American Origins in Pre Columbian America
Review of De Roo's two volume set American Origins and Approved Authors. The author surveys pre Columbian conditions and early Christian influence in America, tracing Asiatic and other migrations, Greek knowledge claims, Irish and Nordic voyagers, and the plausibility of St Brendan and Quetzalcoatl legends, ending with Columbus credit and the work's value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippin
America
Columbus
Marsilius Ficinus
East Oregonian
Pendleton
Oregon
Mr. de Roo
Behring Strait
South Pacific Islands
Yueatan
Africa
Solomon's Temple
Atlantis
de Roo
Pindar
Seppy Isles
Jupiter
Saturn
Critias
Justin Winsor
Plato
Pin- Gar
Virgil
Horace
Seneca
Dante
Pulc
St. Thomas the Apostle
China
Quetzalcoatl
Virgilius Mare
Ossian
Iceland
Ireland
Western Ocean
Alonzo Sanchez
San Domingo
Christopher Columbus
Uncommon Love Letters Burnished With Woes and Mystery
A critical review of a volume titled Love Letters, dating its ardent prose to a young heroine. The piece questions authenticity, praises the letters as clever and passionate, and notes a tragic ending at age twenty one. It also discusses related musical essays and portraits of composers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Juliet
Harris
Marie Bashkirtseff
Bashkirtseff
Romeo
Essays on Music by Camille Bellaigue reviewed
A French critic views modern music with sharp, sometimes acerbic insight. The collection includes silhouettes and essays on Verdi Rossini and Italian opera, with bold judgments on Otello Falstaff and the exotic in music, highlighting cultural tensions and musical truths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camille Bellaigue
Ellen Orr
Dodd, Mead & Co
Europe
M. Bellaigue
Beethoven
George Grove
Verdi
Robert le Diable
Italy
Rossini
Otello
Shakespeare
Cassio
Bolto
Saint-Saéns
M. Ballaigue
Athens
Weber
Schumann
Sir John Tenniel's Fifty Years with Punch Remembered
From The London Times a tribute marks Sir John Tenniel's fifty years with Punch. The piece notes his weekly cartoons since 1850, his rise after Doyle's exit, Leech's death, and Tenniel's health and humor. It recalls his early works, his influence on political satire, and his enduring presence at the Mahogany Tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
John Tenniel
Punch
Tenniel
Thackeray
Doyle
John Murray
Mark Lemon
Douglas Jerrold
Leech
Lord John Russell
Lord Jack
Cardinal Wiseman
Toby
John Bull
John Leech
Venice
Colonel Newcome
Don Quixote
Bouveriest
Publishing trade reforms and new works in 1900s New York
The article outlines a spring publishing boom driven by national prosperity and London season activity. It notes Lord Rosebery’s Napoleon sixth edition, E P Dutton’s Architects of English Literature with facsimiles, and a Publishers Association push to curb price cutting. It details bylaws, board members, and anticipated January meetings, plus editorials on standardizing prices to protect both public and trade interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
England
E. P. Dutton & Co
Shakespeare
Tennyson
R. Farquharson Sharp
British Museum
New Publishers’ Association
G. B. M. Harvey
George P. Brett
Frank H. Dodd
Charles Scribner
George Mifflin
A. C. McClurg
Craig Lippincott
Daniel Appleton
Frank H. Scott
Frank M. Dodd
Association
Publishers’ Association
Pompeii finds Grecian bronze statue worth £20000
A four foot high Grecian bronze statue was unearthed at Pompeii in the presence of Professor Orsi. The piece resembles the Idolino degli Uffizi and is in perfect condition, believed to have held a lamp in a villa outside Pompeii's walls and valued at £20,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Chronicle
Rome
Pompeii
Orsi
Syracuse
Athens
Annon
Cape Citera
Cape Maria
Oikonomos
Ministry of Marine
Books and serials push for public reach in English law history
The piece discusses publishing strategy including serials in magazines to promote books. It notes Putnams preparing a historical sketch of English law, with publishers valuing advertising space, subscription lists, and serial publication. It also highlights new psychology titles by Houghton Mifflin and playful Boston chatter about the two Winston Churchills attracting crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yand
The
Putnams
Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Joseph Jastrow
Millicent Washburn Shinn
Boston
Winston Spencer Churchill
Winston Churchill
Hotel Touraine
Somerset Club
Attic Drama Translations and Contemporaries in Print
Longmans plans a series of verse translations of Greek plays under Warr and Murray with illustrations. First volume is Aeschylus Orestean trilogy with intro on Greek tragedy. Upcoming works include Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plautus, and Terence. Also new editions and religious essays from various publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longmans, Green & Co
George C. W. Warr
Aeschylus
Warr
Antigone
Sophocles
J. S. Phillimore
Euripides
Gilbert Murray
Aristophanes
S “Frogs
Plutus
Trinummus
Plautus
Adelphi
Terence
Professor Murray
New Books and Critics Highlight Samplers and Opera Evolutions
An England London exhibition of three hundred samplers inspires a forthcoming volume by Longmans on embroideries and foreign samplers with color reproductions and monchrome plates. Apthorp discusses opera evolution and Scarlatti’s role, while F Marion Crawford’s In the Palace of the King achieves rapid popularity with a planned dramatization next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
London
Longmans, Green & Co
F. Marion Crawford
New Year Plans for The International Studio and Theater Souvenirs
The January issue will expand the International Studio to devote more space to American artists including William M Chase. American notes will grow from four to twelve pages. R H Russell will publish a large Sarah Bernhardt souvenir with ninety six pages, autographed by Bernhardt and featuring sixty five pictures and cartoons. A Weber & Fields souvenir with Archie Gunn drawings and photos of the team’s comedians is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Studio
William M. Chase
Department of American Notes
R. H. Russell
Sarah Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Mr. Russell
Weber & Fields
Archie Gunn
Books of the Week and New Titles Listed
A catalog of recent publications and editions across genres. Includes Life and Letters of Phillips Brooks by Allen with portraits, The Fortunes of Claude for boys, The Germans in Colonial Times by Bittinger, a Chicago Directors directory, and various works from Macmillan, Lippincott, American Book Company, and other publishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Brooks
Alexander C. G. Allen
E. P. Dutton
Cod
Claude
Edgar Pickering
Frederick Warne & Co
Lucy Forner Bittinger
American Book Company
Cyrus
Xenophon
Clarence W. Gleason
Tom M'Neal
T. A. McNeal
Topeka
Kan
Crane & Co
the Tribune
Eugene Field
John C. Frohn
Henry A. Dickerman
H. G. Atkins
Henry Holt & Co
F. Schenck
M. D
A. Gurber
William D. Zoethout
Jacques Loeb
Ph. D. Soo
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American Origins
Doubleday, Page & Co
Gevaert
Bourgault- Ducoudray
Tiersot
M. Bourgault-Ducoudray
Thamara
Félicien David
Auber
le Désert
Lalla Rookh
Saint Simonites
David
Constantinople
Smyrna
Cairo
Schubert
Offenbach
Ambroise Thomas
Bach
Gounod
Bellini
Rousseau
Lalo
Falcon
Sir John Tenniel
Punch” Draughtsmen
Lord Rosebery
Napoleon
Publishers’ Weekly
Charles W. Stubbs
Ely Cathedral
Winchester Donald
Trinity Church
Dean Stubbs
Dean Maitland
Professor Colby
Dartmouth College
Dean Mait
Brooks Adams
Macmillan Company
Allen
Minot J. Savage
United States
Shaler
Appletons
Thomas F. G. Coates
House of Commons
Lord
By Stephen Phillips
Paolo and
Francesca
John Lane
5Th Ave
N. Y
Rosebery
Scarlatti
Giacomo Carissimi
Rolland
Carissimi
Provenzale
Apthorp
Wagner
Baker's Great Book
John Bright St
Birmingham
Tribune
Broadway
31St-St
6Th-Ave
Cor
12Th-St
Macy
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