Letters of the late Dean Hole
James Whiteley profiles Dean Samuel Reynolds Hole of Rochester, praising his manly character, broad influence, and genial letters. The review notes the newly published collection of about two hundred letters spans his life, cites connections with Thackeray, John Leech, and Punch, and assesses editor choices as neither deeply selective nor fully revealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Dean Hole
Benson
Joe Biray
Hale
Caunton Manor
Thackeray
John Leech
Rex
Ireland
Leech
Hole
Jack Russell
Apostle
Parsons
White House volumes praised as a source on history
A review lauds the bound volumes of Esther Berkeley Singletowns diary and letters, noting their vivid portraits of the era. It highlights abundant photographs, furniture and plate details, and a final chapter covering the White House up to 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Berless
Eld Singleton
Politica
John
Jefferson
Paris
Adams
Times
Miss Singletod
White House
George Washington
Madison
Scientist Catalogues a Portrait and 218 Illustrations
A Westminster Gazette note cites a publisher claiming a portrait of Sir Ray Lankester and 218 other illustrations in a work titled Eixtinet Anim. The item mocks the phrasing as an example of how exact truth can imply subtle unkindness.
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I Ray Lankester
KX. C. B
R. S
Westminster Gazette
Eden Phillpotts Goes Traveling A New Short Story Book
A review of Eden Phillpotts new collection The Folk Afield in which stories travel from Haypt to Algeria the Maritime Alps the Caribbean Sea and beyond. The writer praises Phillpotts gentle democratic view of humanity his descriptive gift and his tender sympathetic portrayal of humble characters often facing tragic fates with beauty and reverence.
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Devon
Uden Phillpotts
G. P. Putnam's Sons
SLA
Haypt
Algeria
Alps
Caribbean Sea
Mely
Spain
Tarice
Palestine
Canary Islands
Phillpotts
Ant
Mr. Phillpotts
Cheops
Vernon Lee Books Pope Jacynth and OThe Ry Reviewed
A critical notice on Vernon Lee’s two English works now in America: Pope Jacynth and Other Fantastic Tales and Essays on the Divine. It praises Lee’s color and fantasy across Italian, German, Augsburg and Toursaine settings, highlighting Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady and the charm of her travel essays.
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Vernon, Lee
England
Pope Jaynth
Italy
Durer
Alberic
Duke of
Luna
Cuult
Old New York Sketches of Old Tin and Places
A review of Charies Burred’s Old New York sketches compiled from preexisting reminiscences. It notes Landais the Alliance captain, the graveyards of St Patrick’s, the Two Marble Cemeteries, dockside shipbuilding recollections, and Brewere’s life masks of eminent Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chagies Burred
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Landais
Alliance
Paul Jones
Serapis
St. Patrick's
Brewere
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James Enspares Whiteley
Samuel Reynolds Hole
George A. B. Dewar
Ework
the Macmillan , Company
Benedict
Church Congress
Rory
Eden Phillpotts
Mr. Philipotts
Vernon Lee
Pope Jacinth
Othe Ry Vernon Lee
New-York
Joy
Sinus
Lew Pe Sh
Old New York
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