Reader views on Mrs Ward and Diana Mallory in testing novel
A reader in Schenectady critiques Mrs Ward for bias in her portrayal of Diana Mallory and other characters in Diana, arguing the author’s sympathy betrays impartiality. The letter questions Diana’s growth through suffering and whether love for Oliver Masham transforms or merely repeats old passions.
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Mrs. Ward
Juliet Sparling
Oliver Masham
Juliet
Oliver
James Chide
Lankester
Diana
Defending 9009 A Prison Life Debate and Evidence
A defender of 9009 argues prison life is portrayed with authentic abuses. Details include whipping, thumbs lashing, water cure, and guards abusing power. case notes cite Salem Oregon and Folsom California incidents, autopsies, framed breaks, and a vivid portrait of convicts Tracy and Oppenheimer as rebels.
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New York Times Saturday Review of Books
Bechdolt
Salem
Ore
Folsom
Cal
John Collins
Tracy
Oppenheimer
San Quentin
Bechdelt
Beddell
Northwest
Oregon
Evans and Sonntag
California
Letter Reply Defends Criminal Court Reporting
James Hopper objects to a critic’s view that prison life is not depicted accurately in a book about crime and punishment. He argues that a country with high murder rates needs such a work to expose how its penal system generates criminals. New York, Nov. 6.
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Unit Sina
United Statess
Bechdelt
France
England
James Hopper
Reader praises Strongheart and contrasts with The Man of Yesterday
New York critic Lewis Metcalfe lauds Strongheart as a rational humane novel and urges reading Mary Holland Kinkind's The Man of Yesterday to contrast outcomes of interracial marriage. He calls both works valuable to the study of the Indian problem.
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New York Times Saturday Review of Books
Strongheart
Times
Frederick Burton
Mary Holland Kinkind
Ivan
Lewis Metcalfe
New York City
Taine Translation Credit Correction in The Times
The Oct 25 issue misattributes Taine's History of English Literature to John Durand. The translation was done by HM Van Lawn of the Edinburgh Academy, with Vols I and II published November and December 1871 by Holt & Williams. Taine’s introductions to American readers came via Durand’s earlier translations.
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John Durand
Taine
Henry Helt
HM. van Lawn
Edinburgh Academy
Dickens and Jaggers in Great Expectations
Charles Hamilton argues that in a Great Expectations scene Jaggers would not act for the Crown in a state trial. He notes misrendered names and the misfit of plate as a charge. Hamilton contends Dickens erred by implying Jaggers prosecuted in this context.
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Dr. Carpenter
Pip
Mr. Jaggers
Old Bailey
Jaggers
Habraham Lazaruth
Misther Jaggerth
Habra
Dickens
Charles Hamilton
Plainfield
N. J
Phrase on Dante and his era echoes
A fragment discusses the Latin phrase honorificabilitudinitatibus and its proper pronunciation with attention to quantities, mentioning Dante and his contemporaries in a brief aside.
Nierine Mussate Notes On Genitive Use In Latin Texts
Historian Nierine Mussate analyzes genitive singular usage in Hlisteriae Augustae as cited in Muratorius Scriptores BR. van Wal. Vol. X Col 376. The work references edited insertions by Benedicting editors including a phrase about legates and royal honors. Rex Romanorum Henry VII is cited in New York dated November 5.
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Nierine Mussate
Muratorius Scriptores BR
van Wal
Henry VII C.S. P
New York
Analysis of Play Construction and Dramatic Principle
William T. Price presents a comprehensive guide to drama workshop techniques and playwriting craft. Praised by major critics for its practical detail, depth, and lasting value as a standard reference in American theater. Price's octavo volume retails at $5.00 net, postpaid from 16 1440 Broadway New York City.
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William T. Price
Harrison Grey Fiske
the Mirror
Titratre Magazine
THE
Washington Post
Charles E. Hamlin
School
Broadway
New York City
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Rose Macleod
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Annals OF the Four Masters
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