Mr Crewe's Career by Winston Churchill reviewed
A long critique honors Mr Crewe's Career as a mature American novel. Churchill is praised for character depth and balanced plot, noting Austen Vane and Victoria as lifelike leads and applauding the portrayal of a reformist railroad era and the humane, restrained romance amid political themes.
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Richard Carvel
Coniston
Crewe
Storr
Churchill
Hilary Vane
Angus Flint
Ushter
Victoria
Churc
Austen Vane
Churchiller
Mites
Mr. Crewe
Mr. Churchill
Austen
Humphrey Crewe
Bad Boys and Girls The Young Male Factor
Review of Thomas Travis The Bad Boys and Girls study in juvenile delinquency its causes and treatment. Judge Ben B Lindsey writes intro noting shifts in education and policy, praising the author’s eight theses on delinquency, environment, and remedies and urging broader application to reform schools and courts.
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Thomas Travis
Ben B. Lindsey
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co
Travis
Lombroso
Baron Fain Reveals Napoleon Dictation and Private Life
Baron Fain details Napoleon’s secretarial system and dictation method. The Emperor dictated rapidly, often writing little, while secretaries filled blanks and preserved precise terms. Napoleon’s inner study and private police, his penny-pinching habits, and simple dress contrast with ceremonial splendor.
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Paris
Meneval
Napoleon
Baron Fain
Louis Philippe
M. Paul Fain
Elbe
Smolensk
Salamanca
Hysone
Osopo
Louis
M. de Remusat
Fain
Fleury- Chaboulon
la Petite Police
Saint-Marceaux Nears Finish on Berne Monument
The Atheneum reports M. René de Saint-Marceaux has nearly completed the Monument planned for Berne to honor the twenty-fifth anniversary of the event, with work progressing toward its unveiling.
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Atheneum
Monument to honor Union Postale Universelle chosen at Berne congress
A monumental tribute was selected at Berne in 1908 to honor the Union Postale Universelle. The design will be granite and bronze and open to artists worldwide. It is colossal in scale and will be housed in Berne upon completion after some months.
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Union Postale
Union Postale Universelle
Berne
Books and Authors Explore Tennyson and New Works
The article surveys Tennyson notes on Idylls of the King and notes on whether it began as epic or musical masque. It mentions Op penheim's The Avenger, St Nicholas serial, Rita libel case in London, and forthcoming casts on Castiglione and Catherine de Medici biographies.
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Tennyson
Lyonesse
Arthur
Guinevere
Limited to a thousand copies and notable editions
The notice surveys planned printings by Rackham and Herbert P. Horne. It notes Horne’s Florence Press transcription of the Memoriale by Francesco Albertini, originally printed in 1510 and reprinted in 1863 in seventy copies. It highlights Albertini’s ties to Botticelli, his role as sacristan of S. Lorenzo, and Crowe and Cavalcaselle’s extracts. Also mentioned is a privately printed memorial volume on engraver Edwin Davis French in 575 copies, with biographical and critical content plus two portraits and engraver lists.
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Herbert P. Horne
Botticelli
Florence
Florentia
Francesco Albertini
Athenæum
S. Lorenzo
Baccio da Montelupo
Edwin Davis French
French
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