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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1908
Page
23
Letters discuss Esperanto reform efforts led by delegates and critics of Zamenhof. Arguments cover accusative usage, word formation, and the Ido scheme, with comparisons to natural languages. Other correspondents fault Latin rigidity and urge modern, regularized international communication.
The item notes surprise at the prominence of Latin as a world language and cites a renowned writer on nervous and mental diseases. It highlights curiosity about linguistic reach and scholarly authority in the field.
Brooklyn letter discusses Noah Webster and his 1790 Essays and Fugitive Writings preface. It notes Webster’s claim that spelling reform began before Elizabethan times and argues for gradual modern spelling over older forms. The writer supports reform and questions adherence to traditional orthography.
In a letter from B G Cooper of Pittston dated July 15 he asks if modern research confirms writing was used in Homer's era about 200 years B C. He wonders if poetry then was the work of a single writer or of rhapsodists singing across places.
The reader notes a remark questioning Conder’s scientist credentials and his stance in The Rise of Man. The fragment hints at doubt about the author’s scientific authority within the review.
BENJAMIN DE CASSERES writes from New York on Tolstoy as artist and prophet. The piece argues Tolstoy embodies both genius and paradox, likening him to Goethe's Faust and praising his novels Anna Karenina War and Peace and Ivan Ilyitch as keys to the human soul.
The notice praises Jonas Lie as a sea poet and highlights his portrayal of women as central figures rather than accessories. It notes his role in modern Norwegian fiction with Ibsen and the feminist movement, including types like the self effaced housewife and the strong independent girl, and references a tale from The Family at Gilje about Harald Fairhair and Gyda.
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