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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1903
Page
23
The reviewer defends some bluntness as honest but finds parts indecent and excessive. They praise scope yet fault word choice and the depiction of a wicked woman, urging more careful phrasing to improve the narrative.
Chesterton praises Browning for humble penetrating poetry and argues his fame rests on a bold view of humanity. He notes Browning’s Pippa Passes as an original form with dramatic scenes tied by one figure and questions critics who ignore the poet’s deliberate structure.
William Garrett Brown discussing future projects after his novel A Gentleman of the South reaches a third edition within two weeks of publication. He plans to write a History of the United States Since the Civil War and notes his shift from fiction toward scholarly historical work.
The first folio of Chaucer will be issued in facsimile with Skeat’s introduction and notes, published by Moring and Oxford University Press. New books by Miss Constance Smedley, C B Mayne, E F Benson, James Lumsden, and Ida Taylor are announced, plus a move by Kegan Paul to Dryden House. Concerns arise over Col Clement Scott’s ill health.
The book Modern Civic Art by Charles Mulford Robinson draws attention in the Middle West with St. Louis authorities ordering ten copies. Enthusiastic praise comes from Mrs. Herman Jall of Chicago who notes the water town chapters and hopes to spread the book to clubs and libraries nationwide.
D Appleton and Company prepare James Barnes biography Gen Scott the Giant of Three Wars. The author notes Scott’s life filled with national events beyond typical campaigns and his late career near presidential reach. The Civil War saw him leading an aging army with clear mind and enduring command drive.
The speaker extols Gen. Scott's enduring virtues describing a life in steady duty. He notes Scott's sense of duty love of country brave heart and indomitable will along with sympathy for the suffering. Scott served actively for fifty years and remained committed to national service.
Dodd, Mead & Co. to publish a practical volume on modern methods in Sunday school work by Rev. George Whitefield Mead. The Fall release covers principles behind new educational ideals and reproduces honor rolls, certificates, and other merit tokens. Chapters include The Graded School, Ways of Awakening Interest, Regular Attendance, and The Pastor's relation to the Sunday School.
Mr Howells leaves New York for a summer home at Kittery Point Maine to write the first chapters of a new novel for Harper's and Harper's Weekly. Andy Adams hears the West calling and plans a trip to Arizona. Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts enjoys a brief English vacation and was presented to the King. Howard Pyle to spend the summer at Cawcroft Delaware.
Rufus Rockwell Wilson’s Historic Long Island profiles the Dutch and English settlement era, with eight chapters on early pioneers and Puritans led by Lyon Gardiner, plus sections on Brooklyn growth, Suffolk whaling decline, and Long Island’s ties to War of 1812 privateers.
James B. Reynolds praises Winifred Buck’s Boys Self-Governing Clubs for its disciplined, practical approach to youth leadership. He notes Buck’s respect for boys and avoidance of sentimentality, calling the book invaluable to club workers teachers and tutors.
Gwendolen Overton author of Anne Carmel and The Heritage of Unrest was born near a frontier fort and has lived at many army posts in Arizona and New Mexico. She now resides in Los Angeles and is 29, daughter of Captain Gilbert Overton.
Walter T. Marvin of Western Reserve University reviews key philosophical problems in a new Macmillan edition. The work surveys metaphysics, knowledge theory, ethics, and aesthetics, with sections on nature mind ontology cosmology cosmogony and epistemology.
Prominent speaker Simeon Ford has compiled his best after-dinner speeches into a new book due next Saturday. The volume, aimed at lifting spirits this spring, is priced at 3.00 net and may sell out quickly. readers are urged to order now from booksellers or Doubleday Page & Co. at 34 Union Square East, New York.
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