Modern Warfare Principles and the conduct of war
A scholarly review of Colmar von der Goltz's Modern Warfare focusing on the theory of strategy and tactics. It outlines the balance between mobilization, mass troop movements, and the limits of applying war theory to actual campaigns, with definitions from von der Goltz and Clausewitz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz
Majfor G. F. Leveson
Royal Engineers
Wolseley
Walter H. James
Charles Scribner's Sons
von der Goltz
Europe
South Africa
Clausewitz
Seis Coe Suena
Rival Lives of Dwight L. Moody Reviewed
Two biographers publish competing authorized life stories of evangelist Dwight L. Moody. William R. Moody and D. Wilbur Chapman present contrasting approaches, with family access and outside perspective, while the reviewer notes strong anecdotes and varied depth in each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight L. Moody
William R. Moody
Fleming H. Revell Company
J. Wilbur Chapman
D. D. Octave
Philadelphia
John C. Winston & Co
Mr. Moody
Dr. Chapman
John B. Devins
New- York Observer
Henry Drummond
Moody
Drummond
Edward Denny
Tunbridge Wells
England
Book notices on Duffield Osborns Secret of the Crater and Stockton works
A literary notice reviews The Secret of the Crater by Duffield Osborne and The Last Sentence by Maxwell Gray, laments title changes, praises Osborne for vigor, and admires Stockton’s Shenandoah edition in Scribners’ collection. It notes Gray’s tragedy and Osborne’s adventurous style, with a closing compliment to Stockton’s collected works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crater
Duffield OsborNe
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Maxwell Gray
D. Appleton & Co
the Crater
Ashtaroth
Osborne
Rider Haggard
Appletons
Town and Country Library
Frank R. Stockton
Shenandoah
Scribners
Stockton
Harpers
E.S. Martin
Harper’s Weekly
A Needed Handbook of the American Colonial Handbook
A compact 16mo reference by Thomas Campbell-Copeland with Maria Soltera and Maurice Magnus. Second Edition covers Cuba Puerto Rico the Philippines Hawaii and Guam with concise history geography economy transport weights measures and a useful index for quick, practical facts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Philippines
Hawaii
Guam
Thomas Campbell-Copeland
Maria Soltera
Maurice Magnus
Funk & Wagnalls Company
United States
Porto Rico
Zola Reflects On Dreyfus Case And Paris Elections
In a London Daily News interview M. Emile Zola said the Dreyfus case was finished with the officer's liberation secured. He offered ongoing help but denied ideas of rehabilitation, warning of militarism's danger. He contrasted Paris politics with a comment that Paris is a big baby amid municipal elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily News
M. Emile Zola
Dreyfus
M. Zola
Paris
Out of his head and beside him self in speech
A Chicago Tribune column discusses idioms for being mentally unbalanced. The foreign learner contrasts literal and figurative meanings with examples like a man "out of his head" and "beside himself" and how these phrases translate in everyday speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Chicago Tribune
Books and authors and to come
McClure Phillips will publish Miss Gertrude Hall's first novel April's Sowing in September illustrated by Orson Lowell. Stephen Crane’s body will be buried in Elizabeth N J after services at Seventh Avenue Methodist Church. Kipling stories appear in McClure's July issue and Collier's Fourth of July issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Crane
New York
Lloyd Line
Seventh Avenue Methodist Church
Fourteenth St
J. M. Buckley
Elizabeth
N. J
Rudyard Kipling
England
Outsiders
McClure
Collier's Weekly
Folly Bridge
James Lane Allen
Doubleday & McClure Company
McClure, Phillips & Co
American Magazines Reach English Readers, Hope for Cross Atlantic Interest
The piece notes authors writing schedules and novels by D Simon Newcomb and Mabie editions. It discusses Harpers and Dodd Mead plans, July Century illustrations, and Artistic Paris. It observes English readers increasingly favoring American magazines and rising American literary export interest, contrasting English periodicals' limited U.S. success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
United States
Kipling Ties Gloucester Visit to Fishing Port Tales
The Boston Transcript recounts Rudyard Kipling's Gloucester summers at Eastern Point and the Smith House. He arrives soaked from a voyage aboard the Venus with Dr. and friend, endures rough seas, keeps a corner room, eats plain fare, and shapes his days around habit, observations of fishermen, and a wary stance toward curious visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Rudyard Kipling
Gloucester
Gloucester Harbor
Dog Bar
East Gloucester
Kipling
Smith House
Vermont
T Wharf
Boston
Dench
Mr. Kipling
Mowegli
Kipling in Gloucester A Sailorly Look at His Sea Lessons
The article portrays Rudyard Kipling as an observant, hands on seaman who preferred rowing himself and learning from fishermen. It notes his reluctance to join lengthy voyages after Venus, a Venus voyage, and his careful, almost solitary approach to researching maritime life in Gloucester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipling
Gloucester
Smith House
Venus
William Dench
English Opinions on Copyright From The London Academy
Sir Martin Conway argues authors should have a time limited right over their creations while landlords hold perpetual possessions. W H Mallock supports perpetual copyright for books but not patents, urging registration of rights. Herbert Thring notes mixed views among authors, with Shaw opposing perpetual copyright and others favoring public access after a term, questioning who profits from literary property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Conway
W. H. Mallock
Walter Besant
Herbert Thring
Society of Authors
Bernard Shaw
Courtney
Simplicity Versus Eccentricity in Historical Dress
A. W. A Beckett argues the simplest costume suits a private ball. Claude Melnotte’s plain outfit from The Lady of Lyons exemplifies simple but effective style with a jumper belt blue trousers and gaiters. Caution against overdoing simplicity is noted through a friend’s misguided choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. A Beckett
London
Claude Melnotte
New Releases Highlighted In Splendid Novels List
A promotion lists several recently issued titles including The Song of the S Word and The Money Sense. Authors such as Patsy Warren Matthew Doyle and Katherine Barry are noted along with prices like $1.50 and $1.25. The note promises mail order service with free postage across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atsy Warren
Matthew Doyle
Hardie
Katherine Barry
Miss Hogg
Books of the Week: New England Mumfords to Isaac Ingalls Stevens
A catalog of recent titles with authors such as John H Ing, Eliza Scidmore, James Mumford, and Isaac Ingalls Stevens. Includes histories, travel, religious and educational works, and notable biographies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wnd
John H. Ing. Svo
Philadelphia
T. & J. W. Johnson & Co
China
Eliza Rukamah Scidmore
Soo
the Century Company
Mumford
James Tee
Arcadia
A. Paul Gardiner
Iomo
A P. Gardiner
Thomas Davidson
Charles Scribner’s Sons
South Africa
Wee Ce Voigt
Soc
Dutton & Co
Christian Reid
Marker
Cullananco
Richard H. Wilmer
Alabama
Thomas Whittaker
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
John Lane
Crater
DuMeid Osborne
Imo
G. PL Putram
Isaac Ingalis Stevens
Hazari Stevens
Svo
Houghton, Fiftin & Co
Mary Cadwalader Jones
Idmo
the Macmillan Company
Erne McCarthy
David Jarr Jordan
Dr. Appleton & Co. Appleton
Nto
D. Appleton & O
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Northfield
Chapman
XTV
Zola
Anna Katharine Green
Bonnie Briar Bush
Ian Maclaren
Macmillan Company
Guy Carleton Lee
Johns Hopkins University
Cambridge
Mass
Elmwood
James Russell Lowell
Ripley Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Crane
W. D. Howells
Mr. Clodd
Grant Allen
Mr. Allen
Browning
Mary E. Burt
Howells
Mildred Howells
the Scribners
Paul Leicester Ford
Dodd, Mead & Co
Doubleday, Page & Co
Booker
Washington
Bowen-Merrill Company
Indianapolis
Chicago
East
James Whitcomb Riley
Robert J. Burdette
Frank L. Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Charles Major
Mr. Major
University of Michigan
Major
D. Simon Newcomb
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Castaigne
Richard Whiteing
Artistic
Gertrude Atherton
Boston Times
Chicago Times-Herald
Atherton
North
Fifth Ave
London Academy
G.W. Dillingham Company
NEW Books
Edward C. Kane
Weliam LE Queux
Monte Carlo
John J. Jennings
Jennings
G. W. Dillingham Company, Publishers
N.Y
Quaritch
Piccadilly
Pepe
Baker's OS Sat
John Bright St
Birmingham
Tume
Louis Dei Franchi
Peter the Hermit
Palestine
Alfred German Reed
A. W. Law
St. George's Hall
Gallery of Illustration
Richard Cur de Lion
Gilbert Parken
Charles H Sergel Company
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