Our Common Speech: Degraded Words and Shifting Meanings
A review of Gilbert M. Tucker’s Our Common Speech from Dodd Mead. The piece highlights how words like pitiful, apparent, plausible, specious, and hypocrite have shifted from neutral or positive senses to negative connotations, reflecting social attitudes and power dynamics across history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodd, Mead @ Co
New York
Gilbert M. Tucker
Albany
Tucker
Bailey
Kern
Pagan
Edward
October Cover Art and Contents in Leading Magazines
A long review discusses Chap-Book’s October cover by Frank Hazenplug and John Bennett’s poem In a Rose Garden. It praises Dawson Watson's wind-tossed girl on the cliff and Bur lings Bret Harte portrait. It notes Chips and McLaren stories, Cosmo, Munsey’s October sections, and broader magazine trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Hazenplug
John Bennett
Spain
Dawson Watson
Gotham
C. Burlings
Bret Harte
Hall Camne
James Urevort
Cox
Laula How
Mary EK
Wilkins
Ita
Weyman
General Mills
Creeiman
London Times
Kirke
New York Tribune
Theodore Roosevelt
McLaren
Munsey
Munsey's
Stockton Declines Serial Run for Captain Horn Novel
Frank T Stockton announces he will publish The Adventures of Captain Horn directly as a book rather than in serial form. Critics debate whether serials retain market value and emotional impact, noting readers may prefer complete works and questioning the trend away from ongoing installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hia Work
T Stockton
Captain Horn
Ida Nabure
Mr. Brockton
Phiadeliia Valletin
Wola
Wei
Niger
du Mauriers
Trilby
Portraits of 19th Century Authors and An Irish Traveler
The piece notes June's eight year old compliment to a madam and mentions Frank Fors Moore trying his hand at a play Kitty Clive dramatizing a Pall Mall Gazette piece. It cites Moore’s rapid writing of The Sale of a Boul in eight days, and compares W R Yeats to Stevenson, describing his Irish flair with a scarlet sash and sombrero in Dublin streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass Jerrold
Iso
Akis Eren
Frankfors Moore
Kitty Clive
Pall Mall Gagette
Moore
We Beat the Englishman and Seek Hawthorne’s Mosses
In a lively parlour scene Mr Rising and Mrs Rising argue about racing, books, and Hawthorne as they discuss bookmakers facing trouble this season. The exchanges touch on ships, seaboard races, and where books are made while characters speculate about public opinion and daily papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Rising
John
Mia
Rishig
Jim
Johny
Seaboard
Mr. Tishtig
Tsing
Mr. Hising
Ebeling
Negi
Aline
Mr. Uising
Jon
Rising
Theo
New York Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Jntland Mariner
Ria
Engliehman
Mira
Mr. Ising
Ve. Rising
Indiana
Mra. R Tising
Mrs. Rising
Hawthorne
Mra. Rising
Amd
Hawthorne's & Man
Enid Mra
Bill Jones
Some Timely Rhymes and Comic Verse Fragments
A platter of humorous verse snippets and spoof quotes from early 20th century newspapers. It includes playful lines about Pish-Tosh and Pooh-Pooh, reflections on time and winter, remarks on new women, and mock warnings about dating customs.
Theater Managers and the Artist in Debate
Lyman I. Grover argues against player managers in theater firms preferring artistically informed leadership. He insists managers handle business details while the producer applies artistic sense to selection and production, citing examples from Henry Irving and others, and contrasting with writers and critics on serious plays versus sensational fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman I. Grover
Anl
Utica
Cain
Mhanelil Jetadia
Bushigees
Henry Jeving
Willard
Heerhohm
Tree
Wyndham
Toole
Tarrect
Kendala
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Tunatea
Duns Scetus
Nouws
Ibol
Maeteriinck
Zola
Rome
Delaver
Watson
Cosmopolitan
Rudyard
Hook Smith
Jonathan
Kemble
Frank Clark
Cuba
Elisabeth Cardoso
Rossetts
Mr. Aldrich
The
Sun
the Evening Post
Polmt Ito
Post
Mme. Barrotin
Allence
A. T. Frost
Uncle Remus
Joel Chandler Harris
Bret Teabbit
Dd, Appleton & Co
Chauncey
Hotchkive
Lexington
Norwalk
Long Island
Long Island Sound
Benedet Arnold
New London
Fort Griewold
D. Appleton
Henry Tyrrell
Frank Laalle
Popular Monthly
Edgar Allenne
Fresh Pond
Park
James Burcell Lowell
Lowell Pond
Mme, Talne
Norway
Pere Herrnger
Mosea
George A. Balapeves
Burke
Bape
Herbert Goercer
Peasy
Ordre Reverey
MR. and
Mrs, Rising
Timon-Herald
Pooh-Pooh
Nannie
Maclean
Harper's Bagar
Philadelphia
Indianapolis Journal
Chicago Timea-Herald
Chicago Things- Herald
John-a-Dreams
Tanqueray
Kate
John-a
Hle
de Wolf Hopper
Alfred Klein
McCaull Opera Company
Alka
Hopper
Klein
Ningaras
New York Herald
Frohman
Goar
Mr. Ferguson
Comstock
Frothingham Theater
Robert Hilliard
Academy of Music
New York City
Mr. Howard
Mr. Hilliard
Grant Stewart
Cecil Butler
Harry Krogera
C. ‘Stuart Johnson
Howard Adams
Madeline Mouton
Maud White
Sydney Cowell
Daley Dixon
Ethel Vallerio
Charles B. Hanford
Bishu
Spencer
Norathrien
Venice
Lote Maller
Alberta Gallatin
Thomas Keene
Manatfield
Mississippi
Charles
Ada Dore
Orienta
Frederic de Belleville
Lilbing Werath
Anion Crawford
Charlies Hannan
John Drew
Malcolm Watson
A. H. Canby
Francia Wilson
Werate
Scre Ee
Edward Vroom
Francis Coppee
Odeon Theater
Paris
Vroom
James O'Neill
Virenius
Doston Une
Jen'e Bartlett Davis
Eugens Cowles
Hannabee
MicDonald
Charles FW
Hanford
Elihu R. Spencer
Nora O'Brien
Loretta
Migs Q
Germany
Berlin
Hoyt & McKee
Carolne Miskel Hoyt
Otte Harlan
Chinatown
Harry Connor
Anwon
Chicago
John T. Malone
Malone
United States
Whistler
Samuel Pitcher
Castoria
da. G. C
Osan
Lowell, Mass
J. F. Kincantoe
Qooway, Ark
H. A. Ancuen
Oxford
Brooklyn
N. T
Boston
Mags
Ate C. Burra, Pres
the Centaur Company
Murray Street
Iron and Steel
the Commonwealth Lumber CO
Commonwealth
Scranton, PA
Wyoming Avenue
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