A Mysterious Plot The Four Pools Mystery Review
A New York review of The Four Pools Mystery lauds Terence Ix Patten as a witty investigator solving a tale set in Luray Cave with ghosts and a Colonel Gaylord murder. The critique praises pace humor and Southland flavor while noting an unnamed author and strong character work. The piece also comments on the Satchel Guide’s usefulness for European travel and for first time visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherlock Holmes
Terence Ix. Patten
The
Post Dispatch
Luray Cave
Col. Gaylord
Hants
Terence Patten
oGat Wren
Mattison
Terence
Polly Mathers
Polly
Graud
Southland
Terry
New York
Chicago
Post-Dispatch
Advantage of Trade Training Industrial Education
Review of Harlow Stafford Person's book on trade and technical education contrasts Germany and the United States showing how rigorous industrial training boosts individual earnings and national productivity. It argues for expanded public support for manual and industrial schools and warns against wage-raising trade regulations that limit skilled labor supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlow Stafford Person
Tuck School of Finance
Dartmouth College
Boston
New York
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
R. Person
Germany
United States
Uncle Sam
Technological School
Altars to Mammon and the Minister’s Dilemma
A review of Elizabeth Nef’s Altars to Mammon set in a western Alleghany mining town. A young minister confronts a ruthless, wealthy employer who funds churches while exploiting workers. The plot blends religion, conscience, and social reform as the hero balances faith, love, and practical betterment, ending with a stand for conscience over clerical comfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ove
Elizabeth Nef
Mammon
Frederick A. Stokes
Baltimore
Alleghany Mountain
Dedland
Aubsidh
The Iron Lord in Scotland by Robert W. Crockett
A Scots mining tale centers on the Incubs mine owner known as the iron lord and his hidden daughter in Kirktown. The plot is loose but vivid with industrial pace, strong scenes of mine life, and a cast of bewildering characters, led by striking employer-employee tensions.
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R Crockett
Empire Book Company
New York
Incubs
Kirktown
Scotland
Hebrides
Incubus Mines
Parker Centenary Editions Highlight Theologian and Reformer
The Centenary Editions of Theodore Parker’s works are praised as essential for American theology and social reform. Editors Higginson Cooke present Discourse of Religion and The American Scholar, with a third volume of sixteen lectures, eight new or unpublished in America. The set, born from Parker’s anti slavery stance and free Unitarian ideas, benefits from strong introductions, good print, and low price.
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Theodore Parker
Parker
Channing
Boston Association of Unitarian Ministers
Frothingham
Efe
Satchel Guide for Vacation Tourist in Europe
Dr William James Rolfe II presents The Satchel Guide to Europe with maps in its first 1908 edition from Houghton Mifflin priced at $1 50. The work has guided thousands of travelers and will continue to do so as a practical companion for European journeys.
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Europe
William James Rolfe
Domo
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
W. J.rolfe
A Tale of Indiana The Stuff of a Man
Katharine Iovans Blake presents The Stuff of a Man a Southern Indiana narrative near the Kentucky border. The book compares to Thomas Dixon Jr. for balanced treatment of the race issue and hints at a saner approach to the Negro question. Clay Hardesty a young Kentuckian inherits a fortune from his aunt setting a path for the story.
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Blufftown
Indiana
Hardesty
Philo Dorsey
Judge Ochiltree
Dorsey
Damoris “Ochiltree
Katharine Iovans Blake
Haven
Indianapolis
The
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Kentucky
Thomas Dixon, Jr
Clay Hardesty
Charles Vs Great Grandson The Court of Philip IV
Martin Hume reviews a new history of Philip IV and Spain’s decadence, arguing it is the first comprehensive modern study of Philip IV’s reign and the era’s society. The work covers court life, politics, and notable figures, with portraits and ample illustration and a detailed index.
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the Court
Philip TY
Spain
Martin Hume
New York
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Charles V
France
Major Hume
Dunlop
Europe
Philip IV
Valladolid
Philip III
Charles VV
Velasquez
Olivares
Charles I
Cromwell
England
Richelieu
Mazarin
Louis XIII
Louis XIV
Philip
Infanta
Charles
Buckingham
Jamie
Ascham
Miver Hume
Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode review
A muted critique notes Marie Van Vorst’s Sentimental Adventures from Dolly Dialogues influence. Jimmy Bulstrode pursues idealized romance while aiding women with husbands across Washington Square Paris Trouville and London, but the tale leans toward sentiment over genuine adventure and words outweigh action.
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Jimmy Bulstrode
Charles Scribner's Sons
Marie van Vorst
VanBibber
Sir Galahad
Mr. Carter
Dolly
Jimmy
Washington Square
Paris
Italia
Trouville
New York
Iingland
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the Century Company
F. Dana Marsh
Love and Industry
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
American Unitarian Association
American Scholar
George Willis Cooke
African Unitarian Assatian
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