London’s image through a foreign traveler’s eyes in praise and critique
A visiting writer comments on London’s grim riverfront contrasts with the north bank, the city’s coal glow versus sunlight, and the streets Melbourne style. He praises Hansom cabs while noting cabmen’s errors, lauds the English Sunday’s quiet, and urges liberal reform to safeguard religious tradition and public life.
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Surrey
Lambeth
London
Dr. Petermann
Paris
Ludgate Hill
England
Verdict on Great Northern accident pins blame on signals
The coroner's jury at Arlsey found that Thomas Pepper, John Lovell, Lucy Thompson, Abigail Longstaff, and Maurice Michael died related to the 2.45 express wreck on the 23rd, blamed the driver’s signals and weak block regulations, exonerated Arlsey staff, and noted Captain Tyler's Board of Trade report and Henry Oakley's urged improvements to the absolute block system.
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Great Northern
Arlsey
Thomas Pepper
John Lovell
Lucy Thompson
Abigail Longstaff
Maurice Michael
Great Northern Railway
Philip Walters
William Graves
Tyler
Board of Trade
Henry Oakley
Makers of Florence by Mrs Oliphant review
A cautious, sympathetic biographical sketch of Florentine life in the middle ages. The reviewer notes Oliphant’s focus on poets painters sculptors architects and ascetics over merchants and politicians. It highlights masterful sections on Dante the Cathedral Builders and Savonarola with measured praise and critical caveats.
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Medicis
Machiavelli
Florence
Dante
Arnolfo
Giotto
Ghiberti
Donatello
Brunelleschi
Agnolo Pandolfini
Izaak Walton
San Marco
Fra Angelico
Savyonarola
Michal Angelo
Orvieto
Rome
Filippo
Piazza
Cortona
Donato
Signoria
Operai
Mrs. Oliphant
Savonarola
Florentine
Edward Irving
Irving
Carlo
Pandolfo
AgNoLo
GuMozzo
The Makers of Florence by Mrs Oliurany portrait of Savonarola
A book note on The Makers of Florence detailing Dante Giotto Savonarola and their city. The work by Mrs Oliurany author of St. Francis of Assisi includes a portrait of Savonarola and numerous illustrations from Macmillan and Co.
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Florence
Dante
Giollo
Savonarola
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