Queries on classic works and rare books in a 19th century column
The column answers reader questions about book values and editions. It discusses The Practice of Piety by Bishop Bayly, its editions and translations, and debunks ownership claims about Priscilla Smith. It also assesses values for Recent Ideals in American Art and Flameng editions of the Decameron, and notes Roget’s Thesaurus latest edition.
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J. (. Densten
London
Dover
Priscilla Smith
John Smith
Pocahontas
John Bunyan
Elstow
Bunyan
Arthur Dent
Essex County
Lewis Bayly
Bangor
Bishop Bayly
Oxford
Henry, Prince of Wales
Cambridge
Mass
Bayly
P. E
P. M. Roget
Roget
Longmans, Green & Co
Z. Y. Crowell & Co
J. B. Lippincott
Philadelphia
Answers from Readers on Poem Requests and Paraphrases
A long reader exchange discusses poems and sources. It names Arthur Symons’s The Knife Thrower, The Battle of Buena Vista by Gen. Albert Pike, and a paraphrase by William Willis based on Mrs. A. J. Stanley. It also cites Magdalena or The Spanish Duel by John Francis Waller and references to D L Me and Florence M Pilgrim for copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Symons
Symons
J. Kennard
Allen
Buena Vista
Rio, Grande
Maine
Mississipa
Santa Anna
Saltillo
Albert Pike
Eggleston
Knowles
William Willis
W. c
A. J. Stanley
Lincoln
Kan
Boston
R. L. C. White
D. L. Mc
Sevilla
Magdalena
John Francis Waller
Dublin University
Kitty Neil
Austin 8. Fletcher
Lee and Shepard
D. L. Me
Florence M. Pilgrim
Poughkeensie
N. Y
FE. L
Readers seek poems by Browning and others
A column asks readers to identify the authors and titles of several quoted poems. Questions include lines possibly by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a poem titled The Burden of Sorrow, a piece about bells and stillness, and other verses such as A House of Cards and hymns about a mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline N. Stevens
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Ww. T. Mausen
English edition dispute over Mme de Coulevain novel Sur-la-Branche
The letters debate whether the Paris novel Sur-la-Branche was published in English in the United States. Ambrose Lee argues a short translated pamphlet was issued by Knickerbocker Press to secure copyright, not the full novel, with few copies sold. The piece notes involvement of Calmann Levy, Knickerbocker Press, and Putnam's Sons, plus archival errors in the United States Catalogue.
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Mme. de Coulevain
Sur-la-Branche
United States
Knickerbocker Press
Paris
Calmann-Levy
Knickerebocker Press
Library of Congress
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Quebec's Celebration Hart's New France Review Praise
London Saturday Reviews lauds Hart's Fall of New France as entrancing and accurate with fine illustrations. Out of print, plates destroyed by fire. Merwin-Clayton's auction sold copies for 15 dollars, with scarce reserves at 9 dollars.
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Quebec
Gerald E. Hart
New France
London Saturday
Merwin-Clayton
Broadway
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