The Woman Question in late 19th century reviews
A critical survey of works on feminism and suffrage including Mrs Parsons on sex taboos, Elizabeth Robins Way Stations, The Woman with Empty Hands, The Unrest of Women, and The Girls Fight for a Living. It weighs arguments for voting rights, militancy, wage justice, motherhood, and religious influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyliie Parsons
St. GF
Putnam's Sons
Elizabeth Robins
Dodd, Mead & Co
Edward Sandford Martin
Appleton & Co
England
Miss Stobins
Mr. Martin
Misa ‘Thomas
Bryn Mawr
Mrs. Belmont
Mix Jane Addams
Mise Inez Milholland
Elen Key
Hey
Mrs Belmont
Miss Mulholland
Miss Addams
Martin
Thaw
Chicago
Hlingis Senatorial Commission
Washington
James Wadsworth and Gettysburg Hero of the Civil War
A biographical account chronicles General James Wadsworth as philanthropist anti-slavery partisan volunteer general and military governor of the District of Columbia. It details his Gettysburg leadership with First Army Corps and later command of the Fourth Division until his death in the Wilderness. 4.00 net postage extra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadsworth
District of Columbia
New York
Horatio Seymour
First Army Corps
Gettysburg
Fifth Army Corps
What Can Literature Do For Me by Alphonso Smith
A review of Alphonso Smiths What Can Literature Do For Me praising its lively take on literature. The author argues literature awakens thought, offers vision and knowledge, restores the past, honors the commonplace, and helps mastery of language, contrasting approach with the multiplication table as a measure of truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonso Smith
Smo
Doubleday, Page & Co
Treasure Island
University of Virginia
Arnold Bennett
June
Professor Smith
Jitera
American View of Germany in Collier’s Book Portrait
The reviewer notes Collier’s impartial aim in presenting Germany through an American lens. It covers Germany’s empire, Kaiser and people, German thrift, bureaucracy, and social life. The piece cites contrasts with American conductors and servants, and praises the Kaiser and Bismarck era while acknowledging friction with German life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Ty Price Culler
Charles Scribner
England
Collier
Empire
Mr. Collier
Mr Collier
New England
Paul Bourget
America
Europe
Critterie Ud
Collier Soes
Kaiser
Hiemarck
Berlin
Amite
Paris
John Thane
Mary Kelly
Eke Berenice
Justin St. Claire
Berenice
Thane
Welcome to Our City in The Great Kite Way Satire
In this excerpt from Jutta Swreet, illustrations by Memory Flagg and Walla Jane, a preacher in Vanity Fair proclaims a New York welcome as travelers enter Broadway and Fifth Avenue. The satirical tone anatomizes Broadway faces, Tenderloin nightlife, lobster palace society, and gilded cabaret, ending with a warning that the mirror of New York exposes folly and impending ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jutta Swreet
Momery Flagg
Walla Jane
John Jane
Mr. Street
Vanity Fair
Broadway
New York
City
Fifth Avenue
Babylon
Mr. Davis
Weldus
Suethor
Nightety
Vaikanter
Shome
American humorist praised for vigor in moralizing saga
The writer notes a celebrated American humorist whose fervor in moralizing may exceed what he deems necessary in the saga, but remains a figure of honor in his homeland.
The Charterhouse of London A Visiting Mind’s Glimpse
A compact review of the Charterhouse of London tracing its evolution from medieval Carthusian monastery to Tudor palace and later charity. The piece notes martyrs, Houghton, Sutton, and the pensioners, with reflections on the site’s enduring historic beauty and its literary connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charterhouse OF
London
Palace
Thomas Sutton
Wiliam F. Taylor
KB. P
Dutton & Co
James
Charterhouse
Charterhouse Square
Tom Quiet Ife
Henry the Eighth
Cromwell
Carthusians
John Houghton
Houghton
Thomas Howard
Duke of Norfolk
Greyfriars
Blue Coat School
Addison and
Steel Wesley
Roger Williams
Crashaw
Richard Lovelace
John Leech
Thack~ Cray
Jie
Novelists In Many Moods In Griggsby Griggsby satire
A dense catalog review of recent novels and stories. It surveys Harold Kellock’s A Gentle Romance style pieces, The Silent Bat by Hibbs, In Another Moment by Charion Belmont Davis, Muriel Hine’s Interlocutory Decree Panhasard, mixed with reviews of Quaint Little Stories Mixed, The House of Thane, and Studies in Lowry. The piece notes social satire, moral tone, and literary style across multiple authors and works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickens
Meeks
Ike
J. M. Barrie
Sherlock Holmes Parallels Noted By Old Friend
An old Bell acquaintance recalls a resemblance to Sherlock Holmes noting one shared trait and has authored reminiscences to illustrate the point about Conan Doyle’s famous character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Goseonnen
Mampurga
Sherlock Holmes
Conan Doyle
Bell
A Single Line Poet From Longen Carony
A discussion on whether a famous line of poetry identifies its author. The piece cites a remark about a rose red city half as old as time and debates who wrote it, attributing the Newdigate Prize Poem at Oxford to Rev. J. W. Burgon, who won in 1847 and reportedly recited parts at the Bodleian Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Macheller
Reginald Hire
Hatyer & Bros
Dan't Webster
Griggsby
Vermont
Kirkeby
Daniel Webster Smead
G. Washington Pike
Silas Backstone
Palace Hotel
Grigesby
Damascus
Hamiltons
Oxford
J. W. Burgon
Doubless
Bheldonian
Arabian Rock City
Books and Authors Current Talk of Things Preter and to Come
A review note highlights forthcoming editions of Canterbury Tales from Riccardi Prose with Skeat text and 36 watercolors by W R Flint. Rafael Sabatini will publish Topayy mada and the Spanish Inquisition study. Marion Crawford’s sister writes A Summer Quadrille. Louis XVII fate debated. Henry James criticism discussed. London Spectator cited on such authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Riccardi
Professor Skeat
W. R. Flint
Rafael Sabatini
Marion Crawford
Hug Fraser
Louis XVII
Comtesse d’Apehier
Mmes
Adelaide
Victoire
Rome
Richemont
Daphier
Notable Essays and Books Featured in The Bend in the Road
This listing highlights a set of reflective essays and beginning readings by Edward Sandford Wartin The Bend in the Road by Truman De Weese and The Necessary Evil by Charles Rann Renneds. It also notes works on safety and scientific progress, with mentions of practical guides for everyday life and household management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sandford Wartin
Truman
de Weese
Charles Rann Renneds
Atha
the. B
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Charles Scribner's Sons
Fifth Ave
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Yeugland
Zonn Brighot
Birmingham
Gotham
Daniel Webster
MR. Hobby
Harold Kellock
Harper Limo
Rose Allinghan
Scarabells Saver
Rose
High Society
Bat Hibbs
Maine Woods
Upper Fifth Avenue
Hy Charion Belmont Davis Ius
Walt Morgan
Kine
Indianapolis
Mobha-Merriit Company
Panhasard
Muriel Hine
Sidney Crimo
April Panhasard
Edward Dawson
W. Pett Ridge
Fame
George Holoran
Elizabeth Dejeans
F .John
Jane
Philadelphia
The
J. B. Lippincott Company
Low Anyay Sentor Hy
Bellog Lowndes
Limo
Admiralty
Roine
Isale
Purgatory
Henry James
London “Spectator
Air Gilbert Parker
New Leaf Mills
Willayeen Howells
May Sinclair
Zane Gres
Teving Buchester
Wings of
Pride
Kennedy Mable
Dragoman
the Mystery of
Barranea
Hy Herman Whitaker
Hy Justus Miles Forman
Cai
the Sojourner
Robert Dull Rider
Isobel
James Olly
Hy Harriett Hassell Campbell
George Lee Burton
George Washington Iiy
Wilson Harsay
Wand Preen
Battle of
Hydease Rowman Youne
William Elliot Griffis
Pay Eld
Hlene
Hawin ¢ Martin
Oatava
Marold Whitingstauson
Ge Ui
Harper's Houshold
Harper's Book of Young Naturalists
Atobeas
J. Davia
Harpers Harpers Wat Magazine
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