A Little Land and a Living Book Review
The review praises Bolton Hall's plan for intensive farming on small plots as a hopeful path for independents. It cites examples from Japan Jersey France and notes Hall argues one acre can yield 300 to 550 bushels of onions with smart methods. It contrasts small plots with distant large farms and stresses practical value amid utopian tones.
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Mr. Bolton Hall
Am Cndia Press
Hall
Japan
Jersey
English Channel
Staten Island
France
Mr. Hall
Antaeus
Prospect of success in Hall’s plan attracts readers
The passage notes that while success varies by case, Hall's proposal offers alluring possibilities. It urges reading for those seeking personal improvement and for benefactors who can aid others less fortunate in worldly goods.
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Hall
The Woman Pays by Frederic P. Ladd
Victorian heroine Victoria Kent is pursued by a charming unmarried clergyman. The husband confronts the minister and later remarries after Victoria’s plunge from a lake boat. The tale, set in New York urban life, ends with the woman paying for her actions.
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Mitchel Kemberly
Frederic P. Ladd
Mr. Ladd
Victoria Kent
Victoria
New York
Lives of Great English Writers from Chaucer to Browning
Prof Francis B Gummere and Prof Walter S Hinchman contribute to a new series of biographies from Houghton Mifflin The books present concise lives showing time and environment effects on the authors without heavy critique They include a brief bibliography a chronological table and a literary map as useful study aids.
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Francis B. Gummere
Haverford College
Chaucer
Browning
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Life of Lamar Fontaine Explores Bold Adventurer
A review of My Life and My Lectures by Lamar Fontaine recounts his early capture by Indians for five years and a sixteen year world odyssey. The book blends peril with humor as Fontaine portrays captive exploits, hunting, exploration, travel, and military service with vivid incidents.
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Lamar Fontaine
Fontaine
Neale Publishing Company
Varieties of Sin A Wesleyan Study by Charles Newman Curtis
A 1907 Troy Conference address collection analysis by Charles N Curtis, detailing diverse sin types from a Wesleyan perspective and concluding with salvation methods. Eaton & Mains and Jennings & Graham publish the volume at $1.25.
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Charles Newman Curtis
Troy
Saratoga
Eaton & Mains
New York
Jennings & Graham
Cincinnati
Seven Women of Gallic Temper in Pilon’s Muses Book
Edward Pilon’s 1908 Paris study of seven Frenchwomen profiles Mme d Aulnoy Carmel Pilon and other salons era figures. It contrasts their charm and passions with the author’s sculptor lineage and notes their wit, vanity, talents, and lasting cultural impact in early 20th century Paris.
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Onsieur
Edmond Pilon
Jadis
Paris
Germain Pilon
Valois
M. Pilon
Mme. d'Aulnoy
Mme. d’Aulnoy
Spain
Gemi
Mmes
Carmel
Pilon
Mme Conrad
Mme. Pilon
France
Voltaire
Mme Denis
Mme. Denis
Mme. Greuze
Diderot
Greuze
Broken Jug and Notable Women in Pilon Gallery
The piece notes a deceitful yet influential woman who inspired a man to riches but spurned him with costly quarrels ending in a prettily broken matrimonial jug. It also cites Mme Cottin and Mrs Cook as notable figures in Pilon’s gallery of famous women, praising French refinement in portraiture.
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Mme. Cottin
Upton Sinclair to Publish The Money Changers This Fall
Upton Sinclair will publish a new novel The Money Changers this fall through B W Dodge & Co It continues characters from The Metropolis and aims to present New York City business and social life as part of a trilogy The main plot is tied to the 1907 financial panic in real history.
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Upton Sinclair
B. W. Dodge & Co
Metropolis
New York City
Itg Curaux
Also Mentioned on This Page
Monsieur Edmond Pilon
Edward Pilon
Clete Nes Mercure de Francs
Maurice
Hewlett’s
England
Tribune
Charles Scribner's Sons
Alice Brown
Rose Macleod
Indianapolis Star
Brooklyn Eagle
George L. Walton
J. B. Lippincott Co
Philadelphia
Thomas Chatterton
Charles Edward Russell
N. Y
Stretford
George G. Greenwood
Macartney
Halliday Macartney
John Lane
International Studio
Wew York
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