Makers of Books and Literary Notes From May
A detailed review of Franklin Morrison Charles A Dana and his Sun reporting rules, praising Dana’s leadership and paper discipline. Also notes on May issues of Bookman and Mid-Continent Magazine with portraits of Hobbes, Lilian Bell, Le Gallienne and others, plus excerpts from The Grasshoppers and Stories for All the Year by Katharine McDowell Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Morrison
Charles A. Dana
Myr. Dana
The
Sun
Dana
John Oliver Hobbes
Cragle
Lord Wickenham
London
England
Miss Bell
Mag
Richard LeGallienne
Katharine McDowell Rice
W. St. John Harper
Harper's
Young People
St. Nicholas
Wide Awake
Treasure Trove
John Olver Hobbes
George W. Smalley
James Longstreet
J. 8. Lippincott Company
Tan’ Maclaren
John Maclaren Watson
Ing Presbyterian Church Insteand
Ruskin
Ing Tennyson
Tennyson
Wenerad
Louise Chaniler Moulton
Bilas Carman
Emily Zola
the Snake Charmer
Nature Talks and Current Books in a Busy Year
Review notes on F Schuyler Mathews Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden and Marvin S Clark's Pussy and Her Language. It covers Letitia Burwell's A Girl's Life in Virginia and various author and publisher updates with reflections on literature, nature, and public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Schuyler Mathews
New York
D. Appleton & Co
Scranton
M. Norton
Beethoven
Chopin
Mr. Schuyler
United States
Recent Fiction The Grasshoppers by Mrs. Andrew
A note announces the fiction title The Grasshoppers published in New York by Frederick A. Stokes Co. and distributed through M Norton in Boston with author Mrs Andrew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grasshoppers
New York
Rederick A. Stokes Co
Ranton
M. Norton
Andrew
History As It Is Taught Curious Extract From A Text Book
A New York Evening Post correspondent reports extracts from a textbook used in New York schools. The passage references Henry VIII era figures Wolsey and a death sentence over a disloyal act, and mentions Elizabeth organizing a church with a stance against others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain King
Lippincotts
Captain Dreams
Lamb
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Derwent
Wordsworth and
Southey
William Wilberforce
Thomas Clarkson
Anna Seward
Catherine Hutton
Maclaren
Bonnie Brier Bush
Jamie
Mr. Maclaren
Walter
New York
George Moore
Esays
Pater
Merrimee
Apollo
New York Evening Post
United States
Alles Zimmern
Gilehriet
Henry
Wolsey
Henry the Eighth
Elizabeth
Sweden Uses Low Cost Telephone Network
The article explains that Sweden offers affordable telephone service at about $10 per year with nationwide reach. Local calls within fifty miles of Stockholm are covered by the annual fee, while longer distances incur small extra charges. A three minute Malmo Sollested call costs 27 cents plus 6 cents per additional minute. Connections to government lines cost 24 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweden
Hiicnson
Norway
Denmark
Stockholm
Ericason
Malmo
Sollested
Detroit
Chicago
Stockholm General Telephone Company
Government
Hunky Kid in London Am Dramatic Fiasco
An amateur company staging Orlando’s Christmas show suffers chaos as the intoxicated star portraying Charles the Wrestler damages the set and harms fellow actors. The scene spirals with missteps, a fatal accident, and a collapse of stage decor, drawing outrage from the crowd and critics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Amateur Dramatic Association
Hunky Kid
Charles the Wrestler
Orlande
Hercules
Fatr
Rosalind
Charles
Decoration Day Lonesomeness and Memory
A Riley poem portrays Decoration Day as a lonely, poignant observance by a mother and speaker. The narrator recalls soldiers graves, the Stars and Stripes, and crowds in town, contrasting the festive mood with personal grief near Eas’s grave and the orchard statue of a uniformed figure. Lily placements and red white and blue imagery frame the tribute.
Fallacies of a Gospel of Gloom
A Penn Avenue church meeting heard Dr. Capwell critique political socialism. The talk traces causes from industrial change to capital power, condemns state control and labor rights theories, and argues Christianity and individualism defend civilization against socialist doctrines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Capwell
Young Men's League
Penn Avenue Church
Christ
Guigothan
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
Europe
Herbert Spencer
Edward Bellamy
England
Karl Marx
Burk Farm
Owene Colony
London
H. M. Hyndman
National Gallery
Skate Church
San Says
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Gotham
Stone & Kimball
E. C. Burling
Joaquin Miller
Sierras
Edith M. Thomas
Clinton Scollard
Franklin E. Denton
William
Lord
Francis Edmund Lester
Marion Milla Miller
Andrew Millard
Will M. Clemens
Helen I. Herrick
Percie W. Hart
Miss Herrick
Stockton
Spain
Italy
Germany
France
Saya
Southern
Mid-Continent
August Schachner
Mexico
Fanny Kemble Johnson
Dean
Simpst
Mia. Frere
E Hilary
Bell
Hilary
Frere
Reliers
Hamburg
Bel
New York City
Marvin S. Clark
Mr. Clark
Houehold
Weyers
Virginia
Frederick A. Stokes Co
Letitia M. Burwell
Old South
North
W. A. McCullough
J. Tureas
Richard Harding Davin
Rishard Mansfivld
Trilby
Marlon Crawford
Llarlo
Macmillians
Marie Loulu Gaston Bolysier
Academia Francaise
M. Camille Douvet
Tolutol
Master and Man
William Dean Howells
Pressen
Hall Caine
Walter Pater
Prosper Morimee
Raphael
Picardy
Notre Dame d' Amiens
Pascal
Rudyard Kipling
New York Tribune
Julian Ralph
Robert Barr
Paris
House of Commons
House of Representatives
Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
John
Republic
Cat
Orlando
Shakespeare
Orlandos
Romeo Jones
Celia
L. U. BE
le Beau
Duke Fred
George T. Lanigan
Moat Evrywhores
Soldier Boye
Mother
Colummna Grand
Eas
James Whnitcomb Riley
Reichstag
Berlin
Radway & CO
Radway
Vaemiteye
Palm-Christi CO
IHILA
Matthews Boros
Pierce’s Market
Penn Ave
Hartman
Vwnn
Dianase
Mel
Royal Medicine CO
River
Ill
Matthews Bros
Druggis Scranton
Tarey Co
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