None but the Brave adventure in the Revolution tale
A review of Hamblen Sears novel None but the Brave set during the American Revolution. Baffort crosses British lines to join Washington with a perilous mission and love in a Hudson tavern provides complications as he aims to capture Benedict Arnold. The piece notes historical parallels and the tale’s brisk, engaging drama.
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Andre
Arnold
Washington
John Andre
Nathan Hale
Merton Balfort
Dumas
Baffort
Putnam
The
Hudson
Sinal
West Point
Clinton
New York City
Benedict Arnold
Hamblen Sears
Dodd, Mead & Company
New York
G. C. Prince & Son
T. H. Lawler
Dodd, Mead & Co
Boston
Roxbury Latin School
Harvard
Sears
Europe
University of Berlin
Ecole Des Sciences Politiques
Paris
Advocate
Crimson
Lay Thesis on Bible Wines by Edward R Homerson
Edward R Homerson argues against prohibition advocating temperance over asceticism. The wine maker contends wine can be part of church life, defending responsible consumption by law abiding citizens. The 63 page tract published by Merrill & Baker in New York analyzes biblical wines, temperance, and clear business motives.
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Edward R. Homerson
Merrill & Baker
New York
Drewitt's Dream A Flight Through War and Love in Greece
In this tale by W. L. Alden from Appleton's Town and Country Library, Mr. Drewitt dreams of a Greek lover during the Turkish war and finds the dream unwinding into reality. The story follows exciting days in Athens, a blockhouse fight, and a global pursuit of the woman across lands and seas as dream and reality blur until the end.
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Drewitt
Greece
Turkey
Athens
W. L. Alden
Appleton
Town and Country Library
Bacca Queen. A novel of Westmoreland society and local color
A romance introducing American readers to a vivid local English setting with quaint features. The story follows the poor and proud Bac ca Queen and her cousin, Richard Carrodus's will, and the Fellsiders child-life with notable local color and sustained interest. Appletons Library edition priced at 1.00 cloth and 0.60 paper.
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Westmoreland
I” Bacca
Richard Carrodus
T Bacca Queen
T. Wilson Wilson
Appletons’ Town and Country Library
Browning’s Nature and Other May Critic Pieces
In the May Lounger Critic review section Stopford A Brooke presents Browning's Treatment of Nature as a notable second paper with copyright claim. J P Mowbray critiques Has America Outgrown Matthew Arnold in Victorian Prose Masters. Christian Brinton relays Mr Menpées Whistler etchings, Nine famous works, some new to readers. Gertrude Urban contributes Paolo and Francesca in History and Literature with illustrations. Stephen Gwynn writes A Century of Irish Humor and Frank Norris discusses Salt and Sincerity on relations between art and life.
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Critic
Stopford A. Brooke
Browning
America
Matthew Arnold
J. P. Mowbray
W. C. Brownell
Menpées
Whistler
Christian Brinton
Menpes
Whistle
Paolo and
Francesca
Gertrude Urban
Stephen Gwynn
Frank Norris
May number features cooking, stories, and Little Folks pieces
The issue highlights contributions from Helen Campbell Marietta McPherson Janet Hill and others with topics from paste and puff to malaria infection and economical menus. Little Folks May opens with Polly Plants Potatoes and includes several tales poems such as Dorothys Blue Paper May Day Spotty Birds soldiers memories and nursery tales with over a dozen illustrations.
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Helen Campbell
Marietta McPherson
Janet M. Hill
Boston Cooking School
Polly
Dorothy
Spotty
Johnny
Dorris
Katharine
Mary
New Works Stir Public Interest in 1890s Literature
Prominent authors announce novels and stories for upcoming releases. Robert Barr teases a Cromwell era tale set for serialized US publication ahead of book form while Harrison Robertson's Kentucky novel The Opponents sells out its first edition quickly. Henry James plans The Wings of a Dove for early summer.
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Robert Barr
Seria.l
United States
Harrison Robertson
Kentucky
the Scribners
Henry James
McClure, Phillips & Co
Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Stewart Edward White
Red Saunders
Henry Wallace Phillips
Philip
Josephine Dodge Daskam
William Davenport Hulbert
May Ainslee’s contains varied portraits and verse
The issue features distinctive profiles Elihu Root and Amalia Kussner Coudert with rich illustrations, essays like Are Americans Economical by Hapgood and Love in April by Bliss Carman, plus short stories and theatre notes, all from Street & Smith in New York.
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May Ainslee
Elihu Root
L. A. Coolidge
Amalia Kussner Coudert
Frank S. Arnett
Hutchins Hapgood
Bliss Carman
Eugéne Woods
R. E. MacAlarney
Melissa Mayo
Joseph C. Lincoln
Justus Mile: Forman
Harvey J. O'Higgins
Frank R. Robinson
A. A. Powe
Herman Bernstein
Street & Smith, Publishers
New York
May American Queen Offers Style Tips and Home Craft Reads
The May issue features numerous articles for the housewife and craft lovers alongside several complete stories. Malcolm Strauss’s front cover design highlights fashion pictures of current suits waists and children's dresses, guiding economical and artistic wardrobe choices. Other pieces cover Outdoor Exercises for Young Women, The Skin in Summer, The Removal of Scars, and Practical Puddings.
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Malcolm Strauss
The Storm Centre of the Land War and Other May Articles
The May issue opens with Major Dudley Costello’s timely The Storm Centre of the Land War. Also featured are E. Lyell Earle The Life of the Man Longshore, F. F. De Fronsac Some Nobles Knights Seigneurs of New France, Rachel Carew The Holy Coat of Treves, and Rev. John F. Mullaney Our True Position on The Bible and the Church. Denis A. McCarthy writes on The Pressing Question of Irish Emigration, Frank Sweet offers Thicket Life, with Dante and Ancient Romans essays by Augustine D. Malley and H. G. Hughes. M. B. O’Sullivan contributes Mostly Questions for Catholic readers.
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Donahoe
Dudley Costello
Longshore
E. Lyell Earle
Knigh
Denis A. McCarthy
Frank Sweet
Augustine D. Malley
H. G. Hughes
M. B. O'Sullivan
Reminiscences of Cologne and May Guidon contents
The May Guidon features illustrations of Cologne buildings with the lead piece Six Sunny Months by the author of The House of Yorke. Other notable pieces include The Deadly Parallel on the Philippines, Sister Rose's Mass, Tardy Justice to an Indian Missionary, and Our Literary Lawn Party, plus editorial pages.
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Cologne
House of Yorke
Philippines
Sister Rose
Crescent Moon of May in Harper's Bazar Verse
Poetic lines express a remembered love within a yearlong passage, contrasting past longing with fleeting moments. The speaker recalls a woman not his, then notes the May crescent moon as a symbol of ephemeral affection, set against seasonal imagery of May blossoms and winter snows.
Crepe for Paper in Decorations Prompts Elegant Tables
The Boston Cooking School Magazine May frontispiece shows a table laid for a paper wedding with decorative crepe. Articles include A Garden Reminiscence by Belle Squire and Some Uses and Abuses of Common Foods by Emma J. Davenport, plus A Progressive Luncheon, each with illustrations.
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Boston Cooking School
W. F. Beetle
Belle Squire
Emma J. Davenport
What shall it profit a man to gain the world and lose soul
In this May 4 sermon at Jefferson Park Presbyterian Church Chicago Rev Frank De Witt Talmage warns that chasing wealth ambition and worldly pleasure risks eternal loss. He argues a life interest in the world is insufficient and moral cost may outweigh material gain, urging readers to value the immortal soul over riches. He cites trusts real estate fame and conscience while contrasting worldly success with spiritual reward.
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Chicago
Frank de Witt Talmage
Jefferson Park Presbyterian Church
Europe
Steel Trust
Oil Trust
Nemec
Wev
Christ
Brooklyn
Jackson's Hollow
Jackson’s Hollow
United States
England
Germany
Russia
Spain
Satan
Dro Lewis
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Vanderbilt
Depew
Chauncey
R&e
Stephen Girard
Philadelphia
Daniel Webster
Antonio
Aaron Burr
Benedict Arnold
Goodby
Channing
London
Anne Erskine
Jesus Christ
Louis Klopsch
N. Y
Where Had He Met Him? A Adirondack Clergyman Tale
The Rev Dr Dwight M Seward called the coast bishop and told of a clergyman who spent summers at the southern end of Saranac lake. He greeted everyone on the street, even a barroom character, who puzzled over where he had met the cordial man and wondered where in blazes he had met him.
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Dwight M. Seward
Coast
Adirondacks
Saranac Lake
New York Tribune
Winning by Losing on the Nikolaevsky Railway Contract
An American contractor sought a Nikolaevsky railway contract by questionable means. He visited the contract holder with a large umbrella and bet 100,000 rubles that it would rain within 30 minutes. When the sky remained clear, the contractor lost the bet but secured the contract.
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Nikolaevsky
The Story of One Verdict in a Louisville Murder Trial
A jury retired to decide a murder case in Louisville. The foreman asked how many Christians were present and one of the oldest jurors offered to pray. After a solemn prayer, ballots favored varying sentences from life to eight years, finally reaching eighteen years.
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Louisville
Landlord Earl Fitzwilliam Pays Farmer Twice
Honesty Pald, father of the Earl, was praised as an excellent landlord. A farmer complained fox hunters ruined wheat. the Earl paid 250. Later the farmer returned the money after wheat prospered, and the Earl gave a 500 check to be kept for the farmer’s eldest son, with the tale of how it came.
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Earl Fitzwilliam
Courer Citizen Co Wedding and Card Engraving
Wedding and card engraving service offering engraved calling cards wedding invitations announcements at home cards and more in any style. Printed or best stock available with reasonable prices for high grade work samples available on Merrimack Street Courier Citizen Co.
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Courier- Citizen Co
Merrimack Street
Pollard Gas Stoves Line Opens With New Models
Pollard & Co announces a full line of gas stoves for sale alongside established models. New offerings feature latest combustion improvements and economical gas use with prices from 1.25 to 8.00 dollars. Ovens and tea kettles designed to operate on oil and gas, addition to a complete range.
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G. Pollard & CO
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Helen Keller
Miss Porter
Old Virginia
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Will Bradley
Bradley
Curtis Publishing Company
Lippincott’s
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Francis Churchill Williams
Wolcott LeClear Beard
Arizona
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French Academy
Othon G. Guerlac
Frank H. Sweet
Alps
Elizabeth R. Pennell
Charles C. Abbott
Bible Wines
T’ Bacca
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the Critic
Moo
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Margaret Vincent
Harpers
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Woodside Farm
Duckworths
Leslie Stephen
Duckworth
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Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co
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Stephen Crane
the O'Ruddy
A. E. W. Mason
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W. A. Wilde Company of
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Frances Margaret Fox
Farmer Brown
Abraham Cahan
Howells
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Dneiper
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Guidon
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Boston Cooking School Magazine
Talmage
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