Fragment on Scott and literary notices from 1871 period
A reflective essay discusses Scottish character, Scott and Burns, Abbottford anecdotes, Lockhart biography highlights, and a BRIEF NOTICES section reviewing Shirley Hall Shirley Hall Ninety three and other works. It surveys literary figures, reviews, and the Fortnightly Review content from July August 1871.
Journal and Poetry Reviews on Science and Wyatt's Verses
The Editor notes experiments with Mr Home and its psychic force, Ponton on molecules and waves, and a science of money piece. It praises Mr Fullom’s The Last Days of Jerusalem and Wyatt’s Poetical Works in Aldine Edition for careful craft, useful rhyme, and elegant design, despite mixed demand for epic and lyric poetry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Home
Jerusalem
Sion
W. Fultom
Rome
Pius IX
Wyatt
Remarkable American enterprise and a ferry disaster
The Ohio and Mississippi Railroad converted from six feet to four feet eight and a half inches, with 2720 workers and rapid completion. A Staten Island Ferry Westfield boiler explosion killed at least ninety six, with over 120 injured and notable deaths including Professor Marc Cheneviere and Antonio Meucci. cause cited as a worn patch plate and debated engineer competency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ohio and Mississippi
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Telegraph
Oberlin
Antioch
Wisconsin
Michigan
Indiana
Bates College
Lewiston
Maine
Harvard
Amherst
Williams
Staten Island
Westfield
New York
Marc Cheneviere
Brooklyn
Antonio Meucci
Garibaldi
Also Mentioned on This Page
Scott
Burns
Mr. Chambers
Abbotsford
Melrose
Dryburgh
Eildon Hills
Selkirk
Flodden
Ettrick Forest
Lockhart
Abbotford
Carruthers
Notanda
Willie Laidlaw
Italy
Mr. Laidlaw
Mr. Gleig
Shirley Hall Asylum
William Gilbert
Gilbert
Shirley Hall
John W. Lyndon
Bell and
Daldy
Lyndon
Miss Tytler
Wave Robinson
Hodder and Stoughton
Wade Robinson
Robinson
Karl Blind
Sandwith
Earl Russell
Frederic Harrison
Justin McCarthy
United States
Cobbe
Réville
Anne Furness
Cairnes
Journal of Science
Nicephore Niepce