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The page lists multiple essays and features including De Poigne memoirs by James Oppenheim, a British view of Lincoln, Henry James on Casablanca or similar topics, Gambetta love for Leonie, and discussions on Buddhism and colonial government. It also notes literary gossip, editions, books received, and sales.
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Cmesaers
James Oppenheim
George Villier
Lincoln
Henry James
Minatrelsy
Richard Aldrich
Gambetta
Leonie Leon Sinowss
Rinse Scukao Hditoriak
ABC
J. A. Symondson
George R. Bishop
Bacon
London
George Eliot
New York
Oxyrynchus Finds Deepens History of Lost Greek Texts
The 1905 to 1907 finds at Oxyrynchus yield a 21 column papyrus from a fourth century B C historian and Pindar fragments. The volume includes Sayings of Jesus and an uncanonical Coriel report, with notes on life, labor unions, strikes, and family life in ancient Egypt. The discoveries illuminate daily life 22,000 years ago and the lake shore towns' rise and fall linked to Amenemhat's irrigation project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxyrynchus
Thucydides
Oxyzynchus
Athens
Pindar
Moeris
Abraham
Amenemhat
Lake Erie
Fayoum
Alexander the Great
Alexander
Thei
W. M. Flinders Petrie
Libian
Dar
Fuliz
Sior
The Mysticism of Paul. Paul the Mystic
Rev James M Db D writes a careful study on Paul the Apostle portraying him as a poet with grand Oriental imagination rather than a strict textual interpreter The book argues Paul drew from a mystical spiritual source and saw truths beyond plain logic It notes the author is not Dr Campbell of New Theology and will be published by Putnams.
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Paul
James M
Putnams
St. Pat
Greatepostle
Campbel
Campbell
Gaudeamus
Walt Whitman
A. C. Bensons
Octavius
Tags
Symonds
J A Symonds on Liberal Culture
A review of J A Symonds Essays Speculative and Suggestive reissued in America. It highlights The Philosophy of Evolution and Symonds view of criticism as natural history, the role of liberal culture, and the distinct arts.
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John Addington Symonds
England
America
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Horatio F. Brown
Symonds
Symnods
Tor
Bernara
A Critique of The Oxford Book of French Verse
A review praises the Oxford University Press edition selected by St John Lucas from Charles d Orléans to Paul Verlaine. It notes attractive design and useful introduction, while criticizing inclusion of Voltaire epigrams as not true poetry and lauds the book as a desirable possession for readers seeking to study French verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John Lucas
Univ
Emerson
France
Mr. Lucas
Voltaire
Swift
Voltiaire
Charles d'Orléans
Paul Verlaine
Lucas
Ancient China and the End of the Chou Dynasty Review
A New York review praises Friedrich Hirth’s Ancient History of China to the End of the Chou Dynasty as a significant public-aimed work. The critique notes the book challenges popular notions of Chinese immobility, tracing political tendencies and changes from early times to the Manchu invasion, based on scholarly sources and Columbia University provenance.
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China
Friedrich Hirth
Columbia University
City of New York
New York
Columbia University Press
Columbia
Hirth
Our Navy A History of the United States Navy
Review notes John R Spears abridges his history into a single moderate volume. The narrative traces the navy from early development to its evolution, highlighting episodes and scenes with portraits of ships and naval moments.
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United States Navy
John R Spears
New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
Mar. Spears
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