Of and About the Makers of Books
A critical survey of modern book production praising the craft and design of volumes like Moods a Journal Intime from Jensen press. It notes editor St Elmo Lewis's call for artistic freedom, lists contributors and artists, and discusses contemporaneous literary developments and publishers' strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jensen Press
Philadelphia
Moods
St. Elmo Lewis
Nicholas Jenson
Venice
Harrison &. Morris
Bertram G. Goodhue
Norman Hapgood
Ralph Adama
Cram
Joseph J. Gould, Jr
William J. Glackeng
John Sloan
Charles Augustus Davis
Marianna Sloan
Katherine H. Evans
Gustavus Wynne Cook
Sophie Bertha Steele
Frederic R. Gruger
Eleanor FB. Caldwell
Philip A. Goepp
Education is the key to Europe’s progress and reform
Hon W T Harris, U S Commissioner of Education, returns from a Europe tour noting urban wealth growth, public education gains, and slum reduction. He cites Italy France England and the U S on schooling days and the rise of reading publics guiding national opinion toward arbitration over war. He praises sanitation, arts education, and the link between culture and manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Harris
United State Commissioner of Education
Washington
Europe
Post
England
Italy
Germany
Rome
France
Holland
Belgium
Ita
United States
Paris
America
London
Mile-End Road
Whitechapel
Pub Hc
Salvation Army
Russia
Rice's M494 burlesque in Frothingham theater
Gathered in the World of Melody the Rice production M494 is praised for its popularity with refined theater patrons. Betsie Bonehill and Richard Harlow headline, with Dorothy Morton amid a resignation dispute and changes at Second Presbyterian church music leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rice
Frothingham
Begsie Bonehill
Professor Weedon
Second Pressbyterian Church
Weedon
Scranton
Chance
Muale
Second Presbyterian Church
Pea
Elmira
George D. Carter
Heecher's Church
Battle Hymn of Wyoming at Gettysburg from the Valley to Pennsylvania
Poem recounts the Civil War battle at Gettysburg with emphasis on Wyoming's volunteers. It honors Dana and Crippen leaders, Anges Reynolds, and the first Wyoming men to reach the field. It celebrates Union valor and the cost of the fight, recalling the bloodshed and sacrifice at the turning point in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Wyoming
Gettysburg
Vale
Dana
Mexico
Chalake
Pinal
Vera Crus
Talea
Dann
Reynolds
Crippen
Gettysbure
Aurels
On the Suwanee River and other 1900s works reviewed
Opie Read’s new novel On the Suwanee River is uneven and melodramatic, lampooning Southern pretensions while centering on a fevered clergyman and a possible murder. Also reviewed are Florence Warden’s A Goelt Girl, Edmondo de Amicis in translation Cuore, and George Gissing’s In the Year of Jubilee, with mixed verdicts on literary merit and tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ares J. Weyman
Misa Margaret Deland
George Gleeng
Emile Zola
Hane Hreitoann
Germany
Leland
George Meredith
Walter Crane
Btone & Kimball
Wiliam Carleton
Db. Lowry
Joan of Arc
France
Ing
Mra. Oliphant
Max Nordan
Bio Books
Scribners
Theodore Mommaesn
Howard Phyle
The
Scribnera
John Oliver Hobbes
Craigie
Rotterdam
Theodore Roosevelt
Henry Cabot Lodge
Nin Doyle
Thaslacely Talue
Nathan Heatall Dole
Angem
Daniel Dole
Hawaii
Hawaan Hoston
Haealien Ward
Sharp and Plats
Oakland
Thompson
London Empire
Jule Mackay
London
Lim Lehmann
St. Petersburg West Water
Beyrouth
Tet
Arthur Nik‘seh
Boston Synphony Orchestra
Buda-Poen
Court Opera
D'Oyly Carte
Savoy Theater
Arthur Bullivan
Alhambra
Button Verne
Yeage
Theophile Yeage
John Philip Sousa
Captain
de Wolf Hopper Opera Company
Tremont Theater
Pears
New York
Mascagni
Zanetto
Cop
le Cid
Jacob Melde
Nor
Opie Read
Suwanee River
Chicago
Laird & Lee
Commodore
Sappho
Goelt
Florence Warden
Pippincotts
Edmondo de Amicia
Mantellini
Mr. Gladstone
Queen Victoria
George Gigaing
D. Appleton & Co
Imaginative Sketches and Yarns Featured in Current Issue
The issue previews fiction numbers for September 1 including Gilbert Parker sketch, Kenneth Grahame child-life tale, Marriott Watson yarns about Dick Ryder, and illustrations by Raymond Crosby. The monochrome feature by Emily B is highlighted. the Stranger column notes varied content and drawings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Parker
Kenneth Grahame
Marriott Wataon
Dick Ryder
Ee Raymond Crosby
Watson
Poems Found in Soldiers Papers Highlight Moltke Era
The fragment discusses a publisher profiting from a pirated Joaquin Miller story while noting Miller’s grandfather served as a noncombatant under General William Henry Harrison. It hints at a warrior poet in the Franco Prussian era and mentions Moltke’s multi faceted genius with poems among hut papers deemed worthy of German literary rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joaquin Miller
William Henry Harrison
Coum von Moltke
Crites
Immortal Speech Echoes From Lewistown Court House
Lewistown residents recall Abraham Lincoln’s immortal speech from the court house steps during the Douglas Lincoln campaign. A small Lewistown audience heard a towering rendition that gained global esteem after a stenographer sent his transcript to the Chicago Times. The London Times praised it as a masterful constitutional disquisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Court House
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Douglas-Lincoln
Douglas
Lewiston
Lincoln
Providence
Chicago Times
London Times
William Davidson
Thayer
Nebraska
Bill
Abe Lincoln
Sinai
Baby’s Groaning Rattle Alarms Neighbors Near Depot
A New York Recorder fragment shows Mr Newleigh overwhelmed by a baby’s repeated cries and odd phrases. Onlookers rush to close windows as the scene unfolds with comic fuss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Recorder
Decadence of Once Proud Family in Chicago Tale
A Chicago Tribune excerpt shows a police magistrate questioning a vagrant about aristocratic lineage. The prisoner, called Jedae, replies that the latest directory places the Johnsons as leading locals, underscoring social decline and urban edge in the narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
Chicago
Jedae
Johnsons
Chicago Tribune
Burlesque Actress Injured. Physician Dismisses Break
A Chicago Post report recalls a burlesque actress sustaining a leg injury after a bicycle accident. The physician calms her, saying the leg is not broken, while she worries about missing her stage role. The doctor quips that she could perform with a bandaged leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Post
Scranton Directory of Wholesale Dealers and Stores
A historical list of Scranton businesses organized by category with names and addresses. Includes banks, textile and dry goods, groceries, seeds, plumbing, hardware, wines, cigars, furniture, hotels, and more across Lackawanna Avenue, Spruce Street, Franklin Avenue, and surrounding streets.
Directory of Scranton And Suburban Representative Firms
A scanned directory listing local merchants and trades in Scranton and suburbs. It includes athletic goods and bicycles, hardware, watchmaking, furniture, carpets, general merchandise, paints, florals, caterers, groceries, undertakers, druggists, carriages, pawnbrokers, crockery, dry goods, creamery, bicycles and guns, dining rooms, batteries, tailor services, and pianos with specific names and addresses for each business. The entry enumerates multiple firms and their street locations, reflecting a historical commercial directory.
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Nat
Wisdom
Bolentine
Tuileries
Anna L. Bicknell
Madeleine McDowell
Henry Chig
Henry W. Grady
Clark Howell
Atlanta Constitution
Edwin Asa Dix
New England
St .Nicholas
Nixon Waterman
Johnny Pliatls
Johnny
Aroud
Mra. Hawles
Arthur W. Hutton
McClure
Hope
Times-Herald
New York Herald
Tettersom Mcfudlone
Monroe
Jackson
Jefferson
Schouler
Massachusetts
Madison
Prospero
General Grant
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
Thomas Jefferson
Sweden
Jesson
Prince Albert
Wien
South Kensington
Boston
Kensington
Cially
iRichard Harlow
Labella
Daisy Queen
Spain
Harlow
Dorothy Morton
Wilkes-Barre
Opera
Misa Morton
Miss Morton
Woon
Leonore Snyder
HR Capitan
Sousa
Adams Avenue
Toa
Charles B. Denman
Denman
Duval
Stahlelhaber
Edward Swarts
Alfred Pennington
Elm Park Methodist Church
Goan Reeve Jones
Welsh Baptist Church
Jones
Joseph O'Brien
J. W. Jones
Llewellyn Jones
St. Luke's Church
Conant
Beaton
Otto
Minnehaha Park
Minneapolis
Mme. Calve
Valentine
Meyerbeer
Jean de Kesske
Massenet
Victor Maurel
Vichy
Munich
Alfey & Grau Company
Gaetano Orectice
Bologna
God
Venetan
George Sands
Melbu
Tyrol
Ophelia
Juliette Th Guera
Paria
Rue de Prony
Murlenl
Mme
Artot Padia
Renee Hichard
Mme. Marcheel
Mira Lyte Kotla
Rosaini
Laruette
Steibert
Nicole
Nancy Lee
Fred Miller
Digby Hell Ta
Kittery Navy Yard
Portsmouth Harbor
Nicolay Herloteen
Manger
Gret
Marsick
Joseph Thibaud
Ploniat
Mersick
Melba Operatic
Melba
Scalehi
Mile
Houwermeister
Mr. D'Aublanc
Signor Campanari
Landon Ronald
Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau Opera Company
Paderewaki
Chet
Damrosch
Brooklyn
Worcester
Portland
Siw
Tiurton
Springfield
Troy
Hartford
New Haven
Dee
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Buffalo
Bessie Bonehill
Pennsylvania
Felds Lee
Uellysburg
Dmily Bome
Ile
Sue
OFI
BANKS
Lackawanna Trust and Safet Ca
Merchants’ and Mechanics
Traders’ National
Lackawanna
West Side Bank
N. Main
Robinson, FE. Sons
Robinson
Mina
Cedar
Cor
China
Rupprecht, Louis
Peon
Williams, J. D. & Bro
Matthews, C. P. Sons & Co
Weston Mill Co
Lacka
Jiencke & McKee
Spruce
Owens Bros
Scranton Dairy Co
Penn and Linden
Dickton Manufacturing Co
the Fashion
Lackawanna Avenue
Howley, P. F
M. T
Wyoming Ave
Grocers
Kelly, T. J. & Co
Megargel & Connell
Franklin Avenues
Porter, Joh T
Rice, Levy & Co
Connell, W. P. & Sons
Penn
Foote & Shear Co
Hunt & Connell Co
Dale & Stevens
Cleveland, A. 8
Kelly & Healey
Finley
P. B
Luther
Harness & Saddlery Hardware
Frits G. W
Keller & Harris
Walsh, Edward J
Williams, Samuel
Goldsmith Bros
Wall Paper
Ford, W. M
Scranton Candy Co
T. H. Watts Co
W. Lack Babcock
Franklin
Scranton Supply and Mach, Co
Hill & Connell
Blume, Wm. & Son
Scranton House
Depot
Brown's Bee Hive
Athletic Goods
Florey
C. M
Gunster & Forsyth
Cowles, W. C
Rogers, A. E
Boots and Shoes
Goodman's Shoe Store
4& Lackawanna
Barbour
Home Credit House
Inglis
J. Scott
General Merchandise
Osterhout, N. P
W. Market
Jordan
James
Olyphant
Barthold
EB. J
Snook
8. M
Winke
J. C
THA, Coffer and Spice Grand Union Tea Co
Mata
Clark, G. R. & Co
Caterer
Huntington, J. C
N. Washington
Pirle, J. J
Raub
A. R
McGarrah & Thomas
Lorentz
Locka
Linden & Wash
Davis
G. W
Main and Market
Blues
Peckville
Davies
John J
Main
Brimweill, V. A
Linden
Green, Joseph
Crockery and Glassware
Harding, J. L
Croker and Jeweler
Radin Bros
Dry Goode Wance Goopa
Kresky
Creamery
Btone Bros
Parker, B. R
Cary's Dining Rooms
Trugles
Benjamin & Benjamin
Franklin & Bpruce
Roberts
J. W
N. ‘Main
Grelle
J. Lawrence
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