Ocean Hunting and Desert Tales Critique in Letters
Ware reviews Newfoundland Atlantic hunting and live decoy methods, Randolph recounts elk to ducks adventures west of the Mississippi, Hornaday explores Pinacate desert and big horn sheep pursuit, plus Scotland angling art, Alaska Diana duo, and Bronson ranch reminiscences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolds
Richard D. Ware
L. C. Page & Co
Edger Randolph
Forest and Stream Publishing Company
William Z. Hornaday
Sc. D
Charles Scribner's Sons
Scotland
Mr. Ware
Newfoundland
Atlantic
St. Lawrence
Cape Cod
New England
Massachusetts
Mr. Randolph
Mississippi
Rockies
Colorado
Louisiana
Ma. Hornaday
Arizona
Pinacate
Hornaday
Mr. Hornaday
Galloway
Perthshire
Gillies
Thomas Burnside
Lochinvar
Old Masters in Color Plates and Sheffield Plate Works
A review of two volume color reproductions The Pictures and Plate and Sheffield Plate detailing the study of old master works through color processes, marks of makers, and historical notes. It discusses Bolsover and Hancock in Sheffield plating and evaluates Veitch and Hardie biographies of Velitch artists Pettie and others with commentary on color reproductions and artistic merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. P. Dutton & Co
Sheffield Plate
Henry Newton Veitch
the Macmillan Company
John Pettie
Martin Hardie
B. A. Illustrated
The
Macmillan Company
Europe
Watteau
Corot
Breda
Melozzo
Fra Angelico
the Lippis
Botticelli
Titian
Durer
Holbein
Frankfort
van Eyck
van Dyck
Charles I
Rembrandt
Cassel
Jacob
Montagu
Horace Walpole
Lord Strafford
Sheffield
England
London
Veitch
Tudor House
Thomas Bolsover
Hunter
Hallamshire
Strafford
Bolsover
Joseph Hancock
John Petty
Hardie
Pettie
Royal Academy
Walter Scott
Mr. Hardie
Ian Maclaren and the Liverpool Minister Watson
A biography of John Watson of Liverpool by Robertson Nicoll details his rise from a city pastor to fame as Ian Maclaren. It covers his Highland roots, Edinburgh training, Sefton Park ministry, and influence through The Mind of the Master and Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, noting his humane humor and religious reach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Maclaren
Rev
John Watson
D. D
W. Robertson Nicoll
Soc
Dodd, Mead & Co
Liverpool
Bonnie Brier Bush
Watson
Robertson Nicoll
Manningtree
Essex
Perth
Stirling
Scotland
Free Kirk
Maclaren
Loch Tay
Highlands
Nicoll
New College
James Stalker
David Patrick
Chambers
Henry Drummond
Robertson
Brighton
Thomasz Hill Green
Oxford
Tibingen
Edinburgh
Logiealmond
Free
Sefton Park
Edward Russell
Oliver Lodge
Matthew Arnold
Sefton Park Church
Jesus
Tan Maclaren
Dr. Nicoll
Jan Maclaren
Presbyterian Church of England
Westminster College
Cambridge
America
Dickens
Watson portrait recalls religious life and Scots soldiers
The biographer highlights Watson as a devoted religious figure whose absorbing life interests shaped his career. The portrait evokes his endearing traits and the deep regret of many friends at his passing as Scots soldiers played Lochaber No More on his grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valley of the Ken
Lechinvar
Alaska
Watson
Iar Maclaren
Lochaber
Jeers and Ambitions for an American Language
A London Globe piece argues no unique American tongue exists despite desires for a national language. It notes the United States is part of a larger American continuum and that English remains the unifying language, with roots predating colonial independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Globe
United States
The
United
England
Europe
Books Reviewed by Critics and Readers
A collage of praise and blurbs for several works and authors including Crawford Lucas Morgan Major and Major. Critics call The Diva's Ruby a strong plot masterwork and Abraham Lincoln the Boy and the Man a faithful life portrait. Stories of bears and Indian treasure promise thrilling suspense per Boston Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saracinescu
F. M. Crawford
Ruby
James Morgan
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Chicago Tribune
Charles Major
Tom Andy Bill
Boston Herald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Agnes Herbert
Burnside
Anawny
Bronson
Veiteh
University of Edinburgh
Robert Louis Stevenson
Prince of Glory
Arnold
Peter
Jamie Thompson
Norman McLeod
Kirk
Norman
Bemerton
E. V. Lucas
Albany Argus
Bob
Battle
Alfred Cllivant
Record-Herald
Pelleas and
Eterre
Hiss Zona Gale
Coniston
Mr. Churchill
Mr. Crewe
New York Tribune
John R. Spears
Boston Transcript
Elizabeth D. Hanscom
Ella Higginson
Clifton Johnson
Pacific Coast
Dia
John Wright
Titus
J. G. Brooks
A. C. Coolidge
Harvard
Uiversity
U. S
New York Times
A. Lawrence Lowell
Government of
Lowell
Independent
Percival Lowell
Mars
Prof. Lowell
John P. Jones
D.C
India
Chicago
Tribun
T. B. Aldrich
Ferris Greenslet
Churchman
Alice Freeman Palmer
George H. Palmer
John Keats
Albert E. Hancock
Hicago Dial
Wlustrates
Rk. W. Gilder
Revidence Journal
Spain
Havelock Ellis
New York Theune
Rome
Lyman Abbott
Abbott
Hamilton
Mabie
Boston
Marjorie Daw
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Mieago
New York
John Cecil Clay
Oliver Herford
J. C. Clay
Baltimore Sun
Lewis Rand
Mary Johnston
Samu
M. Crothers
Chicago Record-Herald
Peabody Penny
Kate Douglas
Lfe
Alice Barber Stephens
Handsonmely Dounag
Ephine PF
Peabody ‘Crne
Springfield Republican
Elizabeth Hippen Green
Houghton Mifflin Company
Arthur Stanwood
Pier
Boston Clobe. Illustrated
Abbie Farwell Brown
Philadelphia Press
Milwaukee Free Press
Charles Miner Thompson
Hum
Maude Barrows
Eva March Tappan
Mies Tappa
Ehill
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