The Czar of Russia at Home by Elisabeth Cary
Review of Hodgett’s The Court of Russia in the Nineteenth Century noting aims to entertain. coverage spans Alexander I to Nicholas II with anecdotes on court life and personality. The critic admires some fresh judgment, criticizes language, and cites calls for reform and representative institutions in Russia.
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St. Petersburg
Bradley Hodgetts
Russia
Russian Empire
Moscow
Opera House
Nicholas
Alexander II
Hodgett
Alexander III
Nicholas II
Sir William Grove
Hampshire in text and pictures review of storied pasts
A review notes the volume Hampshire in Text and Pictures by Read and Connor. It highlights Winchester Portsmouth Hurley Basingstoke Selborne Lymington and other sites linked to England’s history and prominent figures. The drawings are described as satisfactory though not remarkable.
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Ix Hunt
John Keble
Richard
Romwell
Clinton
Oliver
Richard Ws
Basingstoke
St. John
Elizabeth
Paulet
Winch
Hampshire
Rosamond
Lymington
Selbourne
Gilbert White
Read
Letters to a Business Girl review from 1920s advice book
The piece critiques Florence Wenderroth Saunders "Letters to a Business Girl" for offering prescriptive guidance on career dress, modesty, and marriage. It notes many similar volumes push thrift and dignity while discouraging romantic or financial considerations, yet finds some breadth beyond typical counsel.
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Florence Wenderroth Saunders
Laird & Lee
Chicago
Letters From a Mother on a Small Farm Inspire Daughters
A mother living on a small farm with help from her young son shares letters revealing real neighborly humanity and everyday struggles. She notes her past as a businesswoman and residence at the Christian Retreat, now guiding daughters with practical advice.
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Sma
Elgin Botanic Garden Monograph Details 1790 Treaty Link
Ex Judge Addison Brown narrates The Elgin Botanic Garden history its relation to Columbia College and the 1790 Vermont treaty. The study covers location between Fifth and Sixth Avenues and Forty seventh to Fifty first Streets and Dr David Slosack’s land purchase for 4800 dollars plus wheat rent. It analyzes legislative intent behind the 1814 grant and compensation for army losses or injuries to Columbia College.
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Elgin Botanic Garden
Columbia College
Stampshire
Vermont
Addison Brown
New Era Printing Co
Lancaster
Penn
Elgin Botanical Garden
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Forty-seventh
Fifty-first
David Slosack
Judge Brown
Tolumbia College
A New Herford Book Monologues by Beatrica Terford
A review notes monologues lose spontaneity when printed while praising Miss Hoerfort’s world in this time as well as the mirrors of nature it holds. The book features Beatrica Terford monologues with illustrations by Oliver and Tierford and is published by Scribner’s Sons.
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Miss Hoerfort
Beatrica Terford
Oliver, Tierford, &Co
New York
Charles Scribner's Sens
Wisdom of the East Series price list item
A tender listing of book titles in The Wisdom of the East Series including The Teachings of cecal tr and The Way of the Buddha with prices noted as 60 cents net for several works and mentions of Confucius and Persian mystics.
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Cecal Tr
Confucius
Sa’ di
Israel
Ptah-Hotep
Sadi
Scroll of Wisdom
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Hodgetts
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Wisdom of the East
N. Y
E. P. Dutton & Company
West 23d Street
Helene Freston
Nc. &E
Broadway Publishing
Detroit News
Charles F. Holder
Outing Publishing Company
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