Humanistic questions answered in 1900s column
Readers seek literary and historical clarifications. The Q&A covers zodiac signs and the Star of the Magi with Edersheim's references, origins of the word lady, a Napoleon medal, Michael J. F. McCarthy and his works, plus a poem about life by Miss H. A. H. The column also offers poems and brief author details for public inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Petrarch
Comte
Burckhardt
Middlemore
Voight
J. A. Symonds
Owen
Jebb
Pastor
Einstein
England
Gasquet
Auguste Comte
John Stuart Mill
The
Inquirer
St. Helena
France
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon I
Michael J. F. McCarthy
Michael John Fitzgerald McCarthy
Middleton
County Cork
Ireland
Margaret Ronayne
Rome
Far East
England and
Wales
Fees Road
Wimbledon
S. W
Engand
Answers from Readers. RLL. C WAITE poem note
A reader note cites a poem beginning There came to port last Sunday night and comments on wording quoted from A WAITE. The snippet references a reader response to a verse in the column Answers from Readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waite
Literary Notes and Verses on Poems and Translations
A survey of poem attributions to several authors and editions, noting misattributions to Ruth G. D. Havens and others. It lists translations and verses from Goethe and Kempis, references to Faustina Hasse Hoeges, and classic phrases about seeking and learning, with commentary on origin and misdating.
Readers ask for poems and lines in old verses
A reader asks for the words of a poem whose last line refrain claims he is a gentleman no matter what he did. Others seek verses from Macaulay, a poem starting My heart today is farewells, and a drinking song about hazel eyes. Contributions may help identify sources and full texts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duty
E. K
Macaulay
Savage
Africa
Ito
London
Dee
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Ll. J. Solomon
Henry van Dyke
Alfred Edersheim
Jesus
Edersheim
Abarbanel
Abrabanel
Jupiter
Mars
Kepier
Saturn
Humboldt
Pingré
Jerusalem
Beth- Tehem
Bethlehem
Miinter
FE. H. Neary
Bret Harte
James
Orcester
Clarendon Press
Oxford
James A. H. Murray
Charles F. French
Emperor
Napoleon
Eyta
Gan
George Macdonald
George Cooper
Mortimer Thompson
Susan ‘Thompson
Mr. Cable
Stedman
Ruth G. D. Havens
Metropolitan Magazine
Greystone
W. Caldwell
Faustina Hasse Hoeges
Schirmer
Union Square
R. Walters
Gustave G. Lansing
Goethe
E. G
John Lubbock
Thomas Kempis
Cornelius A Lapide
Cornelis van den Steen
Kemnis
Zwoll
Angello
Mbello
Midelus
Kempls
M. J
Boatman
New York Tribune
Amanda T. Jones
Junction City
Kaa
Farewars
Vesuvian Bay
Anderson Auction Company
Bargs & Co
West 29Th Street
New York
Nellie Malcolm
North America
Hopkins
Boston
Hennepin
Schoolcraft
Alhana
Capt. Eastman
Rigers
America
McKenney
Lakes
Drake
George M. Williamson
Grand View-on-Madson
N. J
Washington
Hawthorne
Whistler
G. A. Sala
Robert Oui Stevenson
Dickens
Boz
Bryant
Whitman
Longfellow
Lowell
Holmes
Thoreau
Madison
Merwin-Clayton Sales Co
East 26Th St
Standard Books
Gramervy
Adams Studios
East 42d
Ret
Madison Avs
Sinccesaine
Success Magazine
Washington Square
Margaret Morley
Edward W. Bok
Janot Home Journal
AC Meclerg & CO
Chicago
E Library
East 23d St
L& Foliette
Emly Bishop
Econ
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