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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1902
Page
28
A catalog lists multiple sets of piano solo, vocal, organ, violin, and orchestral scores. Prices range from $5.00 to $40.00 with numerous volumes and selections from Romantic to modern composers including Wagner, Chopin, and Oratorios.
A reader praises Dickens for Bible references and Christian themes across his works. Cites passages from Dombey and Son and A Christmas Tree, and notes Dickens’s letters about the New Testament and Christ’s life. Concludes with blessings and a Tiny Tim toast. Brooklyn, Dec 15, 1902.
In this letter to the editor the writer notes conflicting birth and death dates for Aubrey Beardsley across sources. Names such as Robert Ross H C Marillier Hazell’s Annual Who’s Who and Encyclopaedia Britannica are cited with varied years and two different death dates, asking readers to clarify the matter. The piece is dated New York December 15 1902.
Augustus C. Buell argues Jackson was born in South Carolina, a view echoed by Jackson’s own proclamation to South Carolinians. The article notes Jackson left his birthplace area as a youth, later in Tennessee, and cites James Parton’s pre Civil War visit and exhaustive inquiry into the birthplace question.
A. J. Chipman notes a historical discrepancy in Andrew Jackson's birthplace. He states Jackson was born in Union County, North Carolina on March 15 1767 but believed he was born in South Carolina, a point he treats as highly certain yet mistaken.
Agnes E Blanchard praises Rudyard Kipling's new poem Pan in Vermont in The New York Times Saturday Review of Books. She finds the seedsman conceit clever and amusing and notes the poignant final couplet about the Mayflower beneath her snow and the absent poet.
A reader defends Mrs Edgeworth and Jacob Abbott works against dismissive labels calling them outdated. The letter praises Rollo Lucy Florence and Edgeworth pedagogy while contrasting Vielé’s The Last of the Knickerbockers as wholesome enduring fiction with strong atmosphere and steady craft.
E. V. Lucas announces a new edition of the Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb and appeals to owners of Lamb manuscripts in America for cooperation. He asks owners to contact G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York for copying or collation arrangements, from Edenbridge England dated December 2, 1902.
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