The Creed of a Layman and the Positivist Faith
Frederic Harrison’s valedictory volumes on religion and life, The Creed of a Layman and The Philosophy Common Sense, frame a Positivist reformulation of Christianity joined with science. The critic notes Harrison’s Oxford background, gradual break with orthodox faith, and his insistence that religion’s social cure lies in realism, humanity, and the modern method, while warning that his critique largely rejects alternative theologies.
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Frederic Starrison
Harrison
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England
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Siocon
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Oxford
Wadham College
Comte
Darwin
Spencer
Mercy
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Sea of
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Alexandria
Augustus Fidem Rostram
Mir
Charles the Bold Duke of Burgundy review
Ruth Putnam’s study on Charles the Bold 1433 to 1477 surveys Burgundy’s fragile patchwork realm from Rhine to Swiss borders. It argues failure to create a nation, Charles’s erratic leadership, and French annexation under Louis XI as pivotal outcomes. The author notes vivid illustrations and a balanced if measured prose.
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Burgundy
Ruth Putnam
G. P. Putnam's Sons
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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
Origin of the Sobriquet John Bull and the French Cock
Andrew Lang discusses when John Bull became England’s sobriquet and how the cock symbol for France arose. He notes a 1429 chronogram misattributed to Bede linked to Merlin, showing the date 1429 and the merging of prophetic and historical legends across national symbols.
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Andrew Lang
London Illustrated News
John Bull
England
France
Bull
Burgundy
Bede
Merlin
Arthur
Chronogramma prophecy on Maid of Orleans and Bull of England
The passage analyzes a chronogram predicting French fortunes and English defeat, noting the French cocks and the Maid of Orleans raising a standard. It questions Taurus as John Bull and links Mars, Taurus, and the date April 27 1429, suggesting the text states what occurred rather than forecasting outcomes.
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Tauro Nova Della Parabunt
Fort Vexilla Puella
France
Orleans
Bull
John Bull
Taurus
Mars
Mr. Blaikie
England
Romance of the Sea Hero and Napoleonic Plot
A forthcoming Alfred Olivant romance titled The Gentleman promises a Napoleonic agent plot to kidnap Nelson during an English admiral’s visit. Also noted are Swinburne’s The Age of Shakespeare and publications on Japan’s flowers gardens and ancient tales. Continues with memorials to Mrs. Oliphant, Tennyson anecdotes, and new works by Bain and Williams.
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Alfred Olivant
Bob
Napoleon
Nelson
England
Japan
Macmillan Company
Ella du Cane
Florence du Cane
J. Gordon Smith
The War in the Air and the Lost Virtues of Greek Games
The piece praises Wells's War in the Air for its fearless imaginative scope while warning against decoupling cruelty from human nature. It then surveys ancient Greek athletic culture, arguing that the Olympian festivals reflected early Greek virtues of vigor and rivalry but gradually shifted toward wisdom and wealth as true moral character evolved.
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H. G. Wells
Pall Mall
New York
New
York
Alexandria
Port Arthur
Casablanca
South America
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
The Olympiad as a Dating Era in Greek History
Professor Gilbert Murray argues that among ancient Greek festivals the Olympiad provided the most stable dating system from 716 B.C. Its four year cycle, along with a priestess and archon dating methods, offered a universal reference despite rival schemes. Pindar praised the athletic nobility tied to Areté, while post-Dorian conquest transformed the games into a display of warrior prowess and elite wealth.
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Gilbert Murray
London
Troy
Saime
Athens
Hera
Argos
Delphi
Olympia
Shaw
Duke of Wellington
Pindar
Ajax
Odysseus
Peloponnese
Louis-Dyer
Pylos
Elis
Books of the Week Review List
A catalog of recent reads including The Little Brown Brother by Stanley Portal Hyatt Aunt Maud by Ernest Oldmeadow A Child's Guide to Pictures by Chartes x Casin The Sporting Rifle by Walter Winans The Oneidas by J K Bloomfield The Bohemian Jinks by Porter Garnett How to Get a Position and How to Keep It by Roeland Hattlomo Esperanto in Fifty Lessons by Edmond Privat Esperanto at a Glance by Edmond Privat The North West being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration by Roald Amundsen and accompanying notes by Hansen and the expedition team.
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Little Brown Brother
Stanley Portal
Walter Winans
G. P. Putnam's Sons
J. K. Bloomfield
Evo
4den Brothers
Porter Garnett
Fleming H. Revell Company
Edmond Privat
North West
Grea
Roald Amundsen
Hansen
Svo
Ee. P. Dutton & Co
Gift of $30 000 to Middlebury College
President Thomas of Middlebury College announces a gift of 30000 dollars through a New York City trustee member. The gift advances a 100000 dollar goal linked to Dr. D K Pearsons conditional gift of 25000 if 75000 more is raised. Subscriptions now total about 52000 dollars.
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Middlebury
Thomas
Middlebury College
New York City
D. K. Pearsons
Chicago
Complaints of Noisy Cars Plague City Residents
Police Commissioner Bingham filed six letters with the Public Service Commission detailing disruptive noises from transit lines. Residents including M. M. McAuliffe and Emily C. Halcock cite night tracks and brakes as keeping them awake. Inspectors are investigating, with health and police departments aiding to curb daytime and nighttime disturbances.
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Bingham
Public Service Commission
W. A. W. Tequier
U. 8
S. A
Coney Island
H. G. Armstrong
Broadway
Sith
Momarch Light Company
West 135Th Street
Third Avenue Railroad Company
Fanny Casey
Madison Avenue
Commission
Noisy bells spark city police ruling request
Police Captain Carson seeks guidance after a flood of complaints following an anti noise order by Commissioner Bingham. Reports from plainclothes officers claim bells at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and St Regis House are soothing, yet Carson questions what constitutes unnecessary noise and asks for a ruling.
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Bingham
Carson
Westith Street
Morningside Park
Convent of the Sacred Heart
Convent Aroune
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