Checkers and Draughts See Rich Bibliography Value
A 1908 New York piece surveys Mr. Call’s bibliography of checkers literature. It traces the game's ancient roots from Latrunculi to modern English draughts, notes Spain’s Canalejas and Garces treatises, and highlights collectors and key works like Pearce and Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyramids
Persia
Mr. Call
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Strutt
Call
Paris
Pierre Mallet
Mallet
Canalejas
Garces
Pierre ,Mallet
Quercetain
England
United States
William Timothy Call
New York
The Soul of Croesus ends in a wealth bound tale
Standish Vandraken, a young American with 200000000 inherits wealth and blazes through London society. He buys pleasure via an invention that lets another take the costs, sinks into debauchery, then true love and a political plot emerge. The millionaire dies and bequeaths funds to curb future fortunes, while the book offers sharp, entertaining trimming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoever
Gerald Villiers-Stuart
Croesus
Cuppers & Leon Company, Publishers
Standish Vandraken
London
Lord Ancester
Piccadilly
Vandraken
Abdul von Tarsenheim
von Tarsenheim
Vandrake
United States
Villiers-Stuart
Lesson of Simplicity in Cottage Architecture
A 1908 study of old cottages and farm houses with 100 collotype plates by W Galsworthy Davie and sketches by W Curtis Green argues for restoring traditional building arts without crass imitation. It honors William Morris and the Gothic revivalists who linked ancient forms to modern architectural education and practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Galsworthy Davie
W. Curtis Green
New York
William Helburn
East Sixteenth Street
Green
William Morris
Morris
Skin
Simple cottage design bridges beauty and practicality
The author argues old buildings show a surprising simplicity in design and construction that remains effective across eras. Cottages photographed suit modern country houses on small lots, suggesting America should favor homely, moderate cottage styles over extravagant suburban monstrosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Letters to a Workingman reviewed in The Spectator
The London Spectator editor J. St. Lee Strachey published Letters to a Workingman Macmillan small volume 25 cents compiling Problems and Perils of Socialism The piece notes Strachey argues capital must be employed by labor to relieve poverty but warns against socialism while suggesting wealth tends to spread to laborers yet acknowledges the paradox of capital in few hands and the laborer’s claim on wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. St. Lee Strachey
London Spectator
Macmillan & Co
Strachey
Law
Mr. Strachey
Mr.Strachey
Orrs Island Romance Featured In Brunhilda Tale
A young woman rescues a ride aboard the steam yacht Phyllis and travels to Orrs Island where she marries Nelson Thomas of New York by summer’s end. The novel Brunhilda of Orrs Island by William Jasper Nicolls blends island life with a romantic courtship and witty local color.
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Phyllis
Casco Bay
Orr’s Island
William Jasper Nicolls
Brunhilda
George W. Jacobs & Co
Hagan Gunther
Nelson Thomas
New York
Orr's Island
Paragon
Hfe
Rose MacLeod praised by critics across the press
The novel receives high praise from Springheld Union London Punch and Boston Transcript. Alice Brown’s Ross MacLeod is praised for pure lovemaking scenes imaginative storytelling and a blend of light comedy and serious drama. Critics call it ambitious with potential for broad popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Brown
Rose MacLeod
Milwaukie Free Press
Alice Brown
London Punch
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Checkers
W. Payne
Payne
Pearce
Andrew Anderson
Glasgow
Anderson
Orr’s Island Romance
Seattle Post- Intelligencer
Park St
Boston
Suse
All Booksellers
Houghton Mifflin Company
Fifth Ave
N.Y
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