New Year's Literary Résumés Spark England's 1908 Outlook
London notes survey 1907 in fiction with emphasis on male authors dominating top novels, while Rueful Hueffer asks for realistic depictions of contemporary life. Kipling Canada talk, a giant Times anthology, and Walter Jerrold's Thackeray word “bally” mark a curious blend of trends as the year opens.
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Ondon
W. L. Courtney
Fortnightly Review
Courtney
Ford Maddox Hueffer
Hueffer
Times
Canada
Rudyard Kipling
Cape Town
London
The
England
Thackeray
Fraser’s Magazine
M. A. Titmarsh
Books in Boston announce new novels and literary notices
Boston announces a slate of upcoming titles from L. C. Page Co. and Little, Brown Co. with authors including T. Jenkins Hains, Mrs. Mary Imlay Taylor, Anna Chapin Ray, Grace Denio Litchfield, and Ada Woodruff Anderson. The London Spectator and Glasgow Herald weigh in on Napoleon era writings and Scottish fiction, highlighting Miss Reed and Miss Wiggin.
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Oston
Hocratius Cocles
Messrs. Little, Brown & Co
Mary Imlay Taylor
Anna Chapin Ray
Grace Denio Litchfield
Messrs. Harrison, Rhodes
Roman Doubleday
Fred M. White
Ada Woodruff Anderson
London Spectator
Glasgow Herald
Kdie Douglas Wiggin
Scaltaad
Penelope
Hakluyt
Samuel Johnson
Kinglake
Kingsley
Scotland
Stephenson Browne
The Settler by Herman Whitaker
Review notes a ranch romance set in Manitoba where Helen marries a cultured yet unpolished rancher. The story follows their struggle to build a true union amid daily irritations and growing understanding. Readers sense tenderness, real characters, and a life like atmosphere with occasional violence.
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Wild Plains
Herman Whitaker
Harper & Brothers
New York
Manitoba
Helen
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Theodore Ayrault Dodge
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University of Chicago
Greece
Rome
Hubert
John van Eyck
John Lane Company
West 32d St
Princess Nadine
Christian Reid
John Edwin Jackson
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Goffy
Gotty
Gov’nor
Arthur E. Copping
Will Owen
Jacobs
Atlanta News
Boston Globe
Mitchell Kennerly
By Hubert Wales
the Stuyvesant Press
Damascus
H. A. Mitchell Keays
Biblioteca Storica
Francesco Togci
Broadway
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