Summer reading reviews highlight biblical romance and church life
Book notices praise The City of Delight a biblical romance set around the siege of Jerusalem with vivid scenes and strong illustrations. The Belle Islers offers a clergyman's family perspective. Brunhilda of Orr's Island transports readers to Casco Bay with a strong heroine. several other works are summarized with author and publisher details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City OF Delight
Elizabeth Miller
Indianapolis
The
Bobbs- Mer 1 Company
Tarsus
Jerusalem
Jesus
Titus
Christ
Miss Miller
F. X. Leyndecker
Belle Islers
Richard Brinsley Newman
Boston
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Brunhilda
Orr’s Island
William Jasper Nicholls
Philadelphia
George W. Jacobs & Co
Paris
Casco Bay
The Avenger and The Old Dominion Book Reviews
E Phillips Op penheim's The Avenger delivers a twisty plot about a young Englishman defending a woman from murder charges with tangled suspicions and political intrigue. Thomas Nelson Page's The Old Dominion portrays Virginia life and manners from colonial beginnings to later days with charm and historical insight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamestown
Thomas Jefferson
University of Virginia
Old Dominion
Virginia
the Avenger
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
Oppenheim
Thomas Nelson Page
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
Life of Alice Freeman Palmer
Biography by George Herbert Palmer on Alice Freeman Palmer traces her rise to Wellesley College president at 26, her seven pivotal years shaping the college, her marriage to Palmer, and her active public and academic roles, highlighting her as a modern influential woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Freeman Palmer
George Herbert Palmer
Boston
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Harvard University
University of Chicago
Palmer
Prisoners of Chance by Randall Parrish
Randall Parrish presents Geoffrey Benteen the borderman recounting his quest for the Chevalier de Noyan and his wife. He rescues them only to be captured by the Children of the Sun, an Indian tribe led by a redhaired queen who saves them for her own ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Parrish
Chicago
A. C. McClurg & Co
Geoffrey Benteen
Chevalier de Noyan
Benteen
Children of the Sun
Chevalier
Roses Their History Development and Cultivation
Rev Joseph H Pemberton surveys the rose’s revival in the last decade tracing a shift from exhibition to garden and house use. He notes the eighteenth century garden rose memory and in the nineteenth century broader varieties and purposes, urging guidance for diverse classes of roses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Pemberton
New York
Longmans, Green & Co
Pemberton
The Mother of the Man by Eden Phillpotts
A Dartmoor driven tale centers on a wise mother and her headstrong son. The novel blends patience, love, and year round Dartmoor atmosphere, with autumn frosts and spring loves amid a misty landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eden Phillpotts
New York
Dodd, Mead & Co
Mr. Phillpotts
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the C. M. Slark Publishing
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Pope
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Longstreet
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Stony Ridge
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Jessie
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