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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
21
Readers respond to reviews on Shakespearean authorship, Baconian theory, and Swift with reflections on literary secrecy. Letters discuss Lord Somers guidance, Swift, Scott, and Story, plus the American common sense ideal referencing religion and publishers.
The Saturday Review of Books argues that understanding America’s religion and culture starts with studying the lives of its founders. It lists figures like Paine, Washington, Franklin, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, and Emerson to illustrate how national character is shaped by these leaders.
Dr Charles L Dana argues against Esperanto as a world language and attacks its spelling reforms and supposed scholarship. Arcadius Avellanus defends Latin heritage and criticizesEsperantism as ignorant and rooted in Germanic spelling trends.
The late Poet Laureate Lord Tennyson disliked Louth Grammar School as a boy saying he hated it though he later valued its library. A recent exhibition of a marble bust by Garland and Millais’s engraved portrait at the Royal Academy highlights the school’s high regard for its illustrious alumnus despite his earlier memory of harsh treatment on becoming a peer.
The Fine Art Society’s gallery sale of a Knowles portrait offers the National Art Collection Fund a 3000 guinea option to buy for Britain. A gifted Louth school copy bears Millais’s autograph, while George H. Shepherd funds a bust and engraving in memory of his father. The Laensian notes the school’s pride in a tribute to its famed alumnus.
A correspondent asks if Bain's stories such as The Descent of the Sun and A Heifer of the Dawn are genuine translations from the Simha or Hindu sources. He cites The Athenaeum's skeptical notices and notes Putnam and state publishers claim the works are translations.
A reader praises Grace Denio Litchfield’s poem Narcissus in the New York Times Saturday Review of Books. The letter by Jane Moore of Atlanta extols the Greek atmosphere and classical allusions, quoting lines about Narcissus and spring. She hopes others share the joy the poem gave her.
The writer notes a curator-like parallel between Cooper’s use of veering out the cable to the better end and a moment in Robinson Crusoe where the ship rides with two anchors and cables veered out to the better end. The observation ties nautical vernacular across classic literature.
A letter from New York dated June 2 1908 argues over the term bitter end in nautical usage. The correspondent cites Falconers Marine Dictionary Smyth and Benchers Sailor's Word Book and Hamerly's Naval Encyclopaedia to support his view that the bitter end is the clinching end, sometimes bent to the anchor. He notes that the first forty fathoms of a 115 fathom cable wear out and suggests both Robinson Crusoe and Moses Marble referenced the term. He invites further expert settlement.
A reader letter discusses Frederic Ladd's The Woman Pays, arguing the story centers on a woman's punishment for moral transgression while the husband remains guiltless. The writer contends conventional views render women more accountable for wrongdoing, a burden passed through generations from mother to daughter.
A critical note on Harold Bindloss's Delilah of the Snows set in Northwest Canada. Walter Ingleby drifts to socialism and radical friends, Leger faces arrest over a reckless act, and Hetty Leger joins as bread supplier while choosing between Grace Coulthurst and Hetty. The tale includes few frontiersman escapades and feels tame for a rugged setting.
The Rev E Y Mullins D D a Baptist pastor presents The Axioms of Religion a concise 100 page work detailing fundamental faith and discussions on baptism infant baptism and immersion In a chapter titled The Social Axiom he addresses modern issues including child custody divorce and graft and the churchs duty Mullins conclusions are sincere and cultivated deserving respectful attention from readers regardless of denomination Published by American Baptist Publication Society at a dollar net.
A reprint of Jom Talvot Smith's The Training of a Priest with a Preface and Bishop McQuaid essay on Our American Seminaries. The work, first issued in 1896, appeals to Catholics and non Catholics alike for its clear training account, graceful style, sound judgment, and broad view despite past criticism.
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