The Charm of the English Village by P H Ditchfield
A critic admires Ditchfield’s study of rural England noting the sturdy village character, traditional materials, and skilled craft. It highlights thatched roofs, timber work, garden charm, and the blend of rustic life with gentle modernity, plus anecdotes on cottage gardens and village industry.
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Charles Scribner's Sons
Avenue
New York
Newbury
Jack
Zephine Humphrey
George Cary Eggleston
Srcacske
Henry Holt & CO
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Call of the Wood Poem Found in Subway Treasures
A reader reports discovering a tiny booklet titled A Bit of Verse Printed for a few Friends by J. George Frederick in a half deserted subway car. One poem titled The Call of the Wood extols nature and friendship, with lines of pine forests, fox lairs, and nocturnal song.
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Paul Burton
NEW York Times Saturday Review of Books
J. George Frederick
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Might Have Been Writers Across Nations
The Bookman argues national origin hardly changes literary essence. It suggests Gibbon could have written in French and achieved similar impact. Teutonic critics claim Shakespeare reads best in German, and Ibsen might differ if born in Scotland.
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Gibbon
Ibsen
Scotland
Bookman
Shakespeare’s Fame Outlives Him in National Review Tribute
Charles Whibley hails Shakespeare as eternally famous beyond deeds or words. Death grants true immortality, living on in lips and minds of men, as recorded in The National Review.
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Rich
Charles Whibley
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National Review
The Talking Irish and reading habits noted
Mrs Katharine Tynan in The Catholic World says the Irish are not readers but prefer talking and social exchange over long printed material. She notes their restlessness and desire for evening sympathy making deep reading unlikely.
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Katharine Tynan
State of memory in literature shifts away from personal reminiscence
The piece notes a generations long move away from autobiographic reminiscence in literature. It argues writers now avoid intimate personal circumstances, becoming shy or ridiculing the past selves. It cites Byron Wordsworth Tom Hood Rousseau Lamb and Morris as examples of earlier intense personal reminiscence now distant from modern sensibilities. The editor reflects in Harper's Magazine.
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Wordsworth
Tom Hood
de Quincey
Elia
Dickens
David Copperfield
Donald G. Mitchel
Rousseau
Charles Lamb
Morris
The
Woodman
Harper's Magazine
Tradition of living narrative differs from written tale
The essay argues that living traditions survive by constant, precise repetition. A peasant preserves a ballad or tale with fixed gestures, timing, and phrases, changing only with context but never losing core phrases. The educated mind, by contrast, reshapes stories with each telling, losing the original cadence.
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Walter Scott
Jack
Tommy
The
Academy
The Russian Poe and Andreyev Compared
The essay contrasts Andreyev with Poe, noting a shared morbid atmosphere but arguing Andreyev is more a humanist and revolutionary writer. It highlights Andreyev's preoccupation with life’s darker, diseased aspects and his relation to Russian upheaval, rather than pure imaginative dreamwork.
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Edgar Allan Poe
Poe
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