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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1908
Page
15
A street scene portraits a Syrian lace seller beside St. Pauls gate. The poem contrasts her exotic crafts with Western skepticism as winters wind blows and symbols fade in a distant land across the sea. The speaker notes oriental beauty and ancient symbols fading before modern indifference.
The article previews Andrew Carnegie's forthcoming book Problems of To-day with autobiographical touches and chapter headings on wealth labor wages thrift and railway rates. It also critiques centenary celebrations and mentions a new English biography of Henry Fielding aiming to shed fresh light on his life and era.
Counts of forthcoming English biographies include Teignmouth Shore's Charles Dickens and His Friends and Prof. Albert Hancock's Keats study. The Pennells appraise Whistler in a candid portrait with witty anecdotes, while Carlyles letters, edited by Alexander Carlyle, promise two volumes of intimate Miss Welsh poems and Carlyle communications.
Professor Matthews of Columbia University lectures at the Lowell Institute in Boston this week and next. The six lectures cover Moliere as a man and a dramatist and survey his principal works.
Review of Hannis Taylor's The Science of Jurisprudence with emphasis on Taylor's claim that an American shaped world public law. The piece weighs contrasts between Roman and English codes and argues Greece and Rome lacked modern nation concept, while Teutonic roots fostered the rise of a European state system. It notes Taylor's thesis and asserts the volume offers broad comparative insight. The work is priced at 3.50 and published by Macmillan.
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