Remak and Cameron Recall World War I’s Origins
A 1914 focus with Remak’s book on Gavrilo Princip and the Sarajevo assassination, and Cameron’s social military history of the era. The narrative covers Kaiser Wilhelm, the July Crisis, British and German moves, and the outbreak of World War I with vivid context and commentary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cameron
Rinehart
Saraje
London
Paris
Mme. Caillaux
Gaston Calmette
Jean Jaurez
England
George V
Wilhelm
Kronstadt
Kiel
Sarajevo
Remak
Gavrilo
Franz Ferdinand
Austria
Franz Joseph Remak
Serbia
Princip
Nehru A Political Biography by Michael Brecher
Review notes Brecher’s biography of Jawaharlal Nehru portrays a princely upbringing and prison years shaping the leader who helped drive India's independence. The work covers Gandhi Motilal Nehru and the partition and notes Nehru’s long, solitary task of guiding postcolonial Asia.
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Nehru
Michael Brecher
Oxford
India
Gandhi
Dr. Brecher
Jawaharlal Nehru
Motilal Nehru
Pakistan
New Delhi
Asia
Charles A. Grumich
Art Reviews Highlights Japanese Buddhism Art and European Sculpture
The piece discusses Japanese Buddhist art and the Imperial Household troupe as admired art forms. It reviews two Abrams books: Masterpieces of European Sculpture with 175 reproductions and Dutch Drawings and Prints, plus a Fauve period volume from Taste of Our Time, noting superb photographs and high production quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Hurlimann
Eric Newton
Abrams
Newton
B. C
Acropolis
Rodin
Maillol
Degas
Barlach
Lehmbruck
Marcks
Marini
Moore
J. G. van Gelder
Matisse
Braque
van Dongen
Kansky
Vlaminck
Vollard
Steins
Guy Habasque
Pyramid flash spectacle lights desert crowd in Egypt
R B Martins on directs a 6500 flashbulb photo stunt at the Great Pyramid of Cheops. A 40 foot high viewing platform hosts 9 cameras as 2500 officials watch the open flash event before a second night repair completes the composite photograph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sahara Desert
Great
Pyramid of
Cheops
R. B. Martinson
Sylvania
Joe Covello
Great Pyramid
Sen Spaame Qegeten
Desert
Martinson
Pyramid
7 Cent Balloon Jupiter Stamp To Honor Centenary Flight
An unusual 7 cent air mail stamp commemorates the Jupiter balloon flight that carried John Wise and mail in 1859. It debuts Aug 17 in Lafayette Indiana with red white and blue colors and no border. Collectors may request first day covers by Aug 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Mail
Lafayette
Ind
John Wise
Lafayette Ind
Romance PRAISE A FINE DAY by Sigrid de Lima
A painter loves Mara the Roma mistress of Isaak and faces a marriage of convenience to gain her child citizenship. Mara’s drive and Italian cunning complicate a fledgling artist’s feelings as Rome’s living culture frames their doomed union and the painter’s struggle with truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigrid de Lima
Random House
Miss de Lima
Museum of Modern Art
Claudio
Mara
Rome
Trastevere
Isaak
Bridge Between East And West
Charles E. Tuttle Co. of Rutland Vermont runs a Tokyo publishing operation turning out books on Japanese art culture and habits for an American readership. Tuttle manages publishing and book searching while directing the 129 year old Rutland firm from afar. His Tokyo staff includes Bruce Rogers a long time manager fluent in Japanese. The firm sells over a thousand titles daily in Japan and has built a bridge between East and West through risk taking and diverse authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Tokyo Canal
Vermont
Charles E. Tuttle Co
Charles Tuttle
New
Tuttle Firm
Rutland
U. S
Japan
Tuttle
Bruce Rogers
Rogers
Anchorage
Alaska
MacArthur
Navy
Bill Hume
John Amarino
Hugo Munsterberg
China
Friml to Rework Donkey Serenade Into Waltz Style
Composer Rudolf Friml, aged 74, plans new directions for his evergreen Donkey Serenade and other works. The Prague-born artist, famed for Rose Marie and The Vagabond King, sketches a future of waltz adaptations a Chinese Empress Dowager drama, a ballet Ballerina’s Wedding Day, and a round-the-world symphony. He recalls early setbacks in Prague, US arrival at 22, and his MGM era projects with hints of ongoing musical evolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Cline
San Francisco
Rudolf Friml
Friml
Gia Nina Mia
Rose Marie
Blue Pacific
Prague
Chile
Anton Dvorak
United States
Bert
Emma Trentini
Herbert
Otto Harbach
Gia Nina
Mia
Hi Jinks
Paul Whiteman
MGM
Europe
Frim
Flo Ziegfeld
Ziegfeld
Solve-A-Crime Snapshot
A fragment notes Mrs Turner’s nervous attempt to surprise an intruder by turning on a light, illustrating cautious behavior in the night. The passage contrasts reactions of women to unexpected intrusions and hints at investigative context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Turner
Noted Frustrations and Unmet Shots Loom in a Bourgeois Defeat
The text portrays a novel of persistent frustrations and shots that miss their mark, detailing a bourgeois defeat framed by sharp, lingering satire. Mystery and romance appear as competing forces, warring rather than harmonizing, in a sharp social portrait.
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Franz Joseph
Germany
Russia
France
Marne
Foch
Mous
Sir Edward Grey
Cameron
W. G. Rogers
Uks
Lederer & Burdick
DR. Zhivago
Pasternak
Caldwell
Lady Chatterley
Lawrence
Packard
Nickerson
Ross
Thurber
Art Report
By Irving Desfor
AP Newsfeatures
Dorsed
Philatelic Sales Agency
Washington, D. C
Hungary
Confedenaal
Philatelic
Hamburg
Formosa
International Labour Organization
United Nations
Geneva
Davis Patrol & Watchman
Davis Phone
Fedders
Bedford Sales Company
Yours
High Point
Pine ST
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