Jerome Curtin’s Mongol History in Roosevelt Foreword
A long review praises Jeremiah Curtin’s The Mongols A History with Roosevelt foreword. It notes Curtin’s concise summary of Jinghis Khan and the Mongols rise to power, their methods of conquest, and the vast historical reach across China Persia Islam Europe.
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Jinghis Khan
Roosevelt
Jeremiah Curtin
Little, Brown & Co
Curtin
White House
Harrison
Frederick T. Greenhalge
Greenhalge
Theodore Roosevelt
Civil Service Commission
Mr. Curtin
America
Sienkiewicz
Europe
Curtip
Genghis Khan
Yellow Sea
Adriatic
Persian Gulf
Salamis Asia
Timour the Limper
Bazazet
Selim
Amarath
Baber
Akbar
Africa
Spain
Barbarossa
Asia Minor
Jerusalem
Frederick II
Russia
Moscow
Hungary
Poland
Bagdad
India
Mohammedan
China
Persia
Germany
Silesia
Egypt
Japan
Joplin
Temiudjin
Temudjin
Keralon
Jinghis
Tangut
Ogotai
Hulagu
Mangu
Mostassim
Kalif
Syria
Mauries Hewlett
Nippon
Petrarch and the Ancient World A critical review
A review of Pierre de Nojihae's Petrarch and the Ancient World from The Hypmanist's Library praising the book as a fine reproduction in its format while noting its contents may disappoint modern readers. It discusses Petrarch as Renaissance initiator, Virgil and Cicero praise, and the tension with scholastic thought in Petrarch’s era.
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Petrarch
Pierre de Nojihae
Hypmanist’s Library
Merrymount Press
Boston
Soc
Leonardo
Erasmus
Sidney
M. de Noilhac
Advocates of Modernity Face Utility Claims in Setting
In a public setting critics argue that modernity’s supporters claim all useful learning is exhausted by schoolmen. The scene contrasts this bold claim with a cautious discussion about science and its role in contemporary learning. The exchange highlights tension between bold progress and measured inquiry.
Life of Rabelais reviewed in French Men of Letters series
Arthur Tilleys Life of Francois Rabelais is praised as the best available biographical work though early life details remain unknown. The later chapters analyze Gargantua and Pantagruel and assess Rabelais art and philosophy. J B Lippincott Philadelphia published the volume with index and bibliography.
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Francois Rabelais
Arthur Tilley
Tilley
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Doubleday. Page & Co
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Sanderson
Jane OF
Kentucky
Eliza Calvert Hall
Zona Gale
Pelleas
Etarre
Horace Fletcher
A.C. McClurg & CO
Chicago
Italy
Edmund G. Gardner
Ferrara
St. Catherine of Siena
Gardner
St. Catherine
Paul Sabatier
St. Francis
John Addington Symons
E. PD. Dutton & Company
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