Books and current magazines review on literature
The essay contrasts optimistic and pessimistic temperaments in readers and writers, noting how Western and Eastern traditions shape tastes. It highlights Scribner's July content with Rhodes on railroad riots, Funston in the Philippines, Harrison in New York society, and various stories, poems, and coronation articles in Young's and Strand magazines. The Wide World July features travel pieces, art studies, and new fiction from Jacobs, Oppenheim, Jameson, Bedford, Alexander, and Savile.
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Scribner’s Magazine
James Ford Rhodes
New York
Kenyon Cox
Saint-Gaudens
Anne Boleyn
William A Mary
Queen Année
George IV
Josephine
Victoria
Henry Lucy
Henry
W. W. Jacobs
E. Phillips Oppenheim
E. M. Jameson
Randolph Bedford
M. Alexander
Frank SavHe
Harper's and periodical notices of current July issues
A survey of July publications in Harper’s Weekly Harper’s Bazar Companion and other magazines note new books novels and articles. It covers authors such as Ruth McEnery Stuart Lillian Nordica and James Allen and lists forthcoming editions in Little, Brown and Co. and Scribner’s Sons plus weathering features in Popular Mechanics and Sunset Magazine and notes on theater and fiction collections.
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Harper’s Bazar
Ruth McEnery Stuart
Ibsen
Cornell
T. Y. Crowell Company
New York
Gustave F. Mertins
Rainier
John Marvin Dean
Guglielmo Scala
Big Cloud
Frank L. Packard
James Allen
Popular Mechanics
Victor Lougheed
Pierre Vedrine
Paris
Madrid
H. H. Windsor
Canada
London
Edgar F. Stearns
Lillian Nordica
Mary Garden
Bessie Abott
Emmy Destine
Schumann Heink
United States Circuit Court
American Bar Association
Columbia University Law School
New York City
Sunset Magazine
Rufus Steele
Yosemite
Myrtle Garrison
Charles Heston Peirson
George Sterling
Charles Keeler
Harold Symmes
Maynard Dixon
Albert Eugene Wright
Joseph McQuaide
August Francis Schafer
West
P. Buckingham
Emma A. Summers
Spending the Surplus
A brisk aside on Napoleon and the wit of Wombat, noting a salary raise six months ago and a wife unaware. The quip highlights a light, domestic misdirection in a busy office banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Wombat
Egg Headline: Actor Answers Egg Gag Question
In a playful theatre moment a performer, struck by an egg in the final act, retreated to his dressing room and gave himself an egg shampoo. The gag drew laughter and added to the show’s notoriety.
German Doctor Reports Discovery of Hay Fever Serum
A German physician announces a breakthrough serum for hay fever. He describes preliminary testing and potential relief for patients suffering from seasonal allergies. Further trials are planned to confirm efficacy and safety.
Weather Man's Subtle Word Moves Community
A humorous portrait of Major Buell the weather man as indispensible to public welfare. His mood guides daily life from rain to sunshine, affecting errands, travel, and mood, with the community's fate tied to his thermometric watchfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Buell
Noah
Buell
North Pole
Jack
Mabel
Ned
Dad
Payne and Garner in a Tilt of Words
Special to the Light reports a wartime exchange as Serena E Payne from New York challenges John Garner of Texas over a wool tariff bill. Payne attacks caucus rationales while Garner defends free wool, highlighting political maneuvering, protectionist views, and regional interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payne
Garner
Washington
Serena E. Payne
New York
John Garner
Texas
Mr. Garner
Alabama
Umjerwood
Underwood
Engagement Is Announced in Denver Society Circles
Miss Emma Loomis Phipps daughter of Laurence C. Phipps the Denver Pittsburg millionaire and William White Jr of Philadelphia announce their engagement The couple is connected to prominent Denver and Philadelphia circles with details disclosed in a society note.
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Denver
Col
Emma Loomis Phipps
Laurence C. Phipps
Pittsburg
William White Jr
Philadelphia
Phipps
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Little, Brown & Co
C. Ainsworth Mitchell
Scotland Yard
Pilatcita
Norval Richardson
Cuba
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Nalbro Bartley
Philippines
Harper & Brothers
Frederick W. Taylor
W. PD. Howells
W. Flinders Petrie
Harper's Library of Living Thought
William Dean Howells
Earn Bre
Harper's Weekly
England
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Charles Johnston
Frank Marshall White
H. B. Marriott Watson
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W. E. Osborne
South
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Leveland
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