The Truth About Port Arthur by E Nojine
A critical view on the siege of Port Arthur argues Stoessel was incompetent and responsible for surrender, while Smirnoff and Makharoff are praised. The eyewitness Nojine, with court martial corroboration, highlights mismanagement, internal disputes, and heavy losses, asserting inside fortress factors doomed the defense.
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Port Arthur
E. Nojine
R. A. B Lindsay
Major E. Mp
D. Ee
E. D. Swinton
E. P
General Stoessel
Russia
Putnam Weale
Stoesse
Kondratenko
Stoessel
Victoria the Queen a personal portrait by Frank Hird
This critical portrait of Queen Victoria notes the book by Frank Hird as a solid popular sketch drawn from familiar sources. It admires her feminine grace and clear mind, details her strict upbringing by the Duchess of Kent, her reliance on Prince Albert, and her firm, straightforward approach shaping her reign and court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lecky
Victoria
Feodore
Leiningen
Duchess of Kent
Baroness Lehzen
Abbey
Georges
Books and Authors in London Reviewer's Tone
London reviewers express cordial interest in Henry James New York edition to be circulated in England by Macmillan. Notes on Gertrude Atherton's The Gorgeous Isle set on Nevis. Browne memoir. Atherton quote on marriage. Announcements include J F Daniel Malay sia animal life, Oliphant portrait, Constance Hill on Edgeworth, Thayer brothers animal coloration, Ware study of Elizabethan parish, and Robert W Carden on Genoa. Also coverage of Whitman Bazalgette, Doone legends in Doone country, Conrad volumes, Fitchett Beliefs of Unbelief critique, and Somerville Martin Ross Galway humor.
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London
New York
Henry James
Charles Scribner’s Sons
England
Messrs. Macmillan
Sedley Lynch Ware
Johns Hopkins University
Ware
Galway
A. M
Miss Somerville
Martin Ross
Queen's Disarmingly Quiet Judgment of Character
The narrative portrays a queen who never spoke of politics with friends, relying on blue eyes and a calm gaze to gauge character. She evolves into an expert judge, her guardedness and politeness signaling careful, unbiased assessment, while her devotion and deep sympathy emerge in reminiscences.
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Mr. Hird
Books of the Week on Elizabethan and Stuart English Art
A compact catalog listing several new titles and translations from publishers. Items include Vallance on English art in Elizabethan and Stuart eras with Salaman, illustrated by Ball and others. Lerotre’s The Daughter of Louis XVI translated by May. Gray’s Lord Kelvin in the English Men of Science series. Everyman Morality Play edited by Moses. The Old Allegiance by Hubert Wales. Marotz by Ayscough. Beyond the Blue Grass by Gill. The Daughter of Virginia Dare by Wall. Commentary on Tennyson’s In Memoriam by Shepherd. Essays Political and Biographical by Walpole. Evolution essays by Poulton. Poetry volumes by Scheffauer and Le Gallienne.
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England
Aymer Vallance
Malcolm C. Salaman
Wilfrid Ball
Harry P. Clifford
Arthur Rowe
William Twopeny
Charles Holmes
John Lane Company
Louis XVI
Marie -Thérise- Charlotte de France
Duchesse d’Agouléme
G. Lerotre
Lewis May
Lord Kelvin
Andrew Gray
P. Dutton & Co
J. Reynolds Green
Hubert Wales
Mitchell Kennerley
Scotland
Marotz
John Ayscough
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Blue Grass
George Creswell Gill
Neale Publishing Company
Kentucky
Virginia Dare
Mary Virginia Wall
Spencer Walpole
Francis Holland
E. P. Dutton & Co
George Savile
Lord Halifax
George Crabbe
Croker
London
Edward Bay— Poulton
D. Nall
la Bye
Heary
The Tragedy of Korea by F A McKenzie
A concise history tracing Korea’s collapse of the Choson state and the onset of Japanese occupation, detailing political upheaval and foreign intervention with scholarly framing.
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Korea
F. A McKenzie
Soc
E. P. Dutton & Co
Peninsula
Clubrooms for Boys Established by St. Vincent de Paul
The St. Vincent de Paul Society plans clubrooms for boys across Manhattan and The Bronx with early work in September on West 56th Street West 16th Street and Sullivan Street. Thomas M. Mulry leads the effort through the Ozanam Association with Monsignor McGean as spiritual director and support from the archdiocese. Contributions may be sent to Mulry or treasurer John G. O Keefe.
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St. Vincent de Paul Society
Manhattan
Bronx
Archdiocese of
New York
Thomas M. Mulry
Ozanam Association
Monsignor McGean
Rome
Farley
Mulry
John G. O'Keeffe
Mrs A E Tower Wins Separation Suit
Justice Keogh in White Plains Supreme Court grants Mrs Mary B Tower a separation from Albert E Tower of Poughkeepsie. He is ordered to pay $700 monthly alimony and all suit costs. She alleges humiliation and abuse including during a Newport yacht cruise. he denies the claims. Married since January 183, they have no children.
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Keogh
Supreme Court
White Plains
Mary B. Tower
Albert E. Tower
Poughkeepsie
Tower
Body of Judge Batcheller Arrives in New York
The body of Judge George Sherman Batcheller who died in Paris July 2 arrives today on the Philadelphia. Miss Catherine Batcheller, his daughter, will join the cortege to Saratoga Springs where burial will be Tuesday. He was seventy one and had a storied career including an earlyNew York Legislature seat at age twenty one and service on the International Tribunal in Egypt and the Supreme Court of Appeals.
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Batcheller
George Sherman Batcheller
Paris
France
New York
American Line
Philadelphia
Catherine Batcheller
Judge Batcheller
Saratoga Springs
International Tribunal (Mixed Courts
Egypt
Grant
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of Appeals
Baldwin arrives with airship set for tests at Fort Myer
Captain Thomas S. Baldwin arrives in Washington to display his army airship now housed at Fort Myer. Lieutenant Lahm inspects the craft as preparations begin for a series of preliminary flights planned around August 1. Aeronaut W H Curtis and mechanics join soon to assemble the airship and gas plant over five days. The design follows Dr. Albert Zahn theory with the blunt end forward and propeller in front to pull the ship and aid cooling.
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Washington
Army
Thomas S. Baldwin
Fort Myer
Lahm
Captain Baldwin
W. H. Curtis
Albert Zahn
Baldwin
Farman Here Tonight At Aero Club Welcome
Henri Farman, famed wing flyer, arrives on La Touraine and anchors near quarantine about 9 tonight. Aero Club of America plans to greet him with a bay tug escort to Battery landing and a motorcade to Hotel Astor. Reception committee includes General James Allen and Alan Hawley among others. Farman's wireless note said he failed to contact the Kroonland ferrying his machine from Antwerp, in which he set a 12 mile in 2 minutes 20 seconds record. A contest for model flying machines may be explored during Pearl Farman flights at Brighton Beach August 1 to 15.
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Aero Club of America
Henri Farman
la Touraine
Farman Committee
James Allen
Signal Corps
Alan Rhawley
The
Aero Club
Peter Cooper Hewitt
A. Holland Forbes
J. Christopher Lake
Melville D. Chapman
Charles A. Munn
Homer W. Hedge
A. N. Chandler
Charlies Jerome Edwards
Augustus Post
Charles J. Glidden
Farman
Mr. Hawley
Kroonland
Antwerp
Pearl Farman
Brighton Beach Racetrack
New Airship Tested at Aldershot
Aldershot July 2 The new airship for the British Army conducted the first trial of a series this afternoon. The brief flight included a two mile circle over the common at about five hundred feet.
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Aldershot
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