The Puppet Crown a Purely Imaginary Piece of Fiction
A lengthy review praises Harold MacGrath s The Puppet Crown a romantic novel set in a fictional Austrian neighborhood. It highlights Maurice Carewe a daring American diplomat a clever villain and a brilliant duchess with plotting skill, noting masterful duels and vivid characters while calling the work engaging and well written.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold MacGrath
Austria
Maurice Carewe
Carewe
Beauvais
Dumas
Mr. MacGrath
Bowen-Merrill Company
Indianapolis
G. C. Prince
T. H. Lawler
Price
Symphony of Life Promotes Constructive Spiritual View
Henry Wood, a leading thinker of the new philosophy movement, authors The Symphony of Life a collection of sketches and interpretations outlining a unitary yet varied study of life. He argues for positive truth to dissipate error, notes a spiritual hunger driving global restlessness, and envisions an evolutionary reconciliation where all churches sects and institutions aid upliftment within the Whole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Henry Wood
Lee & Shepard
Boston
G.C. Prince & Son
T. H. Lawler
The Curious Courtship of Kate Poins
Louis Evan Shipman’s regency romance follows Kate Poins through swift action, duels, and social intrigue. Sir Sydney Poins appears as a notable elder figure while the era’s profligacy and blase characters heighten the tale without dimming its morale. Published by D Appleton & Co for $1.50 via T H Lawler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold MacGrath
Henry Wood
Kate Poins
Beau Brummell
Louis Evan Shipman
Joscelyn Cheshire
Sara Beaumont Kennedy
Frederick Young
Charles Lincoln Phillips
Kate Pains
Mr. Shipman
Sir Sydney Poins
D. Appleton & Co
T. H. Lawler
Joscelyn Cheshire Ladies Loyal Tory in Kennedy Novel
A brisk portrait of Joscelyn Cheshire from Sara Beaumount Kennedy’s novel. The North Carolina beauty uses wit to charm friends and thwart lovers while a Loyalist stance clashes with wartime Patriot struggles from Valley Forge to Wallabout Bay finalizing in a surrender at the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joscelyn Cheshire
Sara Beaumount Kennedy
Carolinas
Joscelyn
George
North Carolina
Valley Forge
Wallabout Bay
Cornwallis
Tarleton
King George
Not provided due to fragmented source
The passage reviews a historical narrative by Sara Beaumont Kennedy, noting concise episodes that keep reader interest. It highlights the Southern town setting torn between loyalty to the King and American struggles, with vivid society portrayals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joscelyn Cheshire
Sara Beaumont Kennedy
Doubleday, Page & Co
York
G. C. Prince & Son
Frederick Young novel review a South Sea travel tale
Frederick Young by Charles Lincoln Phillips follows a hero who leaves home for Australia and survives a vessel explosion on an infernal machine. He and a scientist survivor live two years on an undiscovered island, then a yacht voyage returns to a love triangle. The critic finds the romance weak but the travel writing entertaining and profitable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sea Islands
Australia
South Seas
Frederick Young
Charles Lincoln Phillips
Henry A. Dickerman & Son
Boston
Literary Notes on New Books and Authors
Miss Edith Wharton's The Valley of Decision is finished and will be published by Scribners, set in Italy. Alice of Old Vincennes continues to be popular, leading library reports in May. Other favorites include Eben Holden and The Puppet Crown. Bowen-Merrill publishes Alice of Old Vincennes and The Puppet Crown, while Houghton Mifflin rushes editions of The Turn of the Road by Eugenia Brooks Frothingham, a story praised for its worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Wharton
The
Scribners
Italy
Alice
Old Vincennes
Maurice Thompson
Eben Holden
Elizabeth
Richard Yea
Nay
Bowen-Merrill Company
Indianapolis
Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Eugenia Brooks Frothingham
Teben Holden
Vincennes
King’s End
Lowell
G.C. Prince & Son
T. H. Lawler’s
Mr. Prince
Mr. Prince's List: “Truth Dexter,” “Alice of Old Vincennes
Sky Pilot
Mainwaring
Lew
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Lion’s Brood
Helmet of
Navarre
A Sailor's Log Series Hits Third Edition
Rear Admiral Evans's autobiography continues to sell well as D Appleton & Co announce the third edition is nearly exhausted with orders about 1000 copies ahead of supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Messrs. D. Appleton & Co
Substitutes for the Saloon by Raymond Calkins analyzed
The forthcoming book argues substitutes for banning reform as the path against alcohol. It contrasts saloon power with social substitutes like settlements coffee-houses and reading rooms in urban districts. Labor leaders contribute views and diagrams show saloon and settlement dynamics across fifteen cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Calkins
Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Personal Eliot volume traces Maggie Tulliver in flood photos
Doubleday, Page and Company publish the third volume of their Personal Eliot series. The Mill on the Floss is highly autobiographical with Esther Wood’s introduction and numerous photographs depicting real scenes. The frontispiece shows the Trent river mill while flood imagery heightens the story’s last tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doubleday, Page & Co
Eliot
Floss
Esther Wood
Trent
Gainsborough
Maggie Tulliver
The Man from Glengarry by Ralph Connor to Be Published
Ralph Connor announces a new novel The Man from Glengarry to be published in autumn by Fleming H Revell Co It will run serially in the Outlook during summer The tale spans the Indian Lands between the Ottawa river and the St Lawrence and then moves west to portray a bold frontier fight and character clashes among Highlanders French Canadians and Americans
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Connor
Glengarry
Fleming H. Revell Co
Great Northwest
Ottawa River
St. Lawrence
Englishman’s ascent shocks Burr tale author readers
Charles Felton Pidgin, preparing a new novel about Aaron Burr, receives life details from Stella Edwards Pierrepont Drake, a descendant of Rev. Jonathan Edwards. Drake notes that in America rapid rise from poverty is common, while an Englishman achieving the same is unusual in public view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Felton Pidgin
Quincy Adams Sewyer
Blennerhassett
C. M. Clark Company
Aaron Burr
Stella Edwards Pierrepont Drake
Jonathan Edwards
America
Poets Thomp son and Lawson in Spring Debuts
Francis Thomspon, the English poet, is highlighted for his rare talents and a tale of degradation and escape. The piece contrasts his story with Elsworth Lawson, whose debut this spring is published by Herbert S. Stone & Co. and titled Euphrosyne and Her Golden Book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Thompson
Elsworth Lawson
Herbert 3. Stone & Co
Euphrosyne
Kipling Sales Comparison Between England and America
The piece notes English and American sales of Kipling books through 1900, detailing Jungle Book totals of 55,000 in Britain and 6,060 in the U.S. for the first volume, 28,000 in the U.S. and 64,000 in Britain for the Second Jungle Book, and 27,000 in England and 57,000 in America for Captains Courageous, with English Kipling totals around 50,000 and U.S. figures typically higher.
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Kipling
F. A. Stokes Plans Summer Novels From Readings
The F. A. Stokes Company prepares several titles for summer reading. The Moderns by George Trimble Davidson portrays New York high life and will be published immediately. Eden Phillpotts writes a Devon stories collection The Striking Hours to be released August 17. Alix John from Halifax pens The Right Hawk about Confederate blockade runners and two wealthy Southern women who spied for the Confederacy in Halifax, based on fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Stokes Company
George Trimble Davidson
New York
Devon
Eden Phillpotts
Alix John
Halifax
Critics hail The Octopus as a potential great American novel
The Octopus draws strong praise from critics who call it a potential great American novel and predict high sales. Since publication it has become one of the year’s top sellers, with especially rapid copies moved in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Norrin
New York City
Palmer News Narrative and Praises for Nature Books
Frederick Palmer’s army and navy tales captivate readers amid post Spanish war changes. A second edition of his popular book is underway as Appleton prepares a notable nature book series with colorful lithographs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Palmer
Mr. Palmer
New Books Stir Big Interest in Lowell Stores
The Crisis by Winston Churchill starts strong in Lowell with heavy sales after shelves were stocked last week. Owen Johnson's Arrows of the Almighty hits its third edition within a month, while Miss Gwendolen Overton's The Heritage of Unrest announces a fourth edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston
Churchill
Lowell
Owen Johnson
Gwendolen Overton
Child of the Sun rescues Indian myths for readers
Eugene Field hoped to collect American folk lore and rival the myths of Indians and pioneers. Charles Eugenie Banks has revived at least one romance in A Child of the Sun, praised by H. S. Stone & Co. of Chicago as captivating and suggesting more myths of its kind may exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Field
America
Lee
Charles Eugenie Banks
H. S. Stone & Co
Chicago
May book sales show diverse picks across Lowell stores
Local readers favor a mix of novels and biographies with Clayton Hallowell and The Helmet of Navarre among top sellers at Prince and Lawler stores. Library demand centers on Phillips Brooks Life and Letters and Napoleon Last Phase, while Harper & Brothers tease Ruth McEnery Stuart plays and new titles by Wit Harben and Horton Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lawler
Navarre
Mainwaring
King’s End
Dexter
John Henry
Turn of the Road
Clayton Hallowell
Phillips Brooks
Napoleon
Lon Marche
Clayton Halewell
Alice of
Ola Vincennes
Lew
the Helmet of
Harper & Brothers
Ruth McEnery Stuart
Lawn and Parlor
Harper's Bazar
Wit N. Harben
Westerfelt
Georgia
Horton Potter
Henrietta Dana Skinner
Harper's June issue showcases varied fiction and art
Harper s magazine in June stays true to its broad policy offering rich content. The issue opens with A Dream of Young Summer and A Sea Turn by noted authors. Color plates feature W T Smediley paintings. Contents include continued Mary E B Wilkins and Gilbert Parker novels and Woodrow Wilson s Colony and Nation Part VI with period paintings. Short fiction by Brady Janvier Wood Jacobs poems by Whiting Cautley Hitchcock Webb Burroughs Sutherland. An important piece on The English Language Its Debt to King Alfred by Brander Matthews. Wrecked on the Shores of Japan by Poultney Bigelow. Other pieces include A Hidden Republic An Idol of the Sands Reciprocal Influence in Hypnotism Donald s Experiment Easy Chair Editor s Study and Drawer. Frontispiece in color by Howard Pyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Magazine
Smith M. Thomas
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
W. T. Smediley
Mary EB. Wilkins
Gilbert Parker
Woodrow Wilson
Mora
Oglethorpe
St. Augustine
Howard Pyle
Louisburg
Frederick Remington
the Plains of Abraham
William Pitt
John Wesley
Robert Dinwiddie
James Oglethorpe
Whitefield
William Pepperell
Braddock
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Thomas A. Janvier
Eugene Wood
W. W. Jacobs
Lilian Whiting
L. R. Cautley
Martha Walcott Hitchcock
Charles Henry Webb
John Burroughs
Howard Vy, Sutherland
King Alfred
Prof
Brander Matthews
Poultney Bigelow
Japan
Republic
Lucia Puddy
A. C. Wheeler
John Duncan Quackenboss
Henry Sydnor Harrison
Gustav Verbeek
Peter Newell
Miss Thomas
How Niagara has been Harmessed and other Pan American pieces
The June Review of Reviews covers William C. Andrews on Niagara power development and waste energy use at the Falls. It includes Buffalo fair features by William H. Hotchkiss and Ernest Knaufft on the Pan-American Exposition artistic night effects photographed by D. Arnold. It surveys topics from South Parties to Hawaii’s political deadlock and other current notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Andrews
Niagara
Falls
William H. Hotchkiss
Ernest Knaufft
Knaufft
D. Arnold
Mr. Arnold
Corot Featured in Masters in Art June Number
The art magazine Masters in Art dedicates its June issue to Corot. It highlights celebrated works such as Dance of the Nymphs, Evening and Orpheus Greeting the Moon, notes private collections and museum pieces in Louvre Paris and Rouen, includes a portrait and life sketch, bibliography, and critical essays from notable critics and journals. The Bates Sulla company, 42 Chauncey Street, Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masters In Art
Corot
Orpheus
Arras
Louvre
Paris
Ville d’Avray
Frouen
The
Athenaeum
Bates « Sulla Company
Chauncey Street
Boston
Notable features in National Magazine June issue
The June National Magazine highlights U S Minister Conger on the Chinese situation and a Pan-American Exposition photo essay. It also presents Hagar the Old Testament romance, Evolution of Indian Education, American Historical Earthenware, Battle of Punker Hill letters, Wall Street finance, and State Street Boston glimpses, plus strong fiction and no illustrations of leading actors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
National Magazine
U. S
H. Conger
Hagar
Punker Hill
Wall Street
State Street
Boston
New England
Literary notes and art features in current magazine
The issue highlights discussions on Pan American Exposition art and architecture, with emphasis on illustrations and the Critic. William Archer’s conversations, Stephen Phillips interview, Richmond Ritchie’s Egeria at Brighton, and In Memoriam George M. Smith appear among pieces by Brinton and other contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Archer
Stephen Phillips
Blackstick
Richmond Ritchie
Egeria
Brighton
Leslie Stephen
George M. Smith
Jessie M. Rittenhouse
Christian Brinton
C. D. Arnold
Shakespeare
Sidney Lee
Europe
W. J. Rolfe
America
Philip G. Hubert, Jr
Mrs. Gillespie
Jeannette L. Gilder
Samuel Rawson Gardiner
George Louis Beer
William Hannibal Thomas
McClure's June Preview Teases Kipling Kim and More
Kenyon Cox cover sets optimistic tone for June issue. Contents preview includes Kipling X and XI chapters of Kim, Phelps act two Within the Gates, Barr's The King's Gold, and standout features by E. S. Martin, Josiah Flynt, John Burroughs, Frederick G Wright, Ellsworth WesLey, Clara Morris, Edwin Lefevre, Sara Orne Jewett, Vanderlip and Bolce, and David Gray. Rich illustrations accompany the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenyon Cox
June McClure
Rudyard Kipling
Kim
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
Robert Barr
E. S. Martin
Boston
Josiah Flynt
John Burroughs
Frederick G. Wright
Ellsworth &. Wesley
John KE. Owens
Clara Morris
Pike's Peak Or Bust
Edwin Lefevre
Sara Orne Jewett
Rebeth
Frank A. Vanderlip
Harold Bolce
Jubilee Convention and New England Weather in Boston Item
In May in Boston a Jubilee Convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association is noted, with a history of the organization featured in the June New England Magazine. The issue also highlights twenty Marshfield illustrations, public garden scenes, and horticulture in Back Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Mens’ Christian Association
Boston
New England Magazine
New England
Marshfield
Daniel Webster
Back Bay
Minna Irving
el Dorado
Kansas
Willa Sibert Cather
Christine Wood Bullwinkle
Emma A. McCracken
Mr. Smith
Perthshire
Annie Eliza Brand
Emma C. Dowd
Margaret Cameron Smith
Frank H. Sweet
Imogen Clark
Julia Harris May
Contents of the International Monthly for June 1900
The June issue surveys timely essays by Hugo Munsterberg on American womanhood and national progress, Baldwin on university encroachment, and Carl von Noorden on modern dietetics. It covers German criticism, Irish questions, Chinese poetry, papal powers, and famous book reviews with notable contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
International Monthly
Jun
Hugo Munsterberg
Simeon B. Baldwin
Priceless Brown Library Gift to Brown University
The Providence library begun by John Carter Brown, valued at 600 600 dollars with endowment and a new building, will be offered to Brown University. It will house rare Americana and serve historians, under librarian George Parker Winship, remaining a magnet for scholars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown University
John Carter Brown
Rhode Island
Nicholas Brown
Providence
Western Hemisphere
John Nicholas Brown
Browns
Americus Vespuctus
Hernando Cortes
Peru
Francis Drake
Walter Raleigh
Mexico
New England
England
Providence Journal
Arthur Helps
Admiral Bethune
John Tiske
University of Ghent
Brown
George Parker Winship
Coronado
Cabots
Springfield Republican
Books Received List of 15 Titles and Prices
A catalog of new books with authors and publishers from Blue Shirt to The Woman Who Trusted. Prices range from 50 cents to 1. fifty, listing publishers in New York Boston Indianapolis Philadelphia and details of the titles and authors such as Henry Wood Harold Mac Grath Neil Munro Maud Howe ard Peterson D. Appleton Co and Henry Altemus Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. J. Archibald
Silver, Burdett & Co
New York
Henry Wood
Lee & Shepard
Boston
Elizabeth
Mark Livingston
Town Topics Publishing Co
Helen—George Horton
Bowen-Merrill Company
Indianapolis
Harold MacGrath
Louis Evan Shipman
Doubleday, Page & Co
Doom Castle
Neil Munro
Kate Poins
D. Appleton & Co
Frederick Young
Charles Lincoln Phillips
Henry A. Dickerman & Co
the Potter and the Clay
Maud Howeard Peterson
Lothrop Publishing Comepany
Montange
Old
W. C. Stoddard
Henry Altemus Company
Philadelphia
Will N. Hearden
Henry Altemus
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D. Appleton and Company
Frank M. Chapmain
Ernest Seton-Thompson
John Henry Comstock
F. Schuyler Mathews
Che Magazines
Charles Dexter Allen
Andre
W. Abbott
Biblophiles
Fletcher Battershall
Bunyan
Victor Hugo Palt
Oscar Wegelin
North
Washington Gladden
William J. Stillman
Mr. Howells
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