The Creed of a Layman and Harrison's Positivist Faith
A critical review of Frederic Harrison work and its layman creed. It traces his embrace of Positivism as Christian science blended with philosophy, notes his view on empire and reform, and contrasts his thought with Comte and Kant while praising his public spirit and patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Ial
Erystem
Oxford
Wadham College
Comte
Darwin
Spencer
Mercy
Mr. Harrison
Tertullian
Alexandria
Auguste Comte
Prophetic chronogram on France and John Bull debated
The passage analyzes a chronogram linking France to cocks and a Maid of Orleans with John Bull as a bull. It questions whether Taurus marks a month or a person and notes Mars moving into Taurus in March April. The author doubts authentic John Bull references and says the prophecy merely restates known events without predicting French success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Orleans
Bull
John Bull
Taurus
Mr. Blaikie
England
Charles the Bold, last Duke of Burgundy 1433 1477
A critical survey of Burgundy in the fifteenth century focusing on Charles the Bold. It compares Burgundian aims and failures with the Hohenzollerns, notes battles Grandson Morat and the Feast of the Pheasant, and assesses Miss Putnam's biography as a careful though occasionally opaque history with strong illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles the Bold
Duke
Burgundy
Putnam
P. Putnam's Sons
House of Burgundy
House of Hohenzollern
Rhine
Swiss Mountains
Hohenzollerns
Europe
Charles
Philip
France
England
Netherlands
Grandson
Morat
Frederick William I
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Miss Putnam
Nancy
Louis XI
Chronogram Folklore Ties John Bull and the Cock
The London Illustrated News examines how England became John Bull and France the cock as far back as 1499 through a chronogram falsely attributed to Bede. It explains the method of selecting Roman numerals in verse to yield a date and notes the confusion with Merlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Illustrated News
John Bull
England
France
Bull
Burgundy
Bede
Merlin
Arthur
Books and Authors Review of New Works and Events
A survey of forthcoming and recent books and literary events. Alfred Ollivant’s The Gentleman, Swinburne’s The Age of Shakespeare, The Flowers and Gardens of Japan, Ancient Tales and Folk Lore of Japan, and a memoir honoring Mrs. Oliphant are noted. J. M. Barrie, Tennyson, and H. G. Wells figures feature in anecdotal pieces, with discussions on Poe, Bain, and Duchess de Berri. The piece touches on Greek games and their cultural meaning, plus a vivid reminiscence of Tennyson’s Haslemere visit and rehearsal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Macmillan Company
Ella du Cane
Florence du Cane
J. Gordon Smith
The Olympiad in Greek History and Pindar’s Areté
Professor Gilbert Murray surveys how Olympiad festivals became a dating era for Greek events. He notes that after the Dorian conquest the games linked fame, military prowess, and the aristocratic ideal of Areté, with Pindar praising noble patrons who spent to sustain virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hesiod
Piers Ploughman
Sicily
Italy
Greece
Pindar
Areté
Sophia
Herodotus
Hippias
Hippolytus
Hellas
Huxley
Tennyson
Henley Regatta
Oxford
Cambridge
Epsom
Euripides
Plato
Olympia
Bacchylides
Cicero
Gilbert Murray
London
Troy
Sule
Athens
Hera
Argus
Delphi
Shaw
Duke of Wellington
Ajax
Odysseus
Peloponnese
Louis-Dyer
Pylos
Elis
Books of the Week selections and guides
A catalog of recent books including The Little Brown Brother by Stanley Portal Hyatt and Aunt Maud by Ernest Oldmeadow. Also listed are A Child's Guide to Pictures by Charles E. Catin, The Sporting Rifle by Walter Winans, The Oneidas by J. K. Bloomfield, The Bohemian Jinks by Porter Garnett, How to Get a Position and Keep It by Roland Hail, Esperanto titles by Edmond Privat, and The North West Passage by Roald Amundsen with multiple volumes and illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Brown Brother
Stanley Portal
Walter Winans
G. P. Putnam's Sons
J. K. Bloomfield
Evo
Alden Brothers
Porter Garnett
San Francisco
Pohetian Cub
Roland Hail
Lomo
Funk & Magnalis Company
Edmond Privat
Fleming H. Revell Company
T! International Lane
Edmond Rivat
iFleming H. Revell Company
Gift of $38,000 to Middlebury College
Middlebury Vermont July 31 President Thomas announces a gift to Middlebury College of 38000 arranged through a board member in New York City. The donation counts toward the 100000 goal set by a conditional offer from Dr D K Pearsons of Chicago to give 25000 when 375000 more is raised. Other subscriptions bring the total to about 2000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebury
Thomas
Middlebury College
New York City
D. K. Pearsons
Chicago
Pleas of the Noise Lorn Against Streetcar Racket
Public Service Commission asked to stop loud sounds from traction lines after Police Commissioner Bingham forwarded six complaints. Residents report nightly car noises on Sixth and Madison avenues, door to door, with threats to move businesses and disturb sleep. Inspectors were sent to investigate, with cooperation pledged from Police and Health departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Service Commission
Bingham
W. A. W. Tequier
Coney Island
First Avenue
41Th
41St Streets
Emily C. Hallock
West 11Th Street
Immane Asylum
Sixth Avenue
Jefferson Market
H. G Armstrong
Broadway
Sith
S8th
Momarch Light Company
West 125Th Street
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Fanny Casey
Madison Avenue
Commission
When Is A Noise Not A Noise Captain Seeks Ruling
Police Commissioner Bingham issued an anti noise order ten days ago saying common sense distinguishes unnecessary noise. Captain Carson received many complaints about park goers in Morningside Park and bells at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and St Hegis House being called noisy. Plainclothes officers found the bells soothing and not noisy, prompting the captain to seek a formal ruling on what constitutes permissible sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Carson
Westith Street
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Convent Aroune
I8set
St. Hegis House
Riverside Drive
W8th
Cam
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Literary News and Criticism
My. Fife Palarin Aiarioee
Frederic Harrison
The
Onal
Fredmast Martison
Macmillan Me
Frederic Starrison
Faf Party
Duke of Burgundy
Andrew Lang
Alfred Ollivant
Bob
Napoleon
Nelson
Mr. Swinburne
Shakespeare
Harpers
Charles Lamb
Margaret Oliphant
Trollope
Scotland
John Hare
the Falcon
Mr. Hare
Mr. Hallam Tennyson
F. W. Bain
Putnams
Caroline
Duchess de Berri
H. Noel Williams
Comte de Chambord
German Archeological Society
Fraulein Carola Barth
Arthur Ransome
Edgar Allan Poe
H. G. Wells
Pall Mall
New York
Port Arthur
Casablanca
South America
Harold MacGrath
the Roses-Merrill Company, Publishers
Indianapolis
Charles E. Catin
Baker & Taylor Company
Travel
North West Passage
Roald Amundsen
Hansen
Svo
E. Dutton & Co
Shorty McCabe
Sewell Ford
F. W. Wilson
Mitchell Kennerley
the Traveler
Mary R. J. Dubois
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Lucy H. Humphrey
Henry Holt and Company
Rene Bazin
Shaftesbury Avenue
Police
Captain Carson
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