New Edition of On Life's Stairway by Frederic Lawrence Knowles
A revised edition of Frederic Lawrence Knowles's volume On Life's Stairway, first issued in 1900, is issued by Dana Estes & Co. It contains about one hundred poems and reflects revisions by the author before his death. The edition is bound in embossed Russia leather and offered postpaid for 60 cents, with a cloth version available for 25 cents extra postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic Lawrence Knowles
Lowell
D. C. Knowles
D. D
St. Paul's Church
Sterway
Life
Starway
John Burroughs
Richard Henry Stoddard
Mr. Owles
Dana Estes & Co
Boston
Russia
Gee. W. Ogilvie & Co. Publishers
E. Randolph Street
Chicago
Ill
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
United States
Texas
Michigan
Missouri
Paris
Mexico
The
England
Tales of the Road by Charles N Crewdson reviewed
The book blends Bully stories with practical salesmanship insights drawn from a traveling salesman of seventeen years on the road. Fourteen chapters appeared in Saturday Evening Post, with others new to this volume. Thompson and Thomson Chicago publish Tales of the Road at $1.50.
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Charles N. Crewdson
Dawid Harum
Saturday Evening Post
Thompson & Thomas
Chicago
French Prose and Verse Selections for Home Study
A collection of forty seven French Pennib ten by La runie from German originals in prose and poetry offers easy selections for school and home use. Notes aid translation and explain German originals and composition circumstances. Vocabulary is complete with a 208 page cloth 12mo book featuring a frontispiece, priced 65 cents, by American Book Company.
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Larunie
Kate Thecla Conley
American Book Company
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Fall of Port Arthur in Stratemeyer Series Novel
Edward Stratemeyer presents At the Fall of Port Arthur third in the Soldiers of Fortune Series. The tale follows Larry Russell and Luke Striker aboard the Columbus and later in the Japanese navy with the Mikado as Port Arthur siege unfolds. It ties to Dewey era adventures and features battles, naval life, and young American heroes.
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Edward Stratemeyer
Port Arthur
Celine
Larry Ruswell
Dewey
Ma“ia
Luke Striker
Columbis
Olympia
Lake
Larry
The
Mikado
Rncife
Ben
Gilbert Russell
Togo
A. B. Shute
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Boston
Armstrongs Visit Relatives At An Ancestral Farm
The Armstrongs, three city children named dith May and Agatha Armetrone, visit Rywood with their mothers cousin Mise Banice Verney at a country farm. A lively scene unfolds with descriptions of kinship, a lively sisterhood, and the promise of new adventures for the girls as they explore the estate and its families.
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Dith
May
Agatha Armetrone
Mise Banice Verney
Rywood le
Edvens
Teres
Phil
Bey
Faulty diction hints at fragmented forum caption
The fragmentary OCR text hints at unclear speech about forum activity and a misquoted phrase. It mentions Feelty Diether and perceived improper content in a room or forum setting. The readable items are sparse and lack clear events or outcomes.
Mather offers Caesar volume with extended notes and features
The book compiles key Caesar sections on Gallic and Civil Wars with numbered chapters, full notes, and abundant illustrations. It includes lives of Caesar and Pompey, a primer on Caesar’s army, and a vocabulary printing principal parts of verbs and noun genitives. Cloth binding, 12mo, 549 pages, priced at $1.25 by American Book Company.
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Caesar
Curio
Pompey
Mather
Caeser
Maurice W. Mather
Harvard University
American Book Company
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
First Year Algebra by Somerville overview
A concise preview of Somerville’s First Year in Algebra, detailing a simple graded approach to fractions and basic equations. Emphasizes minimal definitions, practical connections to arithmetic, early introduction of the exponent, and recaps for drill rather than memorization. Published by Armorican Book Company, 208 pages, cloth edition, 60 cents.
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Somerville
Frederick H. Somerville
Willam Penn Charter School
Philadelphia
Armorican Book Company
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Yoppy the Autobiography of a Monkey Reviewed
Mollie Lee Clifford presents Yoppy a monkey with playful antics and gentle mischief. The tale follows a stolen pet organ grinder's monkey from a comfortable home to hardship with the thief, then back to a royal reunion, complemented by color illustrations and a vivid frontispiece by L J Bridgman.
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Yoppy
Mollie Lee Clifford
M. Caldwell Co
Boston
Newark
Dolly's Double Sisters In Stranger Circumstances
In this tale two girls Dolly and Isabelle resemble each other so closely they are mistaken for sisters. They live together, uncover their true relation, and share seaside adventures full of charm and vivacity. Bibel Wood's Delly's Double, illustrated cloth edition from Lothrop, Lee & Shepard.
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Dolly
Isabelle
Ania
Delly
Bibel Wood
Kcloth
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Heston
The Brass Bound Box
A colorful advertisement for a girls story by a popular author. It promises a gay spirited heroine, a mischievous boy, an old fashioned elderly woman, and four country houses with traditions and a secret chamber, leading to adventures and a happy ending.
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Youss
Aris
Bors
Pepper Family in Soggy Sea of Fees and Foes
The Pepper family faces mounting fees and costs amid contested affairs. Local observers note discord over finances and family tensions clouding community relations as disputes linger.
Pepper Books character study in Ben Pepper volume
A brief notice praises Ben Pepper as a noble subject for a Pepper Books edition. It lauds Ben Pepper’s resolute unselfish character and the many good actions. The tenth Pepper Books volume, with six illustrations by Eugene M. Wireman, is published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. in Boston at 1.50.
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Ben
Tommy Joyes and the Penny Picker Tale as Told by Harriet A Cheever
A short tale featuring Tommy Joyes rich and pampered and Tom the penny picker who does odd jobs for his meals. They meet at a bank near Merchant's Wharf and form a bond. The author, Harriet A. Cheever, presents a popular story with illustrations by G Davidson, priced at 1.25 dollars.
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Tommy Joyes
Tom
Merchant’s Wharf
Tommy Joyce
Tommy Joy
Harriet A. Cheever
Lou
Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary by Anne Warner
A fiction review praising The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary by Anne Warner author of Susan Clegg. The book follows Aunt Mary in New York with her nephew Jack and college friends. A witty love thread runs through the tale and promises to bolster Warner's literary reputation.
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Aunt Mary
Susan Clegg
Anne Warner
Mary
New York
Jack
Mrs. Lathrop
Little, Brown & Co
Boston
The Waré of the Sewing-Circle tale and cast list
A sewing circle story from Smithville follows a warded orphan adopted by the group with members taking care in two month turns. Tender pathos and clear character drawing accompany a brief romance, featuring directors such as Johnny Beal Mrs Brown and Dr Mansfeld among others. The book by Edna Edwards Wyils with frontispiece by Beatrice Baxter Rays is priced at $1.50 and published by Brown & Co, Boston.
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Smithville
Johnny Beal
Deacon Cressman
Whitcomb
Henry Whitcomb
Tom Budlong
Johnny Prince
Golden Castle
Mr. Green
Kerman Asumoore
Big House
Dr. Mansfeld
Miss Norton
Sewing-Circle
Edna Edwards Wyils
Beatrice Baxter Rays
The Old Monday Farm Boyhood Tale Review
A concise notice praises Louise R. Baker’s The Old Monday Farm a boys’ story about Charley Swan who runs two hundred ten acres on Old Man Monday’s place. It notes farming opportunities, adventures, trials, and the value of experience over wealth. Dana Estes & Co. Boston published the illustrated cloth volume for 50 cents.
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Charley Swan
Charley
Old Monday
Louise R. Baker
Dana Estes & Co
Boston
John Gilley A Sketch True American Types
John Gilley is a Maine farmer and fisherman described as an example of forgotten American virtue. This sketch is the first in a planned series titled True American Types, highlighting hardy character traveling along life’s by-paths. Published by the American Unitarian Association in Boston at 60 cents net.
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John Gilley
Maine
Charles W. Eliot
American Unitarian Association
Boston
Gleason Greek Prose Composition for Schools
Gleason's Greek Prose Composition for Schools by Clarence W. Gleason outlines a college entrance oriented course. It uses Xenophon Anabasis selections for practice, offers a concise grammar summary, simple exercises, and a complete vocabulary to support Greek prose composition.
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Gleason
Clarence W. Gleason
A. M. Roxbury Latin School
American Book Company
New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Xenophon
Sketch of Henrik Ibsen Career and Life
A sketch traces Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian poet and dramatist, from his early chemist apprenticeship to study medicine in 1850, his theatre roles in Bergen and Christiania, a Rome visit in 1964, and long absences from Norway with only intermittent returns, amid lingering health issues and strong reception of his plays in Germany.
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Henrik Ibeen
Arbene Gade 2
Christians
Norway
Bergen
Christiania
Rome
Germany
Hans G Moes
Lasiegs
Resmersheim
Forest Land and other literary notes from a publishing scene
Literary Notes details forthcoming works by Robert W. Chambers and Ellen Glasgow, notes on John Fenwick’s pronunciation in The Century, Burnett’s Christmas tale Dawn of a Tomorrow, and biographical sketches of authors like Eugene P. Lyle Jr and Randall Parrish. It highlights Cram’s Impressions of Japanese Architecture, Yeats revival figures, and McClure-Phillips contemporary men of letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Butler Yeats
Ireland
Douglas Hyde
England
Horatio Sheafe Kran
McClure-Phillips Contemporary
The Tree Book by Julia E Rogers and Radiant Motherhood release
The Tree Book from Doubleday and Co features 350 photographs by A Radclyffe Dugmore and 16 colored plates. It surveys tree care growth protection and uses of wood and offers practical forestry guidance for lay readers. Margaret E Sangster’s Radiant Motherhood is gaining demand from Robbs Merrill Gao of Indianapolis.
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Julia E. Rogers
Doubleday, Page & Co
A. Radclyffe Dugmore
Margaret E. Sangster
The
Robbs, Merrill’ Gao
Indianapolis
William Allen White Begins New McClure Portrait Series
William Allen White announces a forthcoming series of public man portraits in McClure's Magazine following popular character sketches of Platt Croker Cleveland and others. The Christmas number features Folio of Missouri as an example. the list of other subjects remains undisclosed.
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William Allen White
McClure
Platt
Croker
Cleveland
Fol. of
Missouri
Mr. White
Manuscript ties novel hero to author’s brother
Readers learn that R. T. F., identified as Workingman and Gentleman and to whom the book is dedicated, was Octave Thanet’s younger brother. He died eight years ago and served as the original for Johnny Ivan, the story’s hero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Octave Thanet
Workingman and Gentleman
Johnny Ivan
Country Homes of Famous Americans by Oliver Bronson Capen
Oliver Bronson Capen, native of Binghamton New York, formerly a reporter and editor at Country Life in America, studied at Hobart College and Columbia. He began the article series that formed his book and now holds another responsibility with his publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Bronson Capen
Binghamton
Hobart College
Columbia
Country Life In America
The Vining Rod by Ol is Francia Newton Thorpe
The latest contributor Ol is Francia Newton Thorpe, a discovery in Pennsylvania oil history fiction. He split his years between Erie County Pennsylvania in summer and autumn and New Jersey in winter and spring. Thorpe, once a constitutional history professor at the University of Pennsylvania, weaves off field oil days into a vivid tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francia Newton Thorpe
Erie County
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Thorpe
University of Pennsylvania
Early French History in the Valley Described
The article notes an important work The Journeys of La Salle and his companies 2668 1687 edited with introduction by Prof. Jease J. Cox. It covers the early history of the French in this country and their claim to the Valley, with exploration accounts by La Salle and his followers, published by A. & Barnes & Co under editor A. Bh. Me aster.
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la Salle
Jease J. Cox
University of Cincinnati
Messrs. A. &. Barnes & Co
A. Bh. Measter
Freath of the Goda Sparks English Interest
Sidney McCail's Japanese novel draws wide attention in England with London publishers seeking another edition. Critics praise the book as a standout romance of its kind, highlighting vivid storytelling and cultural nuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney McCail
England
London
Yuki
Unclear text fragment locates Pioneer mining figure
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a person linked to Merril Company and a mining camp, with garbled phrases about locating someone and past associations. The readable items include names and vague actions, but details are incomplete.
Consolidation of Country Life in America and The Country Calendar
Country Life in America and The Country Calendar are merged under the former title. Doubleday, Page & Company will publish the magazine, with the January issue marking the first under the new arrangement. Beginning February, annual subscriptions rise from 3 to 4 dollars and single copies from 25 to 35 cents, while double numbers stay at 50 cents.
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Country Life In
America
Country Calendar
Doubleday, Page & Company
Country Life
United States
Bangs Plans New England Farm Life and Limited Editions
John Kendrick Bangs, splitting time between Yonkers and New York, will move to a Rye estate and live with Simeon Ford. He plans to publish limited edition squab chickens and deckle edged eggs, each signed, after resigning Puck’s editorship to focus on plays and humorous writings. His latest book Mrs Raffles, a witty parody, has just appeared from Harper.
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John Kendrick Bangs
Yonkers
New York
New England
Bangs
Rye
Simeon Ford
Puck
Mrs. Raffles
Harpers
Miss Beulah Dix Born in Kingston Massachusetts 1876
Miss Beulah Marie Dix author of The Fair Maid of Graystones and The Making of Christopher Ferringham was born in Kingston Massachusetts on December 25 1876. Her Puritan ancestors settled in New England about 1650. She earned BA with highest honors in 1897 and MA at Radcliffe the following year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Marie Dix
Graystones
Christopher Ferringham
Kingston
Mase
Radcliffe
Cambridge
Lippincott's
Hugh Gwyeth
Lished
Soldierdale
Notable Figures Rise in Lit and Nation
A fragmented passage notes two writers Peter Rengeer and Maxim Gorty gaining prominence. It mentions Peter Honegger as son of illiterate parents from a Tyrian village, with minimal schooling, now a national figure of Tyrea. He received recognition from Ruperto Carola University and an Austrian medal, highlighting cross national honors and literary impact.
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Peter Rengeer
Maxim Gorty
Peter Honegger
Igherant Parente
Alpe
Btyria
Ruperto Carola University
Hee
The Outing December issue features wide array of fiction and art
The December Outing showcases strong fiction by Mulford Blow and Morris with Western themes, plus the continuing Throwback. It includes poems by Lee Wilson Dodd, travel pieces, natural history articles, and striking photo plates. The magazine also highlights Saint Gaudens studies, Nietzsche notes, and a vivid pictorial section with Christmas Glee and other drawings.
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Outing
Buckskin
Clarence Edward Mulford
Bull
Ben Blow
Gouveneur Morris
Winkler
Alfred Henry Lewis
Lee Wilson Dodd
Ralph D. Paine
Clifton Johnson
Arkansaw
Blue Mountain
Edwina Stanton Babcock
William Lovell Finley
C. William Beebe
Benyowsky
Pacific
A. C
Frontier Fights
Outing Magazine
Sportsman
Charlotte Weber-Ditzler
E. M. Ashe
Mr. Beach
Herman Wall
George Brehm
Bliss Carman
George Hibbard
Francis Wilson
Princess Ragtag
Jacques Futrefle
Rex B. Beach
Augustus Saint Gaudens
World's Work December cover highlights editors and features
The December World's Work opens with five editorial portraits including Dr Emil Behring and William F Berry. It surveys financial markets in The Meaning of the Colossal Bond Market and presents diverse features on Africa, the Caribbean, labor, sculpture, and social issues.
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Emil Behring
William F. Berry
Pennsylvania
W. M. Ivins
William Harper
Caspar Purdon Clarke
C. B. Schillings
Eugene P. Lyle, Jr
Venezuela
Marcosson
Prench Strother
Frederick MacMonnies
Q. FP
Henry B. Hyde
Robert Hunter
Walter H. Page
James Weber Linn
Harper
University of Chicago
Review of Reviews surveys national elections and editorials
A Review of Reviews issue covers a nation wide election survey with editorial comment on New York Philadelphia Maryland Ohio San Francisco and other areas It notes a Roosevelt Professorship of American History at the University of Berlin and features an article on church buildings with discussion of a Charles de Kay illustration and a topic about libraries at Columbus University The piece notes advance previews of forthcoming works and events in memo university and Chicago sources
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New York
Philadelphia
Maryland
Ohio
San Francisco
Theodore Roosevelt
University of Herlin
Perpeyer
Newark
Canfield
Columba University
Charlee de Kay
Prince Charlies
Denmark
Nor- AE ‘Oe
Mrelt
Hecom
Memo University
Peter & Ported
Hebert 7
Chilheete
Ae Tee
Ieee Aeatea
Christmastide Notes in Woman’s Home Companion
A December issue features Edwin Markham's poem Christ With Us, Mrs Russell Sage on Whats the Matter With Christmas, John D Rockefeller’s holiday described, and eight Christmas stories including The Quest of the Unwise Men and The Man Who Gained the World. Holiday dinners, table layouts, and gift ideas fill sections by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Adeline Gaylord Wykes, Emily Riesenberg, Evelyn Parsons, Anna Richardson, and Grace Margaret Gould, published by Crowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Markham
Christ
Number Twenty
Fannie Merritt Farmer
Adeline Gaylord Wykes
Emily Riesenberg
Evelyn Parsons
Anna 8. Richardson
Grace Margaret Gould
The
Crowell Publishing Company
Springfield
Ohio
Little Folke Christmas Little Folks Magazine Item
A brief notice praises the Christmas Little Folks magazine for children. It highlights content such as Mary Alice's Plum Pudding, The Kiddest One Chapter 2 How Nikanl Earned His Name, The Beautiful Story of Doris and Jane, Watching for Santa, and The Twin Dollis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alice
Nikanl
Doris
Jane
Santa
Dollis
Afield. A Halt in the Desert in the November Sports After
The column presents a humanities tale and sketches on Wilderness Hall pioneer ancestors and Thanksgiving Turkeys in Arkansas by Ernest Mc Gaffey, plus a brief Passenger Pigeon piece and Branley Waterios on local life. It notes a strong Fifty Years of Wool's Life serial offering insights into Chicago life and traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horacea
Hoone
Renton
Arkansas
Ernest McGaffey
Branley Waterios
Pedagogical Essays on the History of Education
A book notice for Pedagogical Essays by Becaye and Painter outlines a clothbound work in the field of education history. It presents principal documents from early times, stressing educational evolution and offering readers a historical overview with references to notable figures and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becaye
Ty FY
Reaneke Cottega
Amvert van Book
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Tales OF the Road
Armstrongs
Diether
Tommys
Old Monday Farm
Ibsen
Robert W. Chambers
D. Appleton & Co
Ellen Glasgow
Europe
Humphrey Ward
John Fenwick
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Christmas Scribner’s
Iowa
Indiana
Randall Parrish
Emerson Hough
Herbert Quick
Iowa City
Sioux City
Davenport
Man of the Hour
Bobbs-Merrill
Ralph Adams Cram
Japan
Macmillan Company
John Co. van Dyke
Samuel Isham
Geraltine Ronrer
the Critic
House of David
Maude Barrows Dutton
Thackeray
Dickens
Emma Calve
Jerome K. Jerome
Kate Greenway
Robert Herrick
Outlook
Edith Wharton
Louise Collier Willcox
George Bernard Shaw
Royal Cortisson
Gilbert K. Chesterton
George Perry Morris
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Zona Gale
Review of Reviews
George “Annamenter
Ty de
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