Mer edith Praise and Language in Mrs Henderson Study
The New York Times Saturday Review lauds Mrs M Sturge Henderson for a thoughtful Life of George Meredith. It highlights her calm defense of Meredith against two hostile reader camps and argues for loyalty to English prose while honoring Meredith’s genius.
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New York Times Saturday Review of Books
Merédith
M. Sturge Henderson
de Propaganda Fide
Meredith
Richard Feverel
Peruke
Richard Feverer
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Maniérés
Browning
Henry James
Milton
Lord Clarendon
Pellucida
M. de Maupassan
H. D. Sedgwick
New York
The Adjective in Style and its Evolving Use
A reader cites an editorial on adjectives, praising verbs but arguing for balanced use of adjectives. The essay tradition shows writers like Dumas and Gautier wield adjectives to illuminate mood, while Lang and Lamb reveal how overuse dulls style.
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New York Times Saturday Review of Books
Switzerland
Dumas
Henry James
Flaubert
Salammbo
Teller
Gautier
Walter Pater
Stevenson
Lamb
Hazlitt
de Quincey
Adjective Use in Writing Judged by Subtle Skill
John D Swain of Worcester Massachusetts argues that prose benefits from a flexible, tasteful use of adjectives rather than overreliance. He deplores repetitive adjectives in immature writing and urges writers to cultivate instinct and judgment in style.
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Stevenson
Ruskin
Gautier
Maeterlinck
Dickens
Debate on Adjectives and Language Precision
Co. B. Gilbert of New York argues against rigid rules on adjectives, defending their expressive power. He cites Shakespeare and Victorian authors to show adjectives enrich meaning and style.
Derivation and Meaning of Spero from Sparro
New York Times Saturday Review of Books discusses the origin of the term Spero tracing it to Anglo-Saxon sperwa and later spellings sparre and sparrow. It links pronunciation to German sper and suggests Latin sparo parallels. The piece cites the scripture phrase cannot two spar with context on linguistic evolution.
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New York
Times Saturday Review of Books
Henry Baldwin
Elizabeth
Word Origins and The Notion of Worthlessness in Language
The letter discusses root meanings of common words and potential links among Greek Sperre Latin Sperre German sprey and sparrow names used by Vermont settlers. It notes the argument may be far fetched and questions derivation from spree, citing Irish spedrad sperod meaning spirit. Comments from Herman J. Heuser Overbrook and John Coleman New York date March 19 and March 17.
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Vermont
England
Herman J. Heuser
Overbrook
New York Times
Saturday Review of Books
John Coleman
New York
Americanism "spero" defined as mild spree in Times Review
A New York Times Saturday Review passage from March 17 discusses the term spero or speros used in Northern New Hampshire to describe a mild spree or a childish tantrum and an unpleasant struggle with a horse.
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New York Times
Saturday Review of Books
Spere
New Hampshire
New York
Letter on labor elasticity and immigration in Hawley debate
Frederick B. Hawley argues that labor elasticity remains largely inelastic despite immigration and emigration shifts. He notes eighteen years to grow a laborer and that migration can partly meet localized labor demand but cannot fully supply elasticity, citing cotton mills running at 90 percent capacity and unemployment estimates amid recent economic changes. March 18, 1908.
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United States
Frederick B. Hawley
New York
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