Very queer pews and historic church fittings
A Bohemian Magazine excerpt surveys odd church pews across England. It notes detachable seats that tip over, grand high pews with sleeves of former days, firesides in Gatton Surrey, private doors at Colwich, Windsor’s royal pew above the choir, a skeleton carving in Benjamin church Norfolk, and square pews used for whist in Trowbridge, with coats of arms and named seats like The Half Dog's Pew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapar
Cheshire
Gatton
Surrey
Gatton Hall
Colwich
Staffordshire
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
England
Little Benjamin Church
Norfolk
The Art of Life and Theater in Cornhill and Bohemian
A compact collection of reflections on life willpower and virtue from Cornhill Magazine and a Bohemian anecdote. It contrasts struggles to shape life with how people perform in stage and social scenes, featuring notes on Italian passions and a Richmond encounter with a boy named Genesis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornhill Magazine
Henry
Booth
Williams
John Mitchell
Richmond
Gen
Genesis
Washington Carter
Born Without Fear Says Author on Child Nerves
Clara Louise Burnham argues most children are born fearless and fears are learned from anxious parents and overprotective nurses. She warns against talking of sickness or danger, scaring children with monsters or Captain Hook, and advocates preserving a child’s natural optimism and confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray
Clara Louise Purnham
Appleton
Captain Hook
Peter Pan
Tennyson's Witty Exchange With Rector White
In a private note John Blackwood recalls Tennyson joking with Rev. James White of a neighboring parish. The poet quips about Bonchurch and White replies claiming ownership. Tennyson retorts that White means the hole he lives in, leaving the rector silenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Tennyson
John Blackwood
Publishers
James White
Neigboring
Tennyson
Bonchurch
White
The Bitter Truth Pawn Shop Moment
Diogenes enters a pawn shop and presents an antique lantern to the pawnbroker who assesses its value. The exchange hints at the lantern's rarity and the pawnbroker’s curiosity about its worth.
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Diogenes
Vogue of Old Novels Still Captivating Readers
Librarians reports show steady demand for Dickens and Thackeray as readers flock to classics. David Copperfield tops lists with 92 percent, Ivanhoe close behind at 88 percent, according to Charleston News and Courier observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Thackeray
George Eliot
Bulwer
Trollope
Bronte
Hawthorne
David Copperfield
Ivanhoe
Charleston News and Courier
Illustrious Bachelors Among History’s Single Men
A list honors famed figures who remained unmarried, including Isaac Newton, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, Kant, Galileo, Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Hume, Gibbon, Pitt, Fox, Da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Reynolds, Turner, Handel, Beethoven, Rossini, Mendelssohn, and Meyerbeer, as examples of lifelong bachelors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Isaac Newton
Thomas Hobbes
Adam Smith
Chamfort
Gassendi
Galileo
Descartes
Locke
Spinoga
Kant
Bishop Butler
Bayle
Leibnitz
Hume
Gibbon
Macaulay
Buckle
Pitt
Charles James Fox
Leonardo da Vinci
Raphael
Michael Angelo
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Turner
Handel
Beethoven
Rossini
Mendelssohn and Meyerbeer
Presence of Mind in a Balloon Drop
Mrs Jenks recalls a recent wrong and quizzes her husband on presence of mind. He replies he would watch the falling man and move aside, a brief exchange reflecting common sense tests as described in Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Jenks
Mr. Jenks
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Stephen Crisbee
Dothan Bag
Bennett Hardware
W. H. Whaley
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