Smiles on Huguenot Peasants and French Protestant Legacy
The review surveys Smiles's new volume on the dispersion of Protestants after Nantes, praising its vivid portraits and episodes. It highlights sections on Brousson, Cavalier, Sequier, and Antoine Court, and notes parallels between Cevennes peasants and Scottish Covenanters, while criticizing travelogue elements in the final chapters.
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Mr. Smiles
England
Ireland
Smiles
France
Europe
Claude Brousson
Brousson
Louis XIV
Paris
Santerre
Cavalier
Cevennes
Languedoc
Scotland
West
Muirs
Louvois
Baville
Charles II
Claverhouse
Dalzell
Sternhold
Hopkins
Felix Neff
Go a Fishing by W C Prime review in praise of fishing lore
A review lauds W C Prime's Go a Fishing as a charming study that blends sport with ethics and philosophy. The piece likens Prime's prose to Thoreau and Emerson, notes the use of interludes and a Doctor interlocutor, and highlights the book’s breadth from fishing to broader humanist ideas all presented with graceful poise.
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Christopher North
Skelton
Prime
Izaak Walton
Mr. Rime
Plato
Pythagoras
Emerson
Thoreau
de Quincy
Mr. Wendell Holmes
Doctor
Theocritus
Angling Tales of Dreams and Practical Fly Fishing
A reflective piece on anglers and dreams from fishing lore to practical gear. The narrator muses on Peter and John in sleep, notes anglers talk while fishing, and contrasts American light rods with English heavy tackle. He describes a solo expedition using a patent raft, gear, and the craft of casting while highlighting vivid vignettes of nature and memory.
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Peter
Sea of Galilee
John
Patmos
Ephesus
Hermon
Tabor
Gilboa
Lebanon
Jordan
Capernaum
Bethsaida
Iskander Effendi
Doctor
Steenburger
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