Hewlett’s Halfway House Becomes Modern Comedy
Literary critic reviews Hewlett’s Halfway House as a bold shift from medieval and Georgian settings to contemporary life. The analysis praises the handling of Mary Middleham and John Germain, notes Meredithian influence in style, and commends the careful blend of narrative and character psychology.
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England
Richard Coeur-de-Lion
Galway House
Hewlett
George Meredith
Ett
Mr. Hewlett
Wner
John Ger- Min
Diana
Clytemnestra
Germain
Mary Middleham
Iovelir
Lilia
Miss Middieham
Clay
John Germein
Mary
John Germain
Tristram Duplessis
Senhouse
Rousseau by Jules Lemaitre in Translation
A critical review of Jules Lemaitre’s Rousseau lectures translated by Jeanne Mairet. It assesses Lemaitre’s portrait of Rousseau as a multifaceted figure, praising insight while criticizing偏 both method and tone. The piece questions the author’s emphasis on subjectivity and notes potential for alienating English readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jules Lemaitre
Jeanne Mairet
the McClure Company
M. Lemaitre
Rousseau
Geneva
M. Lawson
M. Faguet
Passi
Itinerary of Napoleon Traced by Schuermans Notes
M. Henry Houssaye reviews M. Albert Schuermans work L Itinéraire général de Napoléon Ter noting how brief daily notes reveal Napoleon s movements and routine. He highlights the concise entries from Rochefort to Niort and the quiet study periods at Tuileries Malmaison Saint Cloud.
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M. Henry Houssaye
Mself
Napoleon
Figaro
M. Albert Schuermans
Itinéraire Général de
Napoléon Ter
Europe
Dolly, Perrot
la Bédoiliere
M. Schuermans
M. Houssaye
Rochefort
la Rochelle
Niort
Tuileries
Malmaison
Saint Cloud
Tax rates for art export under Italian laws of 1902 and 1907
The article explains Article 41 on export taxes for artworks, detailing progressive rates from 5 percent on the first 5,000 francs to 20 percent at higher values. It notes the laws from June 1902 and June 1907 governing museum and gallery administration in Italy.
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Italy
Books and authors at Portsmouth ceremony and new editions
The Thomas Batley Aldrich Memorial in Portsmouth N H will be dedicated with ceremonies next Tuesday morning including Music Hall exercises a breakfast and visits to the Nutter House and Aldrich Museum. A second edition of Arthur Dasent's Life of Delane is planned with new material including his uncle's letters.
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Thomas Batley Aldrich
Portsmouth
N. H
Music Hall
Arthur Dasent
Delane
House of Routledge
Penny Library
Queen Anne
P. F. W. Ryan
Anne
London
Lynn Linton
Dickens
Italy's Antiquities Law Plan Outlined in Senate
The March 17 2008 Burlington Magazine report details Italy's proposed new antiquities and fine arts law. It covers inalienability of objects of historical interest, government rights to purchase, export restrictions, excavation control, compensation, licenses for excavations, and penalties, with extensive article by article provisions.
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Burlington Magazine
Ministry of Public Instruction
Minister of Public Instruction
Superior Council of Fine Arts
Gaid
Italy
Dickens Fellowship marks birthday with lurid nostalgia
The British Dickens Fellowship honors Charles Dickens with events across Broadstairs. A tablet at Bleak House is unveiled along with markers on sites connected to Pickwick and Barnaby Rudge and the Albion Hotel where he spent holidays. Critics note waning public interest in Dickens today.
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Dickens Fellowship
Broadstairs
Dickens
Bleak House
Barnaby Rudge
Albion Hotel
Books of the Week and Related Titles
A periodical listing reviews Fiction titles including Halfway House by Maurice Hewlett and Lady Julia’s Emerald by Helen Hester Colville. Also noted are Stories New and Old selected by Mabie, The Post-Girl by Edward Booth, VIGOROUS PAINT BILLIONAIRE by Ambrose Pratt, and Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New Jersey edited by William Neilson.
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Maurice Hewlett
Izme
Charles Scribner's Sons
Hamilton Wright Mabie
The
Macmillan Company
Dickens
John Brown
Hawthorne
Poe
Stevenson
Edward Booth
the Century Company
Yorkshire
Julia
Helen Hester Colviliizmo
John Lane Company
Ambrose Pratt
Stanley L. Wood
Ismay
R. FP. Fenno & Co
Orient
New Jersey
William Neilson
Paterson
New Jersey Historical Society
Books Received in Current Issue Taft and Miscellaneous Works
A survey of new publications including Present Day Problems by William H. Taft with inaugural address and other papers, The Wilderness Homes by Oliver Kemp, Adolphe Quetelet as Statistician by Hawkins, Consanguineous Marriages in the American Population by Louis Arner, Factory Legislation in Maine by Whitin, The Vegetable Garden by Ida Bennett, Poems by T. E. Brown, The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Sermons Which Have Won Souls by Banks, Inscriptions of the Nile Monuments by Garrett Chatfield Pier, and related literary items with publishing details.
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William H. Taft
Dold, Mead & Co
Philippines
General Grant
Pressent Administration
Oliver Kemp
Outing Publishing Company
Adolphe Quetelet
Frank H. Hawkins
Longman, Green & Co
Faculty of Political Sciences
Columbia University
George B Louis Arner
Longmans, Green & Co
Maine
Stess Whitin
Longmans, 33 Co
Schaff
Louis Albert Banks
Punk & Wagnalls Company
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Literary News and Criticism
Mr. Maurice Hewlett
France
Byron
Leopardi
Musset
Lettres
M. de Malesherbes
Méneval
Charles Scribner’s Sons
James L. Caw
National Gallery of Scotland
Ellen Terry
Jerome K. Jerome
Catherine Deed
Edith Sichel Medici
Catherine
S. R. Crockett
Stanley Weyman
Tilust
Wey
Amy
Barrie Dea
Funk & Wagnalls Company
Samuel T. Carter
Presbyterian Church
God
Carter
Jonathan Edwards
Mr. Edwards
Dr. Carter
London Chronicle
Mrs. Linton
Charles Dickens
Dorothy Neville
Rene the Wanderer
H. B. Montgomery
East
F. S. Dellenbaugh
Putnams
Powell
Green- Colorado River
Wyoming
International Studio
American Sculptors
Bakers Great
Joe Bright
Birmingham
John Morley
Wolk
Machiavelli
Guicciardini
John Stuart Mill
Lecky
Nature Study
Ida D Bennett
Country Home Library
T. E. Brown
Andrew Lang
Pocket
T. E Brown
the Macmillan Company
Religious
Travel
Nile
Garrett Chatfeld Pier
G P. Putnam's Sons
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