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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
35
A reader recalls a refrain about tin soldiers and a boy named Little Boy Blue, suggesting a Stevenson origin set to music by Nevin. The note mentions leaving tin figures on duty and a missing return, with a possible death inference. The writer asks for clarification and notes finding the lines while walking in Winchester Virginia.
Inquiries request identification of poems and authors from a long ago reader used in New York public schools. Questions cover verses about time and tolling bells, a Civil War farewell ballad from Danbury Connecticut, a British Wolf Hunters by Thomas Miller, and a campaign skit When Bryan Came to Butte.
The week ending October 8 lists numerous biographies and histories including AN AUSTRIAN DIPLOMATIST IN THE FIFTIES by Sir Ernest Satow Cambridge University Press THE HOUSE OF HOWARD by Gerald Brenda and Edward Phillips Statham TWO VOLS. PERDITA A ROMANCE IN BIOGRAPHY by Stanley Makower D Apleton & Co THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION 1485 by Albert Beebe etc. The catalog covers titles from Appleton Lippincott Scribner's Sons and others with prices noted for some volumes.
A catalog listing numerous poetry, essays, and studies with authors such as Henry Mills Alden Gilbert K Chesterton and Longfellow. Books include Orthodoxy by Chesterton The Great Fight by Drummond and The Life of Christ by Burgess with prices ranging from 50 cents to 3.50.
A catalog-like listing of travel and description titles with authors and publishers. Notable entries include Forster on Hungary and the Hungarians, Fletcher on Yorkshire, Berry on the Uganda Mission, and Hudson with West Cornwall impressions. Prices and formats vary.
Circulating department reports top titles across genres. Adult fiction features Chambers's The Firing Line and McGrath's The Lure of the Mask while Smith's Peter is also listed. Juvenile titles include Craik's Little Warm Prince and Clemens's Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Non fiction highlights Ibsen's plays Monroe History of Education and Worcester Religion and Medicine.
Classified notices list multiple books and periodicals wanted or bought across cities. Listings request English literature classics, philosophy, sociology, economics, poetry, and biographies from sellers and dealers. Readers are directed to send catalogs, offers, and stamped responses to various shop addresses in New York, Albany, Meriden, Saratoga, and Buffalo.
Auction style listing offers numerous titles and sets from Henry Clay volumes to Southe rn Historical Super Papers and first editions. Numerous publishers and locations appear including New York addresses like 39th Street and 39th Street in Manhattan. Prices given in many entries and requests for catalogs or exchanges.
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