The Great Proconsul Sir George Grey in Empire History
A critical study of Sir George Grey’s colonial career in South Australia New Zealand and South Africa, tracing his bold policies land reform and expansionist vision. The biography highlights his clashes with superiors and peers his impact on native policy and the enduring influence of his federation ideas. It also notes his recalls and later admiration in England and the enduring prominence of his reforms in Australasia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
George Grey
South Australia
John Russell
Grey
Caps Colony
Cape Colony
Hottentots
Ives
New 2d
Colonial Office
Federation of
Thomas Price
Seddon
Commonwealth
Australasia
Buller Name History and Aristocratic Lineage
The Pall Mall Gazette reflects on Sir Redvers Buller and the Bul er surname tracing to medieval times. It notes origins of de Redvers, de Rivers, and de Ripariis with Creuilly in Calvados and chronicles the Earl of Levon lineage passing to the Courtenays. It mentions Buller’s notable remarks as part of the historical portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
Sir Redvers Buller
Richard de Redvers
von de Redvers
de Rivers
de Ripariis
Riviera
Creuilly
Calvados
de Redvers
Earl of
Courtenays
Buller
History in Western Nations A Psychological Approach
A critical review of Emil Reichs two volume general history of Western nations from 500 B.C. to A.D. 199. The essay praises Reichs bold psychological method while faulting his overreliance on psycho logical causes and daring parallelisms. It notes his rejection of traditional philological sources and his tendency to misapply analogy to settle historiographic questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B.C
A.D
Emil Reich
the Macmillan Company
Critique of Reich on history and social psychology
The passage argues that Dr Reich’s historical theory lacks documentary criticism and social psychology rigor. It contends that calling common criticisms “logical” or “futile” reveals ignorance of modern methods and dismisses Tarde’s laws of social imitation, undermining Reich’s credibility and scholarly respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reich
Gabriel Tarde
Books and Authors Review of New Napoleon and Classical Works
The piece surveys Warden’s forthcoming Napoleons Fellow Travellers with letters from St Helena, Rambuteau memoirs, Emerson’s poems, Gorki’s The Soldiers, Pollock on Irving, Gribble on Rousseau, Macdonald’s Humane Philosophy, Santley on singing, and new editions from Macmillan and Scribners. It notes Nietzsche’s Ecce Homo and references Milton commemorations at Bow Church with Wordsworth’s sonnet set to music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Warden
St. Helena
C. K. Shorter
Napoleon
Warden
Francis Gribble
Rousseau
The
Scribners
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Frederika Macdonald
Reminiscences and Books Announced by Publishers
Publishers unveil D Rockefeller reminiscences covering The Reason for Preparing the Reminiscences and The Story of the Standard Oil Company. Elaboration on Oppression stories, modern corporations, business conduct, and future regulation. Many forthcoming works include Caxton census, Marie Corelli Holy Orders, As Others See Us, Shakespeare life, La Touche memoirs, Gentlemen Errant, France in the Twentieth Century, Egyptology progress, and related literary and cultural items with dates and publishers noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Oil Company
Foley
Books of the Week. Art and Biographies in 1908 Yearbook
The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art 1908 reviews architecture, garden design, furniture, textiles, stained glass, pottery with color and halftone illustrations. Also biographical notices on John Watts De Peyster by Frank Allaber in two volumes, plus several titles: Sowing Seeds in Danny by Nellie L McCluna, Tamar Ctyrie by Berthe St Luz, Insect Stories by Kellogg with Wellman, Leaktree and Shimada, and The French Influence in English Literature by Upham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Studio” Yearbook OF Decorative Art
John Lane Company
Person
John Watts DE Peyster
Frank Allaber
Frank Allaben
Danny
Nellie L. McCluna
Doubleday, Page
Tamar Ctyrie
Berthe St. Luz
F. Fenno
Church News Notes on Bishop Greer Coadjutor Possibility
Episcopal circles expect Bishop Greer to administer the New York diocese unaided for years. Clergy note his active charge since election as Bishop Potter`s coadjutor and smooth operations. Possible favoring of Westchester appointments, with Rev. Dr. Freeman of Yonkers as a candidate for a northern coadjutor.
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Greer
New York
Episcopal
Potter
Horatio Potter
Westchester
Rockland
Richmond
Putnam
Dutchess
Ulster
Orange
Albany
James FE. Freeman
St. Andrew’s Church
Yonkers
New York City
Presbyterian Falling Off Reveals Readjusted Church Total
Official statistics from the Northern Presbyterian Church show a nominal drop of 41,000 members this year, with total membership at 1,200,329 compared to 1,341,492 last year. The-reduction reflects readjustments from the Cumberland union, not a real loss, as Cumberland adherents partially joined the Presbyterian body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern Presbyterian Church
William H. Roberts
General Assembly
Presbyterian
Cumberland Presbyterian
Cumberland
Presbyterian Church
Question for the Covenanters Synod on Local Elections
The Reformed Presbyterian Church faced a dilemma over whether members may vote in local option elections. Voting could conflict with the church’s stance against participation in non Christ‑recognized governments. The synod referred the issue to the temperance committee for a future report. the church discusses 15 congregations with 9 404 communicants.
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Synod of the
Reformed Presbyterian
Covenanter, Church
Philadelphia
Covenanter Church
Christ
Churen
Committee On
Temperance
Reformed Presbyterian Church
Campaign to promote church education through secular press
The plan includes organizing circles of lay readers in parish and diocesan groups and launching a secular press campaign to advance church education. The effort aims to broaden participation and awareness of religious study across communities.
WANT METHODIST UNION PUSHED BY LEADERS
Methodist leaders set a goal of uniting all American Methodist bodies as progress from the prompt response of the Methodist Protestant Church to union overtures. Efforts to merge the Methodist Episcopal and Southern Methodist churches continue, with emphasis on uniting the Northern and Southern branches to claim true union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Protestant Church
General Conference
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal
Methodist Union
General Items Of The Week Religious Talks And Services
The Rev Dr Len G Broughton will preach in New York churches as he travels to London to preach for Dr G Campbell Morgan. He opens Tent Evangel services on 17th Street and Broadway and conducts nightly sermons until August 17. A large rally by the Evangelistic Committee of New York City is planned at Fort George with multi language preaching for Italians Hebrews Germans and French. William Nesbitt a longtime NYPD member and local preacher will lead a pulpit at Cornell Memorial Church on 76th Street tomorrow evening. The Church of the Ascension hosts services with Rector Percy Stickney Grant and Rev Walter E Clifton Smith. Marble Collegiate Church's Dr Allend will speak on God and Our Money and God and Our City tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len G. Broughton
Tabernacle Church
Atlanta
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Broughton
London
G. Campbell Morgan
Fifth Avenue Church
Dr. Broughton
17Th Street
Broadway
Fort George
Evangelistic Committee of
New York City
East Side
William Nesbitt
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cornell Memorial Church
76Th Street
Second Avenue
Church of the Ascension
Fifth Avenue
10Th Street
Percy Stickney Grant
Walter E. Clifton Smith
Dr. Allend
Marble Collegiate Church
2Th Street
Tenth Street
Ill on Mauretania Ailing Chicago official aboard transatlantic liner
Edward H. Llewelyn secretary of the Chicago Malleable Steel Company fell ill at mid Atlantic while aboard the Cunard Mauretania en route from Liverpool. A wireless message brought his two brothers and Dr. S J Baldersom to aid him. He was transported by ambulance to Jersey City and rushed to Chicago.
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Edward H. Llewelyn
Chicago Malleable Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Chicago
Prince Petrocchino
France
James Templer
George von L. Meyer
Mauretania
William G. McAdoo
Fatal and nonfatal injuries after city car crash
In Philadelphia on Aug 7 seven people were ejected when a car skidded and overturned on the city outskirts. Six were injured, one possibly fatally, including Lena Brown a 16 year old with brain concussion. Other injured were William Atkinson, Mrs Atkinson, Frank Williams, William Oakley and Miss Florence Payne. The chauffeur attempted a sharp turn without slowing.
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Philadelphia
Lena Brown
William Atkinson
Atkinson
Frank Williams
William Oakley
Florence Payne
New Episcopal Organization Formed in Albany
A new lay group named the Christian Studies Society has been formed within the Protestant Episcopal Church to persuade members to study church history and affairs. It is led by president Clarence M. Abbott, with headquarters in Albany, and plans study courses and public lectures on Episcopal topics with clergy support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Protestant Episcopal Church
Christian Studies Society
Albany
Clarence M. Abbott
Brick Church Notices Rev L L Davis and McLeod sermon
Religious notices list ministers and service details for Brick Church Fifth Avenue. Rev Robert Davis leading morning service with communion. Rev Malcolm J McLeod D D of Pasadena California to preach at eleven. Sacrament of the Lord's Supper to follow.
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Brick Church
Renee Ome
Lll
Robert Davis
Malcolm J. M'Leod
D. D
Pasadena
California
Books Received and New Titles Noted
A列 syllable scan of new books lists go titles on the game of Go by Arthur Smith with plates, house painting manuals by Alvah Horton Sabin, potted fiction by John Kendrick Bangs, a district school teaching text by John Wirt Dinsmore, Lincoln the Man of Sorrow by Eugene W. Chafin, the works of Anatole France in translation, Mother of Pearl in hand bound edition, and Biology Padtions and its Makers by William A. Lacy with portraits, all with publishers and formats.
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Japan
Arthur Smith
Moffat, Yard & Co
Alvah Horton Sabin
John Wiley & Son
John Kendrick Bangs
Doubleday, Page & Co
John Wirt Dinsmore
Anatole France
Frederic Chapman
Soc
Joan Lane Company
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Literary News and Criticism
I. Henleson
M.A
E. Dutton & Co
St. Paul's Cathedral
Professor Henderson
Carey
Prince Imperial
Zululand
Lord Salisbury
Buckingham Palace
Greece
America
Bichat
Bopp and Pott
Bravigny
Rome
Dr. Reich
Judea
Transvaal
United States
Sparta
Romulus
Numa
Comte de Rambuteau
Rambuteau
Emerson
Macmillan
Oscar C. Gallagher
Maxim Gorki
Henry Irving
Walter Herries Pollock
Mr. Loveday
Charles Santley
Garcia
Manuel
Mr. E. V. Lurcas
Macmillan Company
Elizabeth D. Hanscom
Richard Blackmore
Lorna Doone
Sker
Milton
Bow
William Watson
Wordsworth
Germany
Nietzsche
R. Richter
Mr. Jobo
D. Rockefeller
S. de Ricci
Caxtons
Caxton
Blades
Marie Corelli
John Graham Brooks
Henry Cust
Europe
Oscar Wide
Robert Ross
Martin L. D'Ooge
Athens
Seymour
Arthur L. Frothingham
Charles Waldstein
Herculaneum
W. W. Fowler
Jonas Lie
Prik
W. L. George
Professor Maspero
Egypt
Elizabeth Lee
Maspero
African Desert
Vernon L. Kellogg
Mary Wellman
Maud Leaktree
Sekko Shi— Mada
I2mo
Henry Holt & Co
Elizabeth
Alfred Horatio Upham
Columbia University
Church News
Covenanters
Want Methodist Union
E. H.llewelyn
Rene Bazin
Shaftesbury Avenue
Baker's Great
John Bright
Birmingham
Broadway Tabernacle
56Th St
William A. Kirkwood
Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church
Ave
Church OF Christ, Scientist
45Th St
Fifth Ave
Atlanta Tabernacle Church
Madison Ave. Baptist Church
Edward Lol
Madison Avenue
Corner
Madison Ave
Henry Sloane Coffin
John E. N
North Presbyterian Church
Bet
Amsterdam
John Ege
Il Am
Aldoch
Troy
Wer
Science
William A. Lacy
Old First Presbyterian Church
Sth
Howard Duffield
James A. M'Cague
J. A. McCague
Religious Society OF Friends& Religious Meetings
If Am
East 5Th St
Rutherford Place
Manhattan
Schermerherm St
Boerum Place
Brooklyn
Sen. G. Broughton
PTT
St. Bartholomew's Church
44Th St
J. Stuart Holden
St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church
West End Ave
6Th St
George P. Eckman
Llam
M B. Chapman
D. M
Middle Collegiate Church
John G. Fagg
A. J. Muste
Lla
29Th St
David Jas. Burrell
John G. Allen
Ila
ST Nicholas Sth Ave
48Th St
Donald Sage MacKay
West End Collegiate Church
Henry Evertson Cobb
Henry A. Bushnell
Lagrange
Ilam
University Place Presbyterian Church
10Th St
George Alexander
James Hardin Smith
West End Presbyterian Church
Msterdam Ave
105Th St
A Edwin Rbigwin
Frank T. Bayley
Congregational Church
Denver
Col
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