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New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1908

Page

19

Soldier in the veldt hears love in death

A poem excerpt depicts a soldier resting in sun baked veldt, contemplating after death a waking and bugle call. The speaker imagines heavenly trumpet tones joining a loved one's voice, contrasting grimy toil with tender memory and grief. The fragment comes from Apollo and the Seaman by Henry Holt and Company.

Apollo and the Seaman Henry Holt & Co

Edgcumbe in Shelley Letter Overturns Dowden View

R Richard Edgcumbe reports a Shelley manuscript that could shift the verdict on the poet and Harriet. The newly found letter challenges Godwin’s 1814 claims and Dowden’s published version, altering perceptions of Harriet’s life and Shelley's knowledge of her alleged infidelity.

R. Richard Edgcumbe The Athenaeum Shelley Dowden Prof. Dowden Mr. Edgcumbe Harriet Godwin Mary Harriet Shelley

Berlin to host twelfth annual Congress of the Press

Berlin will stage the twelfth annual Congress of the Press from September 21 to 26 in the Reichstag Chamber. About six hundred delegates are expected with free travel in Germany and France, including banquets galas, official welcomes, opera performances and castle visits. The meeting will cover press secrecy laws artistic and literary property protection and provident fund plans for the press.

Berlin Congress of Historians Congress of the Press America Reichstag Provident Fund Germany France

Reverend John Banister Tabb Remains at School as Boarder Amid Visual Decline

The Rev. John Banister Tabb of St Charles's College Ellicot City Maryland says his eyesight is nearly gone yet he stays at the college not as a guest but as a boarder. He notes his four books Lyrics Child Verse Poems Quips and Quiddits have cheered many readers and laments that his own light may darken after a lifetime of service.

John Banister Tabb St. Charles’s College Ellicot City Maryland Father Tabb

Memoirs Highlight Carlyle Mood On Salisbury Plain Visit

David Christy Murray recounts Carlyle in England with Rev. George Dawson and Emerson. During a Salisbury Plain excursion, Carlyle’s gloom deepened as he lamented life’s worth and the prevalence of fools and impostors. He joked that two honest men should share a quiet smoke on a road metal heap.

David Christy Murray Li Terary George Dawson Carlyle Murray Emerson England Dawson Salisbury Plain Stoneheng Longfellow George

Letters of Four Humorists Edward Lear and Friends

Edward Lear correspondence with two friends reveals his whimsical humor mixed with tenderness. The letters showcase his extraordinary style, blending playful nonsense with sincere affection and witty observations.

Edward Lear

Lears Nonsense Masterpiece and Queen Victoria Tutor

Edward Lear, famed for The Owl and the Pussycat, blended whimsy with sadness. His letters to Chichester Fortesque and others, edited by Lady Strachey, reveal a vivid, private genius and a painter's exact eye for landscape. Lear taught drawing to Queen Victoria in 1846 and gained patrons like Lord Derby through skill and charm.

Thackeray Vanity Fair Edward Lear Lear Chichester Fortesque Lord Carlingford Frances Countess Waldegrave Lady Strachey England America Henry Strachey Knowsley Lord Derby New York Daffield & Co

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