Little Peppers to be Illustrated in Holiday Edition
Boston notes outline a holiday edition of Five Little Peppers and How They Grew from Lothrop Publishing with full page colored illustrations by Hermann Heyer and a peppery cover. Other items include editions and new works by Thoreau Crane Douglas and Oppenheim, plus forthcoming Atlantic Summer fiction and bibliographic projects.
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HE Lothrop Publishing Company
Hermann Heyer
Talitha Cumi
Annie E. Holland
Aaron Martin Crane
Lowell
E. Phillips
Oppenheim
Messrs. Little, Brown & Co
Messrs. Dillingham & Co
Letters From Japan The Lady of the Decoration review
A review of Frances Little’s epistolary novel The Lady of the Decoration in which a young Kentucky widow teaches in Japan and recounts travel to China and Vladivostok. The letters mix self praise with social observations and a frivolous tone, aiming to charm readers but judged insubstantial and overcolored.
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The
Century Company
Frances Little
Kentucky
Japan
China
Vladivostock
Jack
Open Court June issue features Islam and immortality articles
The Open Court for June presents The Mosque Life of the Moslems by Thomas P. Hughes, two Sunday-question essays by Rev. William Weber and Dr. Paul Carus, Carus also writing Goethe’s View of Immortality, and Father H. Layson on The Disintegration of Religion. It includes an illustration of the oldest Semitic statue head found by Prof. Banks at Bismaya.
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Thomas P. Hughes
William Weber
Paul Carus
Goethe
Father H. Layson
Banks
Bismaya
Eldest Known Semitic Contract Tablet Found
Archaeologists report the discovery of what is believed to be the oldest contract tablet in any Semitic language, found concurrently with related artifacts that may shed light on early legal practices and commercial agreements.
Saintsbury on English Prosody From Origins to Chaucer
Saintsbury’s History of English Prosody Volume I surveys seven centuries of verse to trace how English prosodic patterns emerged and shifted. It covers accent versus quantity, the role of rhyme, Chaucer and Langland, early drama and ballads, and the impact of Spenser and the Italian sonnet influence. The author mixes technical detail with lively critique, noting his aims to finish in three volumes and the extensive reading required.
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Saintsbury
St. Godric
Layamon
Chaucer
Langland
Spenser
Prof. Saintsbury
Pennsylvania Society Year Book 1906 Franklin Issue
The Year Book of the Pennsylvania Society for 1906 emphasizes a Franklin focus. It provides a summary of the society’s work over the past year and includes secondary papers such as annotated lists of 1905 Pennsylvania anniversaries, monuments, and reviews.
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Pennsylvania Society
Pennsylvania
Notable Pennsylvania Book Volumes by Barr Ferree
A 19th century Pennsylvania compilation edited by Barr Ferree and published in the year notes. It surveys notable works, including about forty items related to Franklin, with a frontispiece reproducing the miniature by Thuron.
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Pennsylvania
Franklin
Oge
Thuron
Barr Ferree
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Seen as Early Rebel Claim
A review of Dr. George W. W. Graham's study on the Mecklenburg Declaration of 1775 notes it predated the national declaration and shaped early resistance in North Carolina. It details Charlotte delegates dissolving ties with Britain, Congress reluctance, and the 1800 burning of records, with Jefferson and Adams debating authenticity.
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Mecklenburg County
N. C
Great Britain
Graham
Mecklenburg
Charlotte
England
Lexington
Congress
Essex Register
Massachusetts
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Adams
Jefferson
Continental Congress
English Furniture History Illuminates Lacquer Highlights
A discussion of Percy Macquoid’s History of English Furniture notes the voluminous twenty folio work and its periods from oak to the Georges. Parts IX and X cover walnut and lacquer imports, with lacquer cabinets owned by Sir Spencer C. Ponsonby Fane and Lord de lIsle and Dudley, plus a color plate of a gilt lacquer cabinet.
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Percy Macquoid
New York
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
England
France
Holland
Spencer C. Ponsonby Fane
Lord de l'Isle
Dudley
Co. Assheton
William Webster
America
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the Atlantic
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Atlantic
Nicholas Worth
Napoleon
James W. Thompson
Samuel M. Crothers
G. v. L. Meyer
Arthur S. Pier
Arthur Colton
Elizabeth Foote
Edith Wyatt
Carleton
George S. Wasson
John Hays Gardiner
Dallas Love Sharp
Edwin Hopkins
Maxim Gorky
Badger
Riverside Press
Tov
Holmes
Emerson
Carolyn Wells
Howells
E. W. Howe
West
Indiana
Messrs
Herbert B. Turner & Co
Ellis Parker Butler
Perkins
Portland
Frank L. Pollock
Messrs. L. C. Page & Co. Lave
Beung Tennesseean
Stephenson Browne
George Saintsbury
the Macmillan Oy
George W. W. Graham
M. D
Washington
the Publishing Company
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