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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Also Mentioned on This Page
Herbert Trench
M. Marcel Prevost
M. Prevost
Alexandre Dumas
Denise
Dumas
Lille
British Press Institute
A. Robbins
Robbins