Outline of Political Growth in the Nineteenth Century review
A summary and critique of Prof Sears Mary Institute work. The reviewer outlines plan five books on Continental Europe Britain and colonies and United States, with notes on organization, inclusions such as Napoleon Garibaldi Dreyfus, and cautions on limitations. The piece praises clarity, breadth, and future scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears
Mary Institute
St. Louis
Europe
France
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Belgium
San Marino
Andorra
Austria- Hungary
Balkan States
Russia
Germany
Holland
Denmark
Iceland
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
Great Britain
British Islands
Liberia
Haiti
Republic of Santo Domingo
Japan
India
Siam
Asia
Africa
Napoleon Bonaparte
Corsica
St. Helena
England
America
United States
A Semi Political Romance By Gertrude Atherton
The critic surveys Gertrude Atherton's portrait of Washington politics in a pre Spanish American War setting. Betty Madison creates a political salon in Washington despite little knowledge of politics while Jack Emory embodies the old southern gentry. The piece critiques moral standards among senators and the social elite.
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Disraeli
Gertrude Atherton
Betty Madison
Molly
Betty
Washington
Hamilton
Madisons
Jack Emory
Jack
Senate
Madison House
Madison
Spain
Senator North
Rufus Choate Writing and Illegible Handwriting
A historical note recalls Rufus Choate and his famously unreadable handwriting. Tales describe three levels of decipherability from his pen, ranging from secretary readable to entirely unreadable. One anecdote recounts an urgent case instruction unreadable by all, solved by a telegraphic reply.
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Rufus Choate
Mr. Choate
Richard Harding Davis
Pretoria
Kruger
Scribner’s
Mr. Davis
Scribner
Buller
Ladysmith
Cuba
New Book Notices: The Monk and the Dancer and Red Blood and Blue
Book notices praise Arthur Cosslett Smith collection The Monk and the Dancer with remarks on its pithy original stories and deft suggestion. Red Blood and Blue by Harrison Robertson Second Edition gathers American life tales lauded for health and vigor by critics including The Churchman and Chicago Tribune.
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Arthur Cosslett Smith
Chicago Tribune
Harrison Robertson
Churchman
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
Nice
Mazzini
Young Italy
Genoa
South America
Rio Grande
Brazil
Nobel
Robert Grant
Times Saturday Review
the Independent
Touchstone
Edith Wharton
Paul Jones
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Archdeacon Brady
New York Times Saturday Review
Toomey and Others
Robert Hackleton
New York East Side
Shackleton
New York
Charles Scribners Sons, Publishers
Formac
THE
Western Union Telegraph Company
Wees
Reac T. Eckert
Library of the
the Unversity Society
Fifth Ave