Emperors Meet at Bellevua Castle In Quiet Escort
An account describes the hour near noon when Napoleon returns to his carriage and travels to Bellevua Castle to await the King. William of Vaudresse arrives at one o clock to receive Bonaparte and the King critics the conqueror with blunt candor. The distant German hurrahs end the dialogue as the Royal Guard escorts the Emperor. An ironical tour through power and humility in a warned era.
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Bellevua
Vaudresse
William
Bonaparte
Attila
France
Swinburne Poets and Ballads Aimed at Quiet Depths
Review of Swinburne second Poems and Ballads praising its variety and unity of tone. Highlights poems to Baudelaire Gautier and Cornwell adds, critiques Ballad of Dreamland, Villon translations, and sonnets to Hugo and Kossuth. Praises two sections Pagan reflections and Nature poems with Four Seasons as masterful.
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Francois Villon
Victor Hugo
Louis Kossuth
Samson
Northumberland
Tuscany
Auvergne
Cornwall
Swinburne’s March Poem Praised for New Depths and Melody
Critics hail Swinburne as delivering a powerful, mellower genius in a March river imagery poem. The work blends stormy natural scenes with a refined, serene progression toward kinder, more familiar themes.
Gaddings in the Tyrol Review of Grohman Travelogue
The reviewer praises Grohman's Tyrolean volume for sharp observation while noting untold insights. It argues Tyrol preserves old customs and criticizes Roman Catholic influence as key to local vices, with reflections on Paradise and Passion Plays and a hinted London expansion of Ammegan performances.
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Grohman
Tyrol
Strongold
Mr. MacColl
Ammegau
London
Brighton
Ammegan
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MR. Swinburne
Paian
Apollo
Speec
Worland
Moorside
Gaddings
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