Oldport Avenue and Aunt Jane in a Kept Lady tale
A review of a short American novel focusing on Philip Malbone a charming yet duplicitous man and his beloved Hope Maxwell. Aunt Jane provides sharp verdicts on manners and society while Oldport Avenue sketches a dismal yet vivid summer scene of elite life and its hidden tensions.
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Higginson
Jane
Philip
Philip Malbone
Hilip
Harry
Phil Malbone
Hope Maxwell
Hope
Summer thoughts and a comic aunt in Oldport
A narrator reflects on late summer as visitors depart Oldport and Aunt Jane jokes about Ruth and spiders. Kate teases an autumn tiredness while Aunt Jane extols life’s richness and finds humor in everyday pest observations. The excerpt ends urging readers to enjoy the book for a quiet, reflective leisure hour.
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Oldport
Kate
Aunt Jane
Ruth
The Gates Ajar and Other New Books Review
Brief notices assess Evizaneth Stuart's The Gates Ajar as a tender pocket volume. Memorials of Theophilus Trinal by Lynch expands with new matter. Chapman's edition adds two chapters. Also reviewed are Mr. Binney's Sermons, Tender Herbs by G W Conder, and related works, noting accessibility and appeal for readers and young audiences.
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Evizaneth Stuart Pxhetrs
Sampson Low
Chapman and Hall
Binney
Macmillan and Co
G. W. Conver
Tubbs and Brook
Manchester
London
Hodder and Stoughton
European Life Assurance Company faces winding up
The Times reports a collapse feared more disastrous than the Albert case. Two petitions for winding up were heard by Vice-Chancellor James and stood over. Outstanding policies total about 9 to 10 million pounds with annuities of around 16,000 a year, plus a large guarantee business and annual premiums near 388,298. The firm, established 1854 as People’s Assurance, later European Assurance, had absorbed 33 companies and operated in India and Australia with a Montreal branch previously.
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the Times
Albert
European Assurance Society
James
People’s Assurance Society
India
Australia
Montreal
Dominion
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Wintervature
Malbone
Thomas Wentworth Hinkinson
Oldport Avenue
the European Life Assurance Company
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