Moffett Novel A King in Rags Draws Mixed Praise
A February New York Times review lauds Russell Moffett’s A King in Rags for its vivid urban detail and vigorous social conflict. It notes strong character contrasts and a clear vision but questions pacing and a slightly weakened ending, comparing the work to Balzac in ambition and to a biography styled for mass readers.
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Leveland Moffe
Appleton & Co
Balkans
New York
Iis
Soners
Haymarket
Sime
Moffett
Charles Kiein
Mr. Moffett
Klein
Ife
Balzac
Andrew Jackson in a spirited, semi fictional biography
Alfred Henry Lewis presents a lively though partly fanciful account of Andrew Jackson from his early Western moves to his death. The work adopts Jackson’s own viewpoint, portraying him as vigorous, bold, and opposed by villains who he labels as unworthy foes.
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Alfred Henry Lewis
Andrew Jackson
D. Appleton & Co
Gen. Jackson
North Carolina
Cumberland
Mr. Lewis
Gen Jackson
Jackson
The Code of Jal jot A Romance of Old New Orleans
Edward Childs Carpenter crafts a historical romance set in Louisiana during its transfer to the United States. The tale follows Victor Jallot a barber and performer who rises in Parisian and Creole society, his love Antoinette Froebel, a secret slave scandal, Delicado’s conspiracy, and a dramatic climax amid social upheaval in old New Orleans.
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Victor Jallot
New Orleans
Edward Childs Carpenter
Elenore Plaisted- Abbott
Philadelphia
George W. Jacobs & Co
Louisiana
France
United States
Vietor Jallot
Antoinette Froebel
Antoinette
Ludwig Froebel
Delicade
Jallot
Old Froebel
Janet
Ntoinette
Versailles
Yolande
The
Henri Louis de Guiche
Paradise of Adam volume slated for spring release
The book titled The Paradise of Adam presents an intimate portrait of the native in Ceylon and sets aside Lemuria and other evolution hypotheses. It is not about evolution and will be published this spring by the John Lane Company.
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Ceylon
Hueckel
Suavant
Asia
John Lane Company
Seismic Works Reviewed For Popular Readers
A 1907 critique compares Hobbs's Seismic Geology and Houston’s Wonder Book of Earthquakes, praising Hobbs for clear science and noting Houston’s sensational popular treatment. It highlights diagrams, photographs, and dramatic plates, including Vesuvius and Atlantis, while warning the latter leans toward entertaining lore over strict science.
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William _ Herbert Hobbs
University , Michigan
New York
Sikes & Co
Prowin J. Houston
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Houston
Vesuvius
Sodom
Gomorrah
Lot
Atlantis
Atlantic
Hobbs
Mount Taylor
Church
Cotopaxi
A Reforming Landlord Tells Irish Farm Tale
Canon Sheehan narrates a tale from Lisheen about a landlord who mingled with Irish peasants in County Kerry posing as a farm laborer and living among them to better understand their lives.
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Canon Sheehan
Longmans, Green, & Con
County
Kerry
Da Tiburzi and Musolino Brigands In Italian Life
Adolfo Rossi reviews Signor Rossi and Francesco Tocci's Da Tiburzi gi Musolino a psychological study of Italian brigandage. The book chronicles the Tiburzi and Musolino eras, their regional sway near Rome and Calabria, and the undercurrents of social psychology shaping outlaw culture.
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Signor
Signor Rossi
la Tribuna
Rome
Francesco Tocci
Menichetti Damiano
Tiburzi
New England
C’ ‘Ain
Italy
America
Signor Tocci
Ex Governor Urussov Estate and Memoirs Work
The estate of Prince Serge Dmitriyevich Urussov, residing in Kaluga province at Razva, hosts his duties as landlord and reform promoter while he compiles memoirs for a later collection.
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Serge Dmitriyevich Urussov
Kaluga
Razva
Urussov
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Old New Orleans
Mr. Carpenter
Adam
Hoebel
Areto
Adolfo
la Tribuna di Roma
Francesco Tuccl
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