Questions on poetry authors and rare books in a readers’ page
Inquiries ask for author names and titles of poems and books, request value and availability of works by Kipling and others, and seek biographical details of Walter Pulitzer and John Oliver Hobbes. The column quotes responses with auction prices and publication history, offering leads for collectors and researchers.
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Richard Power
American Register
T. Dobson
Philadelphia
Boston
Readers respond with poems and literary queries
A reader advises on Mrs Paull and Byron poems and shares references to Kingsley letters, Abbey drawings, and verses. Others seek authors, locations, and copies of old poems and books, with notes on Burns, Boswell, and historic ballads.
Reader seeks authoritative report on experimental child school
A reader recounts an experimental school for six year olds run by two women with a child centered setting. The program reportedly advanced three years of work in eighteen months and was praised by educators though spelling lagged. The caller seeks magazine coverage, founder name, and similar examples to support faster learning for brilliant children.
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George Millard Davison II
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the Wayfarers
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