Henry James on the Princess Casamassima
A critical survey of Henry James's preface to The Princess Casamassima noting his treatment of Christina Light, the novel's complexities, and the parallels to Dickens. The piece discusses the preface's charm, its evasions, and the critiques of origin and character realization.
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Henry James ON the
Casamassima
Northampton
Mass
Christina
Hyacinth
Eoen
James
London
Walker
Charles Dickens
Dickens
David Copperfield
Forster
Duplicate Call of the South Titles Highlight Seldom Shared Names
A literary note compares two novels titled The Call of the South by Louis Becke and Robert Lee Durham, noting their differing settings and themes. It also mentions upcoming works by H G Wells and David Graham Phillips, highlighting a trend of shared or echoed titles in contemporary fiction.
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Louis Becke
J. B. Lippincott Company
Robert Lee Durham
L. C. Page & Co
South Seas
Durham
H. G. Wells
Macmillan
David Graham Phillips
Appletons
Old Wives for New novel probes blame in unhappy marriages
David Graham Phillips in Old Wives for New published by Appletons argues in a new novel that wives often control marital fate. He traces a couple whose love fades to indifference and hatred, suggesting women could win their husbands if they maintain character and effort.
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Appletons
David Graham Phillips
Mr. Phillips
The Growth of Esperanto in America and Europe
Edmond Privat, a teenage secretary of the International Esperanto Congress, tours Europe and the United States to promote Esperanto. He reports growing adoption and writes a book “Esperanto, the International Language, Its History, Grammar, and Vocabulary” to be published by Fleming H. Revell Company.
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Edmond Privat
Europe
United States
The Story of Minstrelsy by Edmonstoune Duncan
Richard Aldrich reviews The Story of Minstrelsy by Edmonstoune Duncan. The work surveys the broad scope of secular song in English history from Druid bards to Tudor musicians, tracing minstrelsy through the Norman era, Edward I to Henry VIII, with notes on tunes such as Chevy Chase and on the rise of royal protection and moral pageantry. The volume, part of the Music Story Series, offers illustrations and musical excerpts, and includes a detailed chapter on ballads and Shakespearean lyrics.
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England
London
Edward I
Edward II
Edward IV
Duncan
Chevy Chase
Philip Sydney
Henry VII
John Rastall
Henry VIII
Henry
Mr. Duncan
Chaucer
Shakespeare
Balfe
R. A
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Tacit
Christina Light
Princess Casamassima
Henry James
New York
Mammon
Washington
Cleveland Leader
Frederick A. Stokes CO
THE
Baker and Taylor CO
Union Square
By Christian Brinton
Carraage
Fragonard
Zuloaga
Rosa Corder
Richard Aldrich
R. Duncan
Edmonstoune Duncan Jimo
Charles Scribner’s Sons
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