Theosophy, Ibsen, and a Boston Love Weigh In
A couple in a humorous long dialogue clash over literature and philosophy. Perseus and Andromeda navigate differences in Emerson Thoreau Ibsen and Delsarte as a Boston girl hurries to attend a prayerful event, while misprinted phrases hint at a chaotic newspaper clipping from a Boston Tribune or Boston Traveler.
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Perseus
Andromeda
New England
Emerson and Thoreau
Ibsen
Isles
The Little Man in Brown and the Golden Brick
Rhoda Walkinshaw and her stepmother flee after a tyrant father’s anger. In a ruined forge, a strange old man and a gold brick hidden beneath a hearthstone reveal a ghostly tale of wealth and old secrets. Rhoda later marries, while locals debate truth versus legend.
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Rhoda
Mrs. Walkin_ _ shaw
Mr. Walkinshaw
Walkinshaw
Grigly
Rhoda Walkinshaw
Mrs. Walkinshaw
Teddy
Grupp
Mr.iidding
Ben Haverstraw
Miss Rhody
Mr. Gidding
Gidding
Abram
Alvan Gidding
Farmer Walkinshaw
Brown
Gesee Forge
Benjamin Harvestraw
Heber Grupp
New York Ledger
Masquerade Waltz Sparks Long Lost Friendship
At a masquerade a man and a restrained young woman share a dreamlike dance and a growing bond. He probes her past with Harvard hints while she reveals a Cambridge connection and a former friend, then resisting unmasking they face a delicate emotional stake. She then discovers his identity and pleads to part unacquainted.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Ethelbert Perry
Earle Marvin
Perry
Craig
Marvin
Europe
Mr. Marvin
Miss Boardwain
O'Leery
Boston Nine
Funkey
Coatum
Ingomar
Ana
Parthenia
Ingomir
Tam Frank
Ingemar
Obesity Debate and Chancellors Cure Sparks Medical Quackery
The article traces the fat issue from Banting to Schweniger, detailing how dieting fads surged then faltered. It notes Bismarck’s weight loss under Schweniger, who claimed fatness stems from excess eating and drinking, while warning of dangerous fad cures and ongoing medical spin.
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Banting
Priessnitz
Hahnemann
Bismarck
Ca Pp
Dr. Schweniger
Berlin University
Schweniger
Dr. Yeo
London
Schwentger
Oertel
Munich
Physiognomy and famous faces in Lavater's theory
The article surveys Lavater's claim that facial muscles reveal mental states and character. It cites examples from Cicero to Homer, notes poets endorsing physiognomy, and discusses how face shapes signal virtue or vice. It references Herder, Shakespeare, Milton, and Emerson and reflects on Irish poetry and editors.
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Lavater
Zopyrus
Socrates
Cicero
Plato
Brutus
Marcus Aurelius
Homer
Guido
Herder
Shakespeare
Milton
Dryden
Aristotle
Emerson
England
Dante
Savonarola
George Eliot
Burns
Shelley
Hawthorne
Cleopatra
Helen
Mary
Scotland
Anna Olcott Commelin
Dreams of Treasured Visions in Boston Courier
Poem reflects on dreams of enduring friendship love and beauty. speaker laments waking to ache from vanished bliss while clinging to hopeful visions. The Boston Courier is cited as the source.
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Boston Courier
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Harvard Advocate
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