Literary Notes and Art Reviews From The Bibliographer and Burlington Magazine
The piece reviews Maeterlinck's appeal to readers seeking comfort and knowledge, praises The Bibliographer for its Lichtenberg letters and Garrick London theatres, and highlights The Burlington Magazine's latest issue with Rossetti, Siddal, Macquoid silver, and Dutuit collection pieces including Solario’s Madonna and Child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Garrick
London
John Fowler Williams
Lichtenberg
Burlington Magazine
W. M. Rossetti
Dante Rossetti
Elizabeth Siddal
Rossetti
Percy Macquoid
Dutuit
Rose Kingsley
Camille Gronkowski
Solario
St. John the Baptist
Maeterlinck thoughts chosen by E. B.8.8
A Dodd, Mead & Co. new book collects Alfred Sutro translations of Maeterlinck in short passages under headings like The Inner Life Happiness Destiny and Duty. It highlights his prose works The Life of the Bee The Treasure of the Humble Wisdom and Destiny and discusses his role as a thinker and dramatist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maeterlinck
Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co
Alfred Sutro
Maurice Maeterlinck
Belgium
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Antoninus Pius
Antoninus
Earth
Hut
Objectionable Books Review Sparks Morality Debate
A periodical laments coarseness in recent novels and warns publishers against slum and tramp literature. It singles out a frank book about a thief as unreadable and unnecessary, arguing readers prefer restraint and credible information over sensational confessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolstoi
Sienkkiewicz
Notable magazine notices and upcoming issues
The Nut Grower promotes planting nut trees for timber and shade with food uses. Artistic Mook Plates highlights book plate designs by Chouteau-Brown and Hayden Jones. Biblia features Ford on Aphrodite and Lod Pilcher. Mahine's Magazine covers advertising art. Camera Work presents Maeterlinck on photography as art. MecClure's previews Tarbell on Standard Oil and Steffens on municipal corruption. Salesmanship debuts as a new Meadville monthly on advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Nut Growers’ Association
Ponlan
George F. Ketty
Frank Chouteau - Brown
Hayden Jones
Biblia
Joseph Offord
Aphrodite
Lod Pilcher
Solomon’s Temple
Edgar J. Goodspeed
Babylon
Mahine
Charles H
Clarence H. White
Otto W . Heeck
Jassens
Rembrandts
Admiralis
MecClure
Ida MM. Tarbell
Standard O Company
Linesial Steffens
Philadelphias
Frank H. Dukesmith
Meadville
Henn
Poe Tales Revived in Caxton Thin Paper Edition
A revival of Edgar Allan Poe interest appears with the Caxton Thin Paper Edition from Newnes and Scribner. It collects The Pit and the Pendulum Usher masques Red Death and Arthur Gordon Pym plus detective tales in about 800 pages with a frontispiece and gold stamped leather binding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
London
Newnes
New York
Scribners
Arthur Gordon Pym
Nantucket
Confessions of Harry Lorrequer in Newnes Classics
Charles Lever's The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer arrives in Newnes Classics from Scribners priced at 1.25. The green leather binding with gold tooling highlights a pocket sized edition notable for clear readable type and enduring Irish humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lorrequer
Charles Lever
Newnes
New York
Scribners
Lever
Roysterers
Shakespeare in Macmillan Pocket Library appears
New volumes in the Pocket Library present Hamlet edited by Prof. L A Sherman of the University of Nebraska with notes introduction and outline questions and The Merchant of Venice in English Headings series with introductions notes glossary and textual notes Henry Holt & Co New York priced cents The Hamlet edition includes a frontispiece and an introduction detailing the play’s history while the Merchant of Venice volume offers extensive notes on metre sources dates and scholarly commentary for students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shakespeare
Macmillan
Pocket Library of
Hamlet
L. A. Sherman
University of Nebraska
John Corbin
Sherman
Thomas
Marc Parrott
Princeton
New York
Henry Holt & Co
French Text Books for Class Use and Notes
A review of multiple French language education titles. Alphonse Daudet La Belle Nivernaise edited by Frank W Freeborn aims for complete accurate original text with notes to clarify idioms and vocabulary. Erckmann Chatrian works edited for schools by Edward Manley, and Edmond About stories edited by Murray Brush are discussed along with vocabulary usefulness for beginners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse’ Daudets
Frank W. Freeborn
Boston, Ginn & Co
Erckmann-Chatrian
le Juif Polonais
Edward Manley
Chicago
Boston
D.C. Heath & Co
Murray P. Brush
Johns Hopkins University
Edmond About
Paris
Heath
Pigs in Clover a sprawling novel of society and empire
A review of Frank Danby’s Pigs in Clover from Lippincotts covers its broad scope from London society to South Africa’s boom, noting bold yet petty design. It highlights Karl Althaus as a vivid, complex financier and criticizes the novel for style while praising its strong central character and satire of elite life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Danby
The
Lippincotts
London
South Africa
Cape Town
Johannesburg
Gladstone
Rosebery
Salisbury
Lord Sarum
Karl Althaus
Park Lane
Alfred Beit
Althaus
Beit
Joan de Groot
Mr. Danby
Wardour Street
Whitechapel
Karl
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Joan
Louis Althaus
Drury Lane Theatre
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