Temples of the Usumatsintla Valley Described by Charles de Kay
Charles de Kay surveys ruins in the Usumatsintla valley based on Herr Teobert Maler’s photographs and notes. He details temple architecture, stair arrangements, stone altars, carved lintels, and a crest suggesting skulls, while pondering timbers, roof materials, and the vanished population that built the sanctuaries.
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Teobert Maler
Usumatsintla
Alower
Yucatan
Chiapas
Guatemala
Muust
Tey
Herr Maler
Stephens and
Catherwood
Maudsley
Charnay
le Plongeon
Plateau
Mexico
Columbus
Charles DE Kay
New Portrait of Shakespeare Explored by John Corbin
John Corbin argues the Ely Palace portrait may be painted from life and that the Droeshout original is a later copy. He analyzes hair, mustache, costume, and drawing to support a plausible reshaping of the canonical Shakespeare portrait debate, noting internal, circumstantial evidence.
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Shakespeare
Ely Palace
John Corbin
New York
Join Lane
Ely
Stratford
Richard Savage
Martin Droeshout
Soello
Domb
Corbin
Styk
Eiligabeth
Poland and Its People in Dr Brandes Study
Danish critic Dr Brandes surveys Poland and its literature, detailing Russian oppression in Poland, censorship, and land laws. He contrasts Polish patience and passion with Danish view, notes poetry shaping national life, and highlights Sienkiewicz, Mickiewicz, Krasinski, and Stowacki as Polish Romantic anchors.
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Ture
George Brandes
Ir. Brandes
Poland
Brandes
Russia
Germany
Austria
Mme. Modjeska
Siberia
Warsaw
Turkey
Nossis
Sienkiewicz
Mickiewicz
Krasinski
Stowacki
Byron
Shakespeare
Europe
Moltke
New Letters of Bismarck Discovered in Berlin Casket
Appleton plans an English translation of Bismarck letters to his wife from the Franco German war era. Seventy to eighty short letters and telegrams were found in a locked casket kept by the Princess. The letters cover the period from Bismarck’s departure for the front to his Versailles return on March 5, 1871.
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BD. Appleton & Co
Bismarck
Isidland Isti
Berlin
Haneler
Ependdy
Versailles
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Herr Mater
Tourprise
Photaths
Ortes
Ailiegpite
William
Educatio
Alachiiad
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