Birds and Beasts Books Review Harbors Rich Illustrations
A lengthy catalog and critique cover many natural history titles including Bird Homes by A Radclyffe Forbes and Bird Studies with a Camera by Frank M. Chapman. The piece praises Dugmore's color plates, notes the author photographers, and highlights California birds, fur bearers, and the broader Library for Young Naturalists series with strong illustrations and practical guides. The review admires clarity, variety, and instructional value across works on wildlife, fishing, taxidermy, and animal life.
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Frank M. Chapman
Nature
Octave
Dd. Appleton & Co
Celifornie
Charles A. Keeler
San Francisco
D. Pr. Elder & Morgan Shephard
Chapman
Eminent Britons National Portrait Gallery Book Review
A G A Dutton volume surveys national figures through halftone portraits from the National Gallery of England. From the Queen to Darwin, Gladstone to Swift, Agnes Strickland to Nell Gwynn, the selection blends historical and literary personages with biographical notes and quotations, bound in olive green with gilded edges.
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Huxley
John Morley
National Gallery of England
von Angeli
Gladstone
Cardinal Manning
Owen
Tennyson
Newman
Browning
Matthew Arnold
Darwin
Lke Hogarth
Swift
Dryden
Ben Jonson
Shakespeare
Cardinal Wolseley
Black Prince
Agnes Strickland
Anne Boleyn
Queen Elizabeth
Nell Gwynn
Oratory An Excellent Anthology Of Eloquence
A four volume collection titled Oratory An Excellent Anthology Of Eloquence with Introductions and Explanatory Notes by Charles Kendall Adams and a Supplement by John Alden. It surveys notable British orations from O Connell to Rosebery and includes biographical sketches, stylistic analyses, and historical notes to illuminate the speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kendall Adams
John Alden
G P. Putnam's Sons
Adams
Daniel O'Connell
Lord Palmerston
Viscount Sherbrooke
Beaconsfield
Gladstone
Chamberlain
Rosebery
John Magee
Dublin
Lord Rosebery
Edinburgh
The Theatre Safety From Fire And Panic By Gerhard
An examination of William Paul Gerhard's study on theatre safety, ventilation, sanitation, and fire prevention. The review notes New York theatres rank well for safety, stresses rapid egress, fireproofing, and clean backstage areas, with examples like Bayreuth and Madison Square Garden.
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William Paul Gerhard
C. E
Boston
Bates & Guild Co
Bayreuth Opera House
Fifth Avenue
New York
Knickerbocker
Keith
Théâtre Francais
Paris
Gerhard
Carnegie Music Hall
Hoyt
Colonial Women. Dam es and Daughters of Colonial Days.
Geraldine Brooks profiles ten colonial era women including Anne Hutchinson Mme La Tour Margaret Brent Eliza Lucas Pinckney Martha Washington Abigail Adams Elizabeth Schuyler and Sarah Wister and Deborah Norris through a blend of historical outline and imaginative storytelling. The illustrated volume covers varied epochs regions and roles highlighting women’s influence in early America.
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Miss Brooks
Anne Hutchinson
Woman's Club
America
Mme. la Tour
Fort la Tour
Acadia
Margaret Brent
Maryland
Mme
Sarah Kent
Eliza Lucas
Charleston
Martha Washington
Abigail Adams
Elizabeth Schuyler
Alexander Hamilton
Sarah Wister
Deborah Norris
Philadelphia
Pinckney
Geraldine Brooks
Madame la Tour
Concord Monitor
Old Voyages The World’s Discoverers book review
A Boston review praises William Henry Johnson’s Old Voyages The World’s Discoverers as a focused account of sea routes to the Indies. It covers Marco Polo, early Portuguese navigators, Columbus, da Gama, Magellan, Verrazano, and Arctic attempts, noting vivid illustrations and accurate detail but occasional stylistic lapses.
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William Henry Johnson
Boston
Little, Brown & Co
Indies
Europe
Marco Polo
Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Magellan
Verrazano
Frobisher
Davis
Drake
Barents
Hudson
Arctic
Northwest Passage
Franklin
Nordenskjold
Pole
Johnson
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David Starr Jordan
TD. Appleton & Co
Charles Barker Bradford
E. P. Grow Publishing Company
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Chicago
Edition DE Luxe
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Crane Eation
William H. Crane
DR. Eggleston
England
Edward Eccleston
Eonard Eccleston
Thomas Henry Huxley
Leonard Huxley
Paul Jones
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Reuben James
James Grant Wilson
N. S. Shaler
Harvard University
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John Sartain
Edgar Sanderson
Clare College
Cambridge
Concise Knowledge Library
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W. M. Conway
W. M. Davis
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Fridtjof Nansen
J. Scott Keltie
F. C. Selous
Hugh Robert Mill
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Rudyard Kipling
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