World of Letters Review of Contemporary Fiction
A London critic discusses Harold Frederic and William Canton works, praises Barr and Morrison, highlights Adeline Sergeant and Opie Head titles, and surveys Miss Marin Pool, Fiona Macleod, and rural Southern life fiction. The piece notes design quality and the rise of ethnological realism in recent novels and fairy tales.
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Arthur Morrison
Mr. Morrison
Chicago
H. 8
Stone & Co
London
Wyth
New England
North Carolina
Marin Pool
Buncombe County
H. B&b, Stone & Co
Miss Poo
Book Notes and Magazines Preview in This Issue
The Century starts a series by General Horace Porter on Campaigning with Grant with vivid pen portraits. We also get Dr. Weir Mitchell’s Guakerdom serial and George F. Walker’s study of Birmingham's municipal governance. Other features include Kipling in McClure’s, seven short stories in Cosmopolitan, and Peck’s analysis of modern political oratory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Barr
Frederick A. Stokes Company
Horace Porter
Grant
Weir Mitchell
George F. Walker
Birmingham
McClure
Kipling
Coxsmopolitan
Peck
Bryan
Hookman
Chicago
Thomas Jay Hudson
W. X. Smith
World Debts Soar Across Twenty Years
Debts of the world rise from about £4.75 billion in 175 to an estimated £5.8 billion today. France holds the largest share at roughly £1.2 billion, with Britain second, Russia third, and Italy fourth. The United States owes about £9.0 million, Spain £279.0 million, and a fourteen-nation net rise totals £48.0 million over twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pall Mall Gazette
France
Great Britain
Russa
Italy
Austria- Hungary
Austria
Hungary
United States
Spain
Cuba
Russia
Dramatic Gossip and Theatres of 1890s London and New York
News notes from theater world mention Walter Damrosch planning a comic opera and Louis James producing My Lord and Some Ladies. It covers critics unhappy with The Mandarin, casting shifts, new works by De Koven Smith, Hawtrey projects, and major agents shaping American light opera. Also notes hypnotist crime ruling, legal suits against streetcar lines, and plans for Australian tours with Lillien Ruseeh and Hermann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Damrosch
Louis James
Lord
de Koven
Smith
New York
Beerbohm Tree
Nancy McIntosh
Virginia Parke
Gelsha
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Amelia Rives
Virginia
Miss Brown
Elwyn A. Barron
Wilson Herrett
Charles Hawtrey
Klu
Aubrey Boucicault
Europe
Nina Houccault
Atlanta
Biridget Hoey
Hosa” Hoey
Belle Urquhart
Bluck Patt Trowbaours
Hartford
Charles E. Evans
W. D. Mann
Herald Square Theater
Actors’ Association
Caroline Miskel
Hoyt
Lady Diana
Herman Hart
Signor Antonio Mora
America
Loula Nethersole
Paris
Fouquier
George B. Melollan
Messrs
Mr. McLellan
Inge
Williamson & Musgrove
Global debts and per head costs across nations in 19th century
The article catalogs world debt burdens by country and region, noting totals and per head costs. It lists major debtors including Britain India Canada and Australia colonies, with figures for 1875 to 1895, and highlights rising obligations for Belgium the Netherlands Greece Mexico Japan Argentina and others. It cites annual interest around £250 million and compares per head rates across countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Spain
India
Turkey
Australasia
Portugal
Belgium
Netherlands
Canada
Mexico
Japan
Argentine Republic
Bulgaria
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Chile
Peru
Persia
England
Holland
France
Russia
Brazil
Italy
Hungary
Egypt
Great Britain
Austria-Hungary
Uruguay
Burdett
Siigures
Germany
New South Wales
Victoria
New Zealand
Queensland
Cape Colony
South Australia
St. Helena
Four Winds Men Speak on Horse Theme and God
A fragmentary verse recounts four men from the four winds who discuss horses and divine ideas. Each praises different aspects and paths yet parts with peace, while later verses show sharp clashes and hostility as they debate God and nature. The piece is signed Walter Foss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ami
Walter Foss
New Critic Judges Pedrog and Liew Liwyfo at Llanelly Eisteddfod
The Llanelly eisteddfod of 1898 saw Pedrog win the chair amid praise from 26 competitors for the theme Happiness and the alliterative verse. Liew Liwyfo won the crown with John the Beloved Disciple as his subject, praised as the best in years. The piece notes critical views on Welsh chair and crown poems and covers Gertrude Lewis's sad death in poverty, plus wider Welsh musical culture and local Liberal activity.
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Pedrog
Wateyn Wyn
Ceulanydd
Bern
Hell
Ines
Dyfed
Cadfan
John
Bethsalda
John the Baptist
Patmos
Mary Magdalene
Mary
Moore
Hieher
Kees Lewis
Cardiff
Philharmonic Society
E. M. Corbett
Gertrude Lewis
Abergavenny
Miss Lewis
Wales
Hullth
Cape
Rosewarner
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