Poetry's Place in the Modern Mind and Silence of Verse
Views from readers reflect on whether reading aloud sustains poetry and whether poetry thrives in an age of science. The essay argues poetry remains essential, though current subjects and lack of a leading poet dampen broader love, promising a return to “mighty poets yet to come.”
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New York Times Saturday Review of Books
Stoff
Earth
NEW York Times Saturday Review
Louis
Victoria
Helen Vivian Lightfoot
New York
Decline of Poetry and the Reading Aloud Tradition
A reader argues the fall of poetry stems from a lack of productive poets rather than a vanished leisure class or decline in reading aloud. He urges for original, musical verse akin to The Raven Evangeline The Cotter’s Saturday Night and Gray’s Elegy to revive households reading aloud at the fireside.
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Gray
Stratford Grammar School and a Thirteen Syllable Latin Word
Runnemede Washingford writes from Pennsylvan ia Oct 3 noting Stratford Grammar School’s reputed learning. He cites honorificabilitudinatinatib in Labour's Lost and other medieval Latin terms. He muses it as a Warwickshire catchword and recalls youths toying with long Latin words and batteldere.
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Annte
de Eekean
Nash
Scotland
Warwickshire
Stratford Grammar School
Runnemede
Washingford
Penn
Diana Mallory's Choice in Mrs Ward Book Review
A reader from Westfield Massachusetts comments on Mrs Humphry Ward's Diana Mallorys Choice in the New York Times Saturday Review of Books. The letter questions the novel's portrayal of marriage and divorce and calls for a higher, cleaner note from Ward.
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New York Times Saturday Review of Books
Humphry Ward
Massachusetts
Dian Mallory
Shadifers
Diana Mallorys
Markham
Webster
Novelizer of Plays Mentioned in Letter
A Cincinnati reader defends John W. Harding for his work in adapting dramas into novels. The letter criticizes the idea of never writing original material and praises Harding’s potential for a successful career as a novelizer.
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New York Times Saturday Review of Books
John W. Harding
Mary
Watts
Cincinnati
Ohio
Psychic Phenomena and Hypnotism Questions
A reader questions H. Addison Bruce's book Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters. The letter argues that many cannot be hypnotized and questions the existence of unconscious hypnotism and purported psychic effects.
Simple sleight of hand and the mystery of perception
In a letter from Brooklyn dated October 6, A W Galbraith writes about the limits of conscious trickery and pre conscious influence on the body. He questions whether Swedenborg and his era illustrate genuine multiple personality and argues against the credulity of skeptics who deny any remaining mysteries.
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Swedenborg
A. W. Galbraith
A Living on the Land
New York Times Saturday Review of Books discusses unconventional ways to earn a living from land. It notes Bolton Hall’s proposals are not unique or the most eccentric and mentions foxes and snails as odd ideas. The Putnams translate Ferrero’s Gran dezza a Decadenza di Roma with Varro’s De Re Rustica.
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New York Times Saturday Review of Books
Bolton Hall
Outré
Putnams
Ferrero
Roma
Marcus Terentius Varro
Transformation of Italy From Agriculture to Manufacturing Noted
The text discusses how Italy shifted from farming to manufacturing and trade, lamenting the old agricultural system's decline. It cites Ferrero praising Varro's work as pivotal to understanding ancient Italian history and notes high earnings from poultry and exotic birds in ancient times.
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Italy
Romin
Ferrero
Varro
Meaning of Honorificabilitudin - in Statibus in Topics of the Week
Reader asks for meaning of the Latin phrase honorificabilitudin in statibus cited in Topics of the Week by Robert K. Walton from New York dated October 3. The note requests clarification of the term.
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New York Times Saturday Review of Books
T9day
Robert K. Walton
New, York
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Diana Mallory
J.H. Sholl
Loingsland City
New York Times
Saturday Review of Books
Hponorificabilitudinatatibus
H. Addington Bruce
Bruce
Brooklyn
Post
Remon
Elizabeth. Freemantle
Canada
George W. Jacobs & Co., Publishers
Philadelphia
Evening Mail
Gq Motor Races
Sydney
ST. Paul’s Churchyard
David Lechmere
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