The Tenants A Virile Romance Review
A Mary S Watts novel of manners set in a Middle Western city. The Gwynne mansion, later home of Col William Pallinder, unfolds through a cast including the domineering Pallinder daughter and a wise old mother in a tale that blends humor, character, and a late detective twist.
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Watts
Middle West
Gwynne
Gov. Gwynne
Col
William Pallinder
Muriel
Miss Pallinder
Teddy
J. B
The Soul of a Priest Ant-Catholic Novel Review
A critical review outlines The Soul of a Priest, an anti Catholic novel imported by Doubleday, Page & Co. It traces heredity and training shaping an Italian noble lad into priesthood and his later renunciation, with the church excommunicating him. The emphasis is on psychological portrayal over belief disputes.
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Doubleday, Page & Co
Litta
Church Attitude Toward Priests and Their Roles
Fragmentary notes discuss the church's stance toward its clergy and their duties. The text hints at internal debate over priestly conduct and the proper function of church leadership within a historical context.
A Friend of the Negro The Life and Public Services of George Luther Stearns
Frank Preston Stearns reviews a Boston merchant turned abolitionist George Luther Stearns. The book credits Stearns with aiding John Brown, organizing African American regiments, and pushing postwar enfranchisement for the negro, framed as a well crafted but intimate biography.
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George Luther Stearns
Frank Preston Stearns
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott & Co
Mr. Stearns
Boston
Emerson, Whittier
Wen-dell Phillips
Sumner
John Brown
Stearns
Massachusetts
New England
The Russian Peasant reviewed by Howard P Kennard M D
Kennard's study draws on direct life in European Russia to examine village life and the peasant class. He analyzes history and government policy effects on peasants and critiques bureaucracy and the church as Russia's poison. The book blends intimate observation with scientific scrutiny, though stylistic excesses occur.
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Howard P. Kennard
M. D
Russia
J. B. Lippincott Company
Master Criminal Prompts Moral Darkness In Pater Tale
A London said crime tale titled The Master Criminal centers on a highly educated mastermind whose morbid hatred drives him to kidnap a rival’s child and rear a slum child for crime. Contrast is drawn with upright characters as the wicked face justice and the virtuous find happiness.
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G Sidney Paterposter
Cupples & Leon Company
New York
London
Books By Holman Day Awooded tale of love and wilderness
Dwight Wade loves the lumber chief’s daughter and enters a harsh forest world. He battles drifting snow icy sluiceways and dangerous logs as he pursues love and faces peril amidst the woods and lumber camps.
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Naine
Dwight Wade
The Barrier by Rex Beach praise stirs summer talk
Readers hail Rex Beach novel The Barrier as superior to The Spoilers with critics lavishly praising the Alaska love story. Newspapers echo early reviews claiming the work will be widely read and discussed this summer.
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Alaska
Santa Lucia Tale Chronicles Local Life and Aspiring Community
A reflective narrative traces diverse residents in Santa Lucia from its refined suburbs to a rising college scene and tight social order. The work unfolds into a strong, swift narrative and offers notable literary merit.
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Santa Lucia
The Duke of Gandia by Swinburne
The importance of a new Swinburne poem is noted as he finishes a dramatic tragedy in verse about Cesare Borgia. The piece, long labored on by the master poet, plays with the lives of the Borgias in a chapter of history.
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Swinburne
Caesare Borgias
New Edition Updates Motley's Dutch Nation and Griffis Works
An updated edition adds chapters and new material to Motley's Dutch Nation with the same care Griffis used in editing. The American Nation, a 27 volume history, is finished after seven years of work. A booklet on the work is available upon request.
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William Elliot Griffis
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Rex Beach
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