Apocryphal Life of Christ Reviewed and Illustrated
A critique of J. de Q. Donehoo Apocryphal Life of Christ, noting its use of apocrypha to weave a harmony of the gospel legends. The review covers origins of the apocrypha, Mary and Joseph traditions, and the contrast with canonical texts, praising the work’s depth and notes. Also covered is The Macmillan Company and Bobbs-Merrill’s Christy editions of Longfellow with detailed praise for Priscilla and John Alden illustrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christ
J. de Q. Donehoo
Eusebius
James
Peter
Thomas
Barnabas
Mathias
Nicodemus
Andrew
Paul
Joseph and
Mary
Egypt
Donehoo
Pseudo
Evan
Pseudo-Evangelista
Joachim
Anna
Temple
Joseph
Epiphanius
Ambrose
Augustine
Jerome
John Damascene
The
Macmillan Company
New York
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Christy
Longfellow
Christy-Riley
Priscilla
John Alden
Evolution of Forces Within History Sermon Echoes Aims
The Rev J Cumming Smith of the Tabernacle Church spoke on The Fullness of Time tracing history as an evolution from inner forces rather than outward events. He argued God is timeless, Christianity not born with Christ, and successive epochs led to evangelical truth and moral reform, stressing revival must accompany life of service.
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J. Cumming Smith
Tabernacle Church
Mediterranean
Jesus
Rome
England
Christ
Luther
Lincoln
Newton
Beethoven
God
Abraham
Moses
John the Baptist
John
Daniel
Malachi
Gibson book praised as national institution and art
The annual Gibson book is praised for striking design and desirability. The Weaker Sex references man as a central figure, describing a square-jawed bachelor whose world includes Gibson girls as a uniform family. No other nationalities are highlighted. Gibson dominates the cast.
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Gibson
Collier's Weekly
The City of the King and a Gibson girl on cover
A Gibson illustrated holiday volume features eighty drawings and a boxed pastboard cover. Mrs. Lew Wallace presents The City of the King, with essays on Jesus childhood to Jerusalem today, plus fine photographs of Holy Land scenes. Bobbs Merrill Company of Indianapolis distributes it.
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Gibson
Charles Scribner's
Lew Wallace
Jerusalem
Jesus
Galilee
Holy Land
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Indianapolis
Raphael Tuck Calendars and Christmas Cards Catalogue
From Raphael Tuck & Sons Company a a Fifth Avenue New York comes the annual package of calendars booklets and Christmas cards. Highlights include a orchid design calendar with movable petals concealing months a Sweet and Twenty calendar American girl panels The Grecian Graces groups of statuesque maids and Happy Hour calendar with quaint conceit. Father Tucks Annual presents verses stories for little people with black and white and color plates. Lithographic work is high class.
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Raphael Tuck & Sons Company
Fifth Avenue
New York
Father Tuck
Christmas Number Delights In Fine Art And Seasonal Imagery
The Burlington Magazine offers a November issue rich with illustrated articles and elegant cuts on English portraits Whistler as an Etcher and Ancient Weapons of the Chase. Country Life in America presents a sumptuous Christmas number with full page illustrations, a color panel picture The Parson's Christmas 430 and scenes from winter and charity donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington Magazine
Whistler
America
Stewart Edward White
Pine Woods
Louisiana
New York
New Era Dawning as Rev Newbert Praises Spencer and Darwin
At All Souls Unitarian Church Rev E E Newbert urged that Herbert Spencer and Charles Darwin were pivotal to a scientific shift in religious thought. He traced the 19th century clash between science and theology and noted Darwin’s Westminster Abbey burial and a Liverpool chapel decoration portraying Darwin as a saint. The speaker argued that history shows science gaining triumph over church dogma.
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All Soul
Unitarian
E. E. Newbert
Herbert Spencer
Thomas Carlyle
Emerson
James Martineau
Gladstone
Tennyson
Lincoln
Darwin
Browning
Spencer
Wallace
Tyndall
Huxley
George Mivart
England
Kent
Westminster Abbey
Jim Crow’s Language Lessons and Other Bird Stories
A holiday book by Julia Darrow Cowles for children featuring twenty short tales from Mrs Cowles’s familiar nature worlds. It avoids preachy morals, aims to entertain through pets and animals, and includes vivid illustrations and a green and white binding.
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Jim Crow
Julia Darrow Cowles
Mrs. Cowles
St. Nicholas
Happy Hours
Our Little Ones
Muff
Asthen
Crowell & Co
Glorious book of real children by color artists and Mabel Humphrey
A refined praise of a large, beautiful book with color drawings by Jessie Willcox Smith and Elizabeth Shippen Green. The text by Mabel Humphrey accompanies the images in bold black type with red illustrations. The scenes of children, from a boy by the fire to a girl at play, appeal to both grown ups and devoted fans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Willcox Smith
Elizabeth Shippen Green
Mabel Humphrey
Oe A. Stokes Company
New Or
The Rambillicus Book by Walt McDougall
Cartoonist Walt McDougall presents a humorous collection titled The Rambillicus Book featuring modern fairy tales and a parade of astonishing zoological specimens conceived by a humorous imagination.
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Walt McDougall
Fulton Preaches at Tabernacle Church Boyhood Ties
Reverend Albert C. Fulton, former Tabernacle Sunday school pupil now pastor in Kennebunk Maine, addressed Indianapolis listeners last night. He recalled boyhood days and urged living the social Christ ethic, stressing obligation to others and the power of Jesus in daily life.
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Albert C. Fulton
Tabernacle Church
Congregational Church
Kennebunk
Indianapolis
Franz Bellinger
Ella D. Hitt
Mr. Fulton
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Adventures in a Boy's Library From J B Lippincott
A retrospective review contrasts James Otis and Henry Castleman with older boys fiction. It lauds Otis for long, eventful adventures such as diving for sunken treasure, and notes the appeal to both young readers and nostalgic adults. The piece mentions publishers George W. Jacobs and Co. and J B Lippincott Company and compares styles to Lewis Carroll.
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George W. Jacobs & Co
Philadelphia
James Otis
G. A. Henry
Harry Castleman
Henry
Castleman
Otis
Frank
The
J. B. Lippincott Company
A Christmas Gift That Went a Begging and Pepper Books
Ruth McPnery Stuart tells of a neglected child who seeks to gift himself to the quality on Christmas Day. The tale, rich in New Orleans dialect and tender pathos, joins George Washington Jones illustrated by Edward Potthast. Margaret Sidney’s Pepper series is recalled as a cherished child classic now grown with time.
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Ruth McPnery Stuart
New Orleans
George Washington Jones
Edward Potthast
Henry Artemus Company
Philadelphia
Margaret Sidney
Pepper
Brown House
New Pep Book Illustrated by Herman Heyer From Lothrop Boston
The author revisits earlier incidents she had omitted in this new Pep book illustrated by Herman Heyer. Published by the Lothrop Company in Boston, the volume presents a refreshed collection with Heyer’s artwork adding vivid detail.
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Herman Heyer
the Lothrop Company
Boston
Child of Peary Maps Arctic Adventure Book
The daughter of Lt Peary recounts a northern journey with her mother in a book for children. Photographs of Arctic scenes and wildlife accompany the sweet face of the young author in Eskimo costume, printed in large type. Published by Frederick A Stokes Company of New York.
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Peary
Frederick A. Stokes Company
New York
Charming tale of Chee the violin prodigy
Faith Bickford depicts Chee a half Indian girl living with a harsh spinster aunt. Chee secretly practices on her dead father’s fiddle, gains aid from a cousin and a minister, and wins applause in a concert that convinces her stern guardian of her talent. The tale charms despite poor illustrations. Dana Estes & Co.
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Faith Bickford
Chee
Dana Estes & Co
Boston
Flower and Insect Stories and Childrens Games Reviewed
Lenore E Mulets presents three books Flower Stories Insect Stories and Bird Stories to teach children through subject self narration with legends songs and field lesson ideas illustrated by Sophie Schneider. William Wells Newell's enlarged edition compiles American children's games and folk songs with origins and local variants for classroom guidance. Elsie and Her Loved Ones begins a notable series tracing the youth of its heroine Martha.
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Lenore E. Mulets
Phyllis
Sophie Schneider
L. C. Page & Co
Boston
William Wells Newell
Harper & Bros
New York
Elsie
Martha
Christmas Birthday of the Prince of Peace Sermon
Dr. Albert Hurlstone preached at Roberts Park M. B. Church on Christmas the Birthday of the Prince of Peace, urging the world to embrace arbitration, disarmament, and universal peace through Christ's teachings. He cited Isaiah and Gospel themes, praising Jesus as Prince of Peace and calling for goodwill toward men.
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Albert Hurlstone
Roberts Park
M. B
Prince of Peace
Isaiah ix
Micah v
Plato
Peter
Christ
God
Isaiah
Rome
Mrs Austins Famous Buckwheat Cakes Ready in a Moment
Buckwheat cakes prepared with Mrs AUSTIN's recipe promise quick, tasty results. The ad emphasizes convenience and quality, aiming to attract home cooks seeking a reliable buckwheat batter option.
Elsie Dinsmore series continues with future generations
The reviewer notes Finley’s ongoing Elsie Dinsmore saga extending into the third and fourth generations with characters like Nick Carter, Frank Merriwell, Fred Fearnot, and the Gunboat hero, as Dodd, Mead & Co. of New York prepares further installments.
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Finley
Elsie Dinsmore
Bilsie
Elsie
Nick Carter
Frank Merriwell
Fred Fearnot
Dodd, Mead & Co
New York
Mother Bunny Presents Wilderness Tale By Hoerte A Cheever
The story relates the autobiographical tale of a rabbit heroine as she speaks to a boy. It explores dangers wild creatures face in the wood with tenderness and sympathy, promising to entertain and instruct readers. Diantha W. & Co., Boston, publish.
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Mother Bunny
Cheever
Diantha W. & Co
Boston
The Patient Wolves and Other Animal Tales by Edith Guerrier
A curious volume of Edith Guerrier animal stories features titles like The Patient Wolves and The Discontented Prairie Dog that suggest a humane and wholesome tone. The collection includes forty two drawings and a gentle moral focus aimed at young readers, with engaging tales about animal characters.
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Edith Guerrier
Poe Er Tacenaiee & Co
Short Story Book for Little People with Bird and Outdoor Tales
A children’s collection of short stories for young readers includes bird themes, outdoor adventures, and tales about the nation’s history. Katharine Beebe, author of Home Occupation for Little Children, writes with Katharine H. as illustrator for The Een Publishing Company, Akron.
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Katharine Beebe
Katharine H
Een Publishing Company
Akron
Puri tan tale in Boston almshouse adopted into famous ra family
This seventh in Edith Robinson series follows a French descent girl in colonial Boston’s almshouse. Adopted into the ra family, later famed in Boston history. The volume lists accompanying works: an illustrated proverb book by L J Bridgeman, colorful pictures, six amateur acting farces by M E M Davis, and other material from Small Maynard Boston publishers.
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Edith Robinson
Boston
Colony Times
L. C. Page & Co
L. J. Bridgeman
H. M. Caldwell & Co
Ama
M. E. M. Davis
Saturday Post
Small, Maynard & Coe Boston
Fairy tales for small children by Birdsall Otis Edey
Six simple fairy tales illustrated by Beatrice Baxter Rayl designed for very young readers. The red bound book from RK. H. Russell in New York showcases approachable stories and gentle adventures for preschoolers.
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Birdsall Otis Edey
Beatrice Baxter Rayl
RK. H. Russell
New York
Services Devoted to Helping the Orphans at St John’s
At St John’s Church on South Capitol yesterday morning a high mass and short address by Father Gavish highlighted a Catholic appeal for orphans in the diocese. Bishop Chatard’s letter urged Christmas charity for the Orphans Home for Boys in Vincennes and the Girls Home in Haute, with the local diocese contributing generously to support the schools aiding orphans after their first communion.
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St. John's Church
South Capitol Avenue
Francis H. Gavish
Francis Silas Chatard
Jesus Christ
Vincennes
Haute
I Trial
Ind
James McCool
Gavish
Oime
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