Balbi and emigre Paris life through a queen of the court
Paris July 10 literary note reviews Vicomte de Reiset's new monograph on the Comtesse de Balbi, a famed mistress in the Emigration era. It traces her influence on the Comte de Provence, court life, and the downfall of royal authority amid Revolution and exile, with portraits of her salon society, residences in Coblenz and London, and her enduring notoriety in memoirs and gossip.
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Vicomte de Reiset
Général Vicomte de Reiset
Charles X
Oue de Berry
Anne de Caumont-la Force
Comtesse de Balbi
Comtesse de Provence
Provence
Mme. de Balbi
Comte de Provence
Comte Avaray
Comtesse
Coblentz
Ghepherd
Marie Antoinette
Watteau
Nattier
Mignard
Largillitre
Fragonard
John Balbi
New York
Holly
Genoa
Comtesse de Falbi
Comtesse de Mesnard
Josey de Caumont-la Force
Anne
Comte É& Mesnard
Comte Deraldi
Plaine de Grenelle
Mme Ce Mesnard
London
Prince of Wales
George IV
Francois Louis Aument-La Force
Comte de Castelnau
Engini
Sethe
Mme. de Ener
Comte Cuttinell
South America
Melbourne
Chevalier de Jaucourt
Bastile
Senlis
Chatelet
Comte de Balbi
Amsterdam
Comte Archimbaud de Périgord
Talieyrand
Comte d’Avaray
Viscomte de Reiset
Dictionnaire Des Conversations
America
Comte d’Agaray
Louis XVIII
France
Louis XVI
M. de Reiset
Rhine
Comte d'Artois
Mme. de Polastron
Prince de Condé
Princess de Monaco
Duc d’Enghien
Bonaparte
Charlotte de Rohan
Sacerdotal Celibacy in Catholic History Reviewed
A critical appraisal of Henry Charles Lea’s Sacerdotal Celibacy in the Christian Church, praising its exhaustive research and cautious approach. The review notes the work’s impact since its Civil War era publication, its discussion of clerical vows, and the broad historical and moral implications of priestly celibacy across centuries.
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Henry Charles Lea
The
Macmillan Company
Lea
Rare personal interjections shape on celibacy rule
The sober reflections add authority to his concluding views on celibacy in modern times. Coupled with a lifetime study of the Roman Church, these opinions may influence progressive Catholics in our country.
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Lea
Aifetime
Tribute to Pearl Craigie on memorial and writings
The London unveiling of a memorial portrait for Pearl Craigie features Lord Curzon’s principal address. The piece reviews her life, writings, and personal qualities, highlighting her sincerity, epigrammatic wit, religious faith, and deep friendships, while noting potential unrealized literary gains.
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Pearl Maria Theresa Y
Calthnatt
Illant
Ane
America
Craigie
Books And Authors In An American Anthology planned
A historical note outlines an anthology of American songs for the Golden Treasury to be compiled by Professor Curtis Hidden Page of Columbia University with careful discretion. Additional items announce Moffat, Yard plan Old Chinatown by Will Irwin with Genthe photographs, Roosevelt papers pricing under debate, and a Napoleon memoir translation by Fortescue. Also noted are Gilbert’s H. M. S. Pinafore and The Mikado projects, plus Outing Publishing’s fall History of the New York Nautical School by Captain B. S. Osbon.
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Curtis Hidden Page
Columbia University
Palgrave
Moffat, Yard & Co
San Francisco
Will Irwin
Arnold Genthe
Gilbert
Outing Publishing Company
New York Nautical School
B. S. Osbon
Books of the Week picks and notes on new titles
A brief catalog of recent books with sociological themes and regional settings. Beatrice Sands’s Weppers in Playtime, Maude Warren’s Land of the Living, Nicholla’s Brunhilda of Orr’s Island, Nicholas’s Powers Supreme, Slosson’s Dissatisfied Soul and a Prophetic Romancer, plus documents on New Jersey’s revolutionary history and a fragment on five months on a derelict in the Pacific.
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Weppers
Beatrice Sands
John Lane Company
Maude Radford Warren
Harper & Brothers
Chicago
Brunhilda
Orr's Island
William Jasper Nicholla
Philadelphia
George W. Jacobs & Co
Maine
South America
Francis C. Nicholas
William Kirkpatrick
Boston
R. FE. Lee Company
Annie Trumbull Slosson
Bonnell, Silver & Co
White Mountains
Catalog of Books and Literary Works in Progress
A dense catalog listing multiple books and authors across genres and topics. Includes works by George W. E. Russell, Orma Fitch Butler, Harry Alonzo Cushing, Eugene Politovsky, and Charles Foster Kent, among others, with publishers, formats, and page counts.
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George W. E. Russell
Svo
RE. P. Dutton & Co
George W. H. Russell
EF. P. Dutton & Co
Heliogabalus
Orma Fitch Butler
the Macmillan Company
Samuel Adams
Harry Alonzo Cushing
G. P. Putnam
Libau
Tsushima
Rojdestvensky
Dogger Bank
Eugene 8. Politovsky
Major F. R. Godfrey
R. M. L. IL. Syre
E. P. Dutton & Co
Rayon
Chicago
M. 8. Publishing Company
Army and Navy News from Washington July 17
Reports on anti patriotic propaganda aimed at disrupting the army and navy. Plans to stock Atlantic fleet ships with groceries and provisions, with shipments from San Francisco and New York to Cavité. Army lacks surgeons with vacancies and new training, exam schedule, and potential commissions outlined. Orders issued detailing assignments for medical officers and staff.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Army
Navy
Navy Department
Buffalo
San Francisco
New York
Payrmaster General of the Navy
Cavité
Military pay and personnel changes six weeks in July
In the pay department on July 3, Vice Captain Frank D Bly paymaster to the 20th Infantry receives four months leave. Several officers including Captain George H Shelton and Capt Edward B Vedder and others move to hospitals or new posts. Multiple vessel movements and voyages are listed with arrivals at Hartford Amapala Newmepees and other ports. The Des Moines Abdarenda Lebanon Prairie Milwaukee Tacoma Yankee and others sail for ports including Colon Philadelphia and Guanatanamo. The Gary harbor dedication is set for July 25.
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Washington
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20Th Infantry
George H. Shelton
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War Department
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Chester J. Stedman
Arthur M. Whaley
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Charles W. Katz
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Seattle
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Ward Will Filed for Probate in Devon Penn
The will of Mrs Harriet S Ward widow of John Seely Ward died at Devon Penn on July was filed for probate by John Lindley attorney for John Seely Ward sole executor. She leaves her son all personal effects and two specific bequests plus residuary estate. Granddaughters Harriet Ward Anderson and Alice Ward Riano each receive 5000 trust funds and 5000 income, sisters Emma and Alice Foster get 15000 each.
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John Seely Ward
Devon
Penn
John Lindley
John Sealy Ward
Ward
Harriet Ward Anderson
Alice Ward Riano
Copenhagen
Denmark
Emma
Alice Foster
Hartford
Conn
Bears keep New Brighton awake in bear park riot
Three performing bears owned by Italian men caused an uproar in Port Richmond New Brighton Staten Island on Thursday night. Acting Captain Codd advised keeping the bears with their owners in cells. The owners were fined 1 each and warned they would face jail if their bears trespassed again.
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New Brighton
Port Richmond
Staten Island
Codd Wee
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