The Rooftree by John McGroarty
A poem from Wander Songs recalls a man who built a roottree home for his family. It follows his labor, family joys, and eventual death, then his loved ones and others long for the home and its memory. The piece ends with Ishmael seeking rest beside the old root tree. From Wander Songs. Grafton Publishing Co. Los Angeles.
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John 8. McGroarty
Ishmael
Grafton Publishing Co
Los Angeles
Poe Centenary Celebrations Across Institutions
The one hundredth birthday of Edgar Allan Poe is marked by events at Columbia University the Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences the University of Virginia the Free Library of Philadelphia and possibly the Authors Club of the city. Speakers include Thomas Nelson Page Brander Matthews and John Erskine while Poe Park will host a bronze tablet dedication. A memorial may be planned for West Point Library.
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Edgar Allan Pose
Columbia University
Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences
University of Virginia
Free Library of Philadelphia
Authors Club
Columbia
Thomas Nelson Page
Poe
Brander Matthews
John
Dowson and Eucken Highlight 1909 Literary Scene
Dowson’s novels co authored with Arthur Moore appear in the U.S. market. Rudolph Eucken, Nobel laureate and German philosopher, gains English exposure with The Problem of Human Life as viewed by great thinkers. The spread of Banzai, a controversial war tale by Parabellum, dominates European interest, while Dickens journalists are noted for the Bos Ball satire in New York.
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Dowson
R. H. Sherard
England
Miss Sinclair
Arthur Moore
Adrian Rome
Henry Holt & Co
Rudolph Eucken
Eucken
Europe
University of Jena
Prof
Swinburne
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Germany
United States
Japan
Baker & Taylor Company
Charlies Dickens
New York
Mars as the Abode of Life and Planetology
Review of Percival Lowell’s Mars study and his volume Mars as the Abode of Life. The article outlines Lowell’s Planetology linking the nebular hypothesis to Darwinian life, detailing Mars Earth and Moon stages and the birth of life in a steamy early Earth environment.
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R. Percival Lowell
Mars
Flagstaff
Aria
Macmillan Company
Mr. Lowell
Earth
Moon
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