Tolstoy the Man and the World’s Greatest Enigma
A sweeping portrait of Leo Tolstoy as Russia’s monumental yet paradoxical figure. The piece contrasts his vast literary reach with his volatile temper and moral contradictions, tracing his life from peasant empathy to aristocratic excess, and weighing his influence on religion, politics, and art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kremlin
Tolstoy
Russia
Mke John the Baptist
Wartburg
Luther
Rex
Paul
Mahomet
John Brown
Lombroso
Japan
Poseur
Plon
Paris
Persia
Draganov
Familly
Repin
Rousseau
Goethe
Turgueneff
Nekrasoff
Turqueveft
House of
Mke Gogol
Berthold Auerbach
Ger
Black Forest
Germany
Henry George
Shakespeare
The Modern Whale Fishery and Harpoon Technology
The article explains the shift to blue whales as the main catch driven by improved methods. It details larger steamers, electric winches, and cast iron oil tanks, with Norwegian ownership noted. It highlights a six foot explosive harpoon, heavy hooks, and a windlass-towed setup. Fishing concentrates in Antarctic waters near the Auckland Islands, closer to the South Pole than New Zealand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wwe
Auckland Islands
New Zealand
Courtships in Old Spain
In old Spain marriageable girls broke from formal methods of courtship. Lovers once risked danger to prove love, with bulls and toreadors. A unique Easter custom called the parade of the whip featured whippers in sugar loaf caps and white gloves beating themselves with waxed cords before balconies, a spectacle the ladies watched approvingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Madrid
Clock once owned by John Wesley at John Street Church
A clock once owned and presented by John Wesley to the John Street Methodist Church in New York City remains in use at the church located at 44 John Street. The artifact ties the congregation to its 18th century founder while continuing to serve the local worship community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley
John Street Methodist Church
New York City
John Street
Odds and Ends From a Distant Era of Facts
A collage of curiosities covers science, geography, and daily life. It notes Formosa tea exports worth 8.5 million, a Malta fortress second to Gibraltar, rubber use at 62,000 tons yearly, and the Eiffel Tower as a lightning rod. It mentions a 75 year old Sunday school teacher, New York’s many asylums, and perpetual motion talk from 67 men amid various statistical snippets.
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Mount
Eiffel Tower
Paris
New York City
Hospital Ny
Ccity
Also Mentioned on This Page
Polsloy
Colossus
Cipaltyas
Telbel
Ince Ibsen
Moscow
Verestchagin
The
Hague
Flaubert
Anna Karenina
Anna
Levin
Kitty
Sofia Baer
Kreutzer
America
John Wanamaker
Tolstoy the Man
Dickmann
Longfellow
Fatfellow
Beethoven
Oliver Twist
Yasnaya Polyana
Caucasus
Crimea
Czar
Thoreau
Waldenwood
Morwenston
Tennyson
Grenadier
Shenshin
Oberammergau
Seihiller
Hugo
Michael Angelo
Lyof
Ernest Crosby
Mycenae
Dresden China
John the Baptist
Cea
Aall Artliiol
Scientific Whale
Old Spain
Gibraltar
Owler
England
United States
Ippine Islands
Lengue
Margaret Miller
Paterson
N. J
Ds Fitorgeys
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Maryland
San Francisco
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