and architectural reflection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladstone
Marie Bashkirtseff
Edward Strachey
England
Harvard Monthly Review Critics Three Years or Four Plan
Edward Fuller reviews the proposed reduction of Harvard degree time in the October Harvard Monthly. He argues the three year course would foster hurry and materialism, urging the university to remain a bulwark against superficial achievement. He notes a Canoe Song and Keats essay, welcomes more correspondence, and calls for a better cover and style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard Monthly
Edward Fuller
The
Post
Bliss Carman
Keats
R. E. N. Dodge
Memorial Hall
Literary notes and upcoming works announced
A new translation Erlach Court by Mrs Wister will be issued by J B Lippincott Company. Judge S M Green prepares a treatise on Crime. Century Magazine begins its twentieth year. Jefferson’s biography and novels by Frank R Stockton and Amelia E Barr appear. Contributions include Twain Whitman Higginson Deland Kennan Crosby Huntington. Barr’s Quaker romance Friend Olivia touted as her most important work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank R. Stockton
Amelia E. Barr
Mark Twain
Walt Whitman
Colonel Higginson
Brander Matthews
Margaret Deland
Orge Kennan
Ernest Crosby
Dr. Huntington
Grace Church
New York
Olivia
Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co
Gerald Ffrench
George H. Jessup
Popular Science Monthly
Garrick Mallory
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Edward Atkinson
W. L. Conte Stevens
Joel Benton
Weimar
Oscar Browning
James FE. Pilcher
U.S.A
Scribner
Sanitary Corps
J. Russell Soley
Great Britain
Imperial Party at Fredensborg Ends Quietly
The imperial party at Fredensborg has broken up with few shooting parties and heavy Russian secret police surveillance. The Emperor and Empress hosted a rare gathering of royalty including three Kings and several heirs apparent, amid a near siege atmosphere. Deer, foxes, and hares were noted as game in nearby forests and parks during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredensborg
Edmund Yates
N. S. Tribune
Denmark
Russia
Jarhreat
Lidsvilde Forest
Jagersboro Park
Work of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama
In 1881 B T Washington arrived at Tuskegee to lead a new normal school for Black students. From a single teacher and 30 pupils the school grew to 400 yearly, with 26 teachers and 640 acres, valued at 100000 dollars, offering a four year program in practical trades and English studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. T. Washington
Hampton (Va
Black Belt
B. J. Washington
Alabama
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Miss Lyall
Derrick Vaughan
Frithiof
Edna ‘Lyall
D. Appleton & Co
Francis Parkman
Scott
Dumas
New France
Mary Hadwell Atherwood
Century Company
Adral
John Leech
Mrs. Adral
W. Heimbure
Jean W. Wylie
T. Y. Crowell & Co
South
Uncle Remus
Harry Stillwell Edwards
R. Edwards
E. W. Kemble
the Century Company
Humphry Ward
Edward Staats de Grote Tompkins
Arthur Granville
America
Adrienne Stu
Stubbs
Granville
Mr. Tompkins
Cassel & Co
Cuide
Miss Alcott
Lulu
Emersons
Margaret Fuller
Channings
Sophie
Truder
Lulu’s
Louisa M. Alcott
Robert Bros. Price
Horace
Ruskin
Stilwell & Co
Hurst
D.D
Harper & Ros
Charles Darwin
M.A
G. T. Ferris
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
R. Klemm
Atlantic Index
Cliquot
Kate Lee Ferguson
Hiladelphia
T. B. Peterson & Bros
Jake
Twele Remus
Joe Told
Frank RB. Stockton
Charles Scribner’s Sons
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Tuskegee (Ala.) Institute
Robert Buchanan
Princess’s Theatre
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