Metternich and Bismarck anecdotes from a biographic volume
A translated biographical sketch recounts Metternich and Rothschild anecdotes, Baron Rothschild’s wine barter, and Bismarck’s Friday misfortunes. It notes Metternich’s kindness, Bismarck’s relief at superstition, and research into his family relations, with praise for the translation and its contribution to biographic literature.
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Prince Bismarck
Metternich
Rothschild
Johannisberg
Baron Rothschild
Bismarck
Odo Russell
Europe
Busch
Mars-la-Tour
Germany
Luther
Imperial India diary by Prinsep chronicles Delhi assembly
Wau C Prinsep writes a diary of his commission by the Indian Government to paint the Imperial Assemblage of Delhi. From London he travelled to Delhi in 1876 and studied courts of native princes, recording impressions without later revision. The book includes numerous sketches and portraits.
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Prinsep
India
Lord Lytton
Delhi
London
Imperial India
Wau
Chapman and Hall
Prett
Agra
Gwalior
Bhuttpore
Jeypore
Jodhpore
Oodeypore
Lahore
Kashmir
Simla
Hyderabad
England
East
Downing Street
Downing Street. Whether Mr. Prinsep
Prinsep and Delhi pageant in a critic’s discerning eye
A reviewer weighs Mr Prinsep’s India tales praising naturalism while criticizing intrusive detail. The Delhi entry for Queen Victoria Empress is described with vivid crowd scenes, elephants, and salutes, but the critic questions pomp, propriety, and the portrayal of rulers.
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Jumma Masjid
Siam
Kashgar
Lytton
Prince of Wales
Prinsep
Barnes
Herald
Thornton
Kashmir
Sindia
Sir Salar Jung
February Fortnightly Review Highlights Socialism Essay
The February issue of the Fortnightly Review features an essay on Virgil and the Religion of Rome by Frederic W. H. Myers and the first chapters of John Stuart Mill’s Socialism series edited by Miss Helen Taylor. The pieces, praised for intrinsic value and timely relevance, aim to illuminate socialist objections and the proposed cures for economic and social ills.
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Rome
Frederic W. H. Myers
John Stuart Mill
Helen Taylor
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Batty
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Lord Beaconsfield
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