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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1908
Page
17
An untitled poem excerpt contemplates whether the poet and elders hear the voices of eternity and the restless heart seeks meaning. The narrator wonders if the world is silent for them while others hear guiding streams, questioning if fame or pace can bridge the longing for divine or poetic speech.
The piece surveys literary anniversaries of 1908 noting the scarcity of major centenaries besides Longfellow Whittier and Cardinal Manning and the upcoming 300th anniversary of John Milton in 1608. It remarks on Richard Porson and the Porson Prize, lists other figures born or died in 1608 1708 1808 1408 and 1509, and previews Dr Walter Headlam’s Greek verse book bridging Greek and English classics.
The piece praises a project translating Shakespeare Shelley and others into Greek verse to showcase antiquity's tunic imagery. It notes Skylark and Shakespeare likely remain read in English while admiring the experiment's execution. It also chides E. Phillips Oppenheim's The Great Secret as an insult to American readers and mocks its Lenox episode.
New York Times reports a third century Oxyrhynchus scrap about Christ, set in Northern Egypt around 200 AD. The fragment records a dramatic incident and a Jesus centered conversation, with no new teachings, while earlier “Jesus saith” fragments received attention in a Detroit connection. Chicago reports cite dubious manuscript expertise.
William Hemstreet of Brooklyn narrows applicants for the Raven mantel to two, the Hamilton Club of Brooklyn and Columbia University. Charles A. Nelson of Columbia says President Butler wishes the mantel for Columbia, making a transfer likely once formalities are settled.
The Fortnightly Review will abandon serials as editor W. L. Courtney notes readers dislike monthly installments. With Maurice Hewlett’s The Stooping Lady ending, the magazine will replace serials with complete short stories in each issue.
Miss Birnie Philip sole executrix requests anyone with James McNeill Whistler letters to send them for possible publication. She promises careful handling and prompt return after copies are made. Communications directed to Miss Birnie Philip via the solicitors Watkin Williams Steel & Hart Capel House London.
The article reviews C W Saleeby's The Conquest of Cancer arguing a new approach from John Beard and Leyden's team. It notes trypsin and liver ferment as cancer suppressors, injections of defibrinated pig blood, and early heavy dosing to build immunity. It references Beard's 1902 predictions and Pasteurian ideas on molecular asymmetry.
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