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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1900
Page
25
Miss Whiting, praised as a maker of thought, reflects on meeting revered figures during her travels. She spent the winter at home between her overseas tours, underscoring the precious privilege of connecting with influential minds she admires.
A review of Bird Studies with a Camera by Prof. F M Chapman, assistant curator at the American Museum of Natural History, praising its detailed account of bird photography. The book shows how the camera can depict life histories of birds, offers insights on equipment and methods, and includes intimate studies of sparrows, juncos, chickadees, bitterns, swallows, terns, gannets, gulls, pelicans, and other species from New York to Canada.
The piece reflects on whether ancient philosophers foresaw the future and cites Benjamin Franklin hoping for centuries of progress. It reviews Elbridge Brooks The Story of the Nineteenth Century noting the rise of great figures who shaped the Old and New Worlds and calls the century from 1800 to 1900 a high-water mark of human progress.
The author traces shifts from the Age of Napoleon to Edison and cites Bismarck as the last of the single man power. He argues democracy reigns, notes literary elements shaping the nineteenth century, and praises the illustrated volume as suitable for young readers.
The International Year Book 1899 covers international affairs notably the Transvaal war The Hague conference Alaska boundary Fashoda Japan’s status Anglo Russian China and the Dreyfus affair It highlights leaders Such as Roberts Buller Rhodes Kruger Lawton Joubert Moody Ingersoll plus advances in archaeology anthropology psychology engineering medicine geology chemistry botany and physics and notes new books plays and municipal experiments
A critical note on Stead and his book The Crucifixion, a Passion Play report from Oberammergau, questioning its reverence and factual basis. The piece cites Stead’s sensational style, compares him to the Protagonist, and notes publication delays for color illustrations in Cook’s Through the First Antarctic Night.
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