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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1908
Page
27
Readers seek bibliographic critiques of Keats and Meredith allusions, details on Ethel Voynich and The Gadfly, value of Edwards 1747 works, seven volumes of Spanish tales, and Mother Shipton prophecies. Entries cite editions, publication years, authors, and noted reception or rarity across multiple sources.
The article reviews claims about Mother Shipton and forged 17th century verses. It details Hindley’s garbled 1667 Life and Death of Mother Shipton, his 1873 admission of forgery, and the dubious 1881 end of the world prophecy. It also discusses Wilkie Collins and family connections to Dickens.
Inquiries seek a Griffin biography of George D. Prentice and editions of Sayings of Jesus Oxyrhynchus works. Also asks value of Lanus Veneris London 1866 and a Nürnberg Bible printed 2691 Endters Seehnen, noting edition defects reduce value.
Readers correct misattributions of poems and provide sources for lines quoted in earlier issues. They name authors such as Oliver Wendell Holmes, William Thom, James Ballantine, Mary F. Butts, and Mary Morford, and discuss attributions to Dr. Jacob Bigelow and others with publication details and requests for copies.
Readers request the sources of quoted lines including a steamship hymn, a Christmastide verse, a sunbeam hymn, and religious quotations. They ask who wrote the lines about self restraint and saints, identify Miss Agnes Repplier reference to Mr Chesterton, and clarify Brewer's Hand-Book claim about Paul Chesterton in Morton's works.
Inquiries request attribution for a Shakespeare line about moments hastening to their end, identification of a poem ending with Now unto Thy tender keeping Leave we Thou Thy servant sleeping, and authorship of St John the Aged from The Epworth Herald January 1903, plus a Repplier reference.
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