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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1908
Page
13
An excerpt from Walter Savage Landor praising a dragon fly while contrasting human readers with the insect. The speaker desires a simple, moral life beside a stream beneath syringa and willow and laments readers’ hornier eyes. The dragon fly is blamed for overlooking the speaker’s writing.
A literary critic notes 1907 saw a rise in biography as a serious, popular form. Publishers profit from well illustrated, affordable lives, while women writers contribute strength. The piece also cites fears that modern fiction harms society and dulls readers as novelist blame grows.
A review of A M W Stirling’s two volume biography of Thomas William Coke. The Norfolk squire and reformist MP is depicted as a principled foe of royal prerogative, a generous farmer reformer, and a beloved figure among Americans and English peers. Tales recount his independence in politics how he dressed for court and his open friendship with Fox.
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