Peking to Paris Motor Journey in Barzini Book Review
Literary notice on Luigi Barzini's Peking to Paris with Prince Borghese recounting their motor odyssey across China and Mongolia. Highlights Barzini's narrative charm, travels, and the practical prep behind the expedition, noting human interest amid the machine's romance and East-West curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peking
Paris
Luigi Barzini
de Caricivecchio
Prince Bcrehese
Mitchell Kennerley
Signor Barzini
Prince Borghese
le Matin
Ettore Guizzardi
China
Mongolia
Shanghai
Siberia
Russia
St. Petersburg
Nobel
Russian Empire
Udde
Urga
Gobi Desert
Pekin
Columbus
Borghese
Agnes
Prince
Ahaa
Tia
Kiakhbta
Vladivostok
Krasnoyarsk
Yeniseisk
Manor and Manorial Records in Medieval England
A concise review of Nathaniel J. Howe’s The Manor and Manorial Records. It outlines the evolution of the English manor from Norman to late medieval times, the lord of the manor’s changing powers, and how courts held in the hall recorded manorial life. The piece highlights court rolls, tenure practices, and hall life with examples from Staffordshire and Derbyshire manors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Mr. Howe
Maitland
Seebohm
Vinogradoff
Mr. Hone
Smith
Hone
Hertfordshire
Staffordshire
Derbyshire
Burton-on-Trent
Little Hempston
Totnes
Devonshire
Walter
Moor
Adam
le Hollide
Thomas Cotes
Richard
Thomas Pedmore
Highfield
Gnossall
Howe
Italy’s tram plan sparks art versus public works clash
The London Saturday Review notes Italian plans to shorten a tram route by crossing ramparts face opposition. Carducci historic protest is mentioned. the Belle Arti panel condemns the scheme while the Ministry of Public Works holds final say. The piece laments foreign meddling yet celebrates Italy’s enduring charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Saturday Review
Ofucea
Carducci
Belle Arti
Ministry of Public Works
Italy
Books And Authors In An Echo Of Old Time Voices
A survey of literary figures and works with Maurice Hewlett seeking Spain for novel material, Sidney Lee lamenting scarce Shakespeare quartos, and reminiscences by William Winter of Thomas Bailey Aldrich and Walt Whitman. The piece recalls Whitman’s blunt vanity, Aldrich’s roots, and notes on Huxley, Edison and Mackay. It closes with a maritime anecdote from the Derby collection about the Amity and a shipwright coincidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Hewlett
Italy
Spain
George Borrow
Sidney Lee
British Museum
Duke of Devonshire
Shakespeare Trust
Stratford
America
Saturday Evening Post
William Winter
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Apostle
Aldrich
Winter
Walt Whitman
Walt
Shakespeare
Wordsworth
Byron
Childe Harold
Shelley
Adonais
Whitman
Huxley
R. D. Paine
Essex Institute
Salem
Outing Magazine
Elias Hasket Derby
West Indies
Ingersoll
Amity
Dbmeanson
Mr. Derby
The
Napoleon
Russia
Colin Alexander Mackenzie
Colin
Niemen
Mackenzie
France
Elba
Caucasus
St. Petersburg
Enzie
Crimea
Czar
Lord Raglan
Mutineers Overpowered as Duncanson Commands Amity Capture
An anchored brig is manned and armed as Captain Duncanson leads a boarders party to seize the Amity. Mutineers are overpowered and jailed in Salem. The Amity is restored to Eycee with a brave crew and a successful sea venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncanson
Amity
Salem
Irons
Eycee
Books of the Week and Related Works Mentioned
Book reviews announce George Morland life and works by Gilbey and Cuming, a history of Leon Burgos and Salamanca by Calvert with numerous halftone illustrations, and a guide How to Collect Continental China by C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Morland
Walter Gilbey, Bart
E. D. Cuming
Macmillan Company
Leon
Burgos
Salamanca
Albert F. Calvert
John Lane Company
China
FICTION BOOKS LIST WITH VARIOUS AUTHORS AND TITLES
A catalog of early 20th century fiction travel and historical works. Roy Norton’s The Vanishing Fleets. Travers about the San Francisco Earthquake. Bindloss For Jacinta. Christian Reid Princess Nadine. Louis Tracy The Red Year. White The Yellow Face. Terhune The New Mayor. McCormack The Tragedy of Russia in Pacific Asia. Thayer Legal Essays. Handy News-Tribune Cartoon Book. Massey Practical Farming. Slossom Simples From the Master’s Garden. Boyd Alexander From the Niger to the Nile. Pais Ancient Italy. Numerous publishers listed with formats and page counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Norton
Imo
D. Appleton & Co
Travers
San Francisco
Sara Dean
W. Herbert Danton
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Jacinta
Harold Bindloss
I2mo
Bostila West Africas
Nadine
Christian Reid
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Louis Tracy
Béonard J
Fred. M. White
Lime
F. Fenno & Co
Albert Payson
Terhune
George Broadhurst
Ppa
S. Ogilvie Publishing Company
James Bradley Thayer
Boston Book Company
News-Tribune
R. D. Handy
Atc
Guam News-Tribune
Bebdro
the Gryphon Press
W. F- Massey
Lima
Outing Publishing Company
Niger
Nile
Miastra- Boyd Alexander Tions
Svo
Long
Mans, Green & Co
Alexander-Gosling
Ibi
Lake Chad
Italy
Magnesots
Sardinia
Egyote Pais
E. Densmore Curtis
University of Chicago Presa
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