Review of New Christmas Books and Other Memoirs Discussed
A survey of Christmas books and biographies reviews works by General Gordon on the Civil War, Frank Norris on literary criticism, De Blowitz memoirs, Bigelow on German history, Klein’s London music life, Geraldine Brooks colonial romances, and other studies. It notes the varied strengths, periods, and figures from publishers such as Doubleday Page, Harper, and Century, with emphasis on clarity, context, and reader interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Thiers
de Blowitz
Ionate Historiographer
M. de Blowitz
Europe
London
Firat
A M. de Blowitz
Doubleday, Page & Co
New
Germany
Waterloo
Holy Alliance
Jahn
Metternich
Julie Kendener
Fritz Reuter
David Strauss
Robert Blum
Hermann Klein
England
British
Mr. Klein
Patti
America
Century Company
New York
Poultney Bigelow as Historian of The Great War
The passage praises Poultney Bigelow as especially suited to write a history due to birth, training, and career. It notes his education in America and Europe, law study at Columbia, journalism at Outing and Harper's Weekly, and his intimate view of the war, contrasting it with German professors who depended on Kaiser favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arck
William I
Bismarck
German Empire
Prince Barck
Emperor
Frederick A. Stokes Co
New York
Poultney Bigelow
Bige- Tow
America
Germany
France
United States
Columbia Law
Outing
London
Harper's Weekly
Iide
Labor and Capital Clash in Porter Novel
Linn Boyd Porter crafts a pacific tale on labor versus capital with emphasis on ballot power for workers. The plot follows two intertwined love stories across a socially conscious backdrop urging wealth sharing, education, and humane treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Boyd Porter
Porter
God
G. W. Dillingham Company
New York
New Indiana Author Proposes New Planetary Theory
Frank B. Taylor of Fort Wayne advances a novel theory on the structure and growth of the planetary system. He argues Newton’s lunar stability analysis is unfruitful and claims his theory yields a general law enabling prediction of Jupiter’s fifth satellite and Mars’s unseen satellite Phobos. The book, published locally and in London, showcases wide reading and advanced mathematics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Frank B. Taylor
Fort Wayne
Isaac Newton
Jupiter
Mars
Phobos
Newton
C. D. Cazenove & London
History of Socialism in the United States critique
A preview of Morris Hillquit's History of Socialism in the United States suggests the work equates socialism with the Socialist party and aims to leverage the party's political influence. The review doubts the author’s success in convincing readers of the party’s current or future impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Morris Hillquit
Socialist Party
The Black Shilling by Amelia E Barr reviewed
A rodent critique notes the witchcraft era in New England as entertaining history and praises Amelia E Barr's novel The Black Shilling. The review highlights the portrayal of Cotton Mather and the Salem milieu, while noting the romance threading Frances Vaughan and Paul Thorold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Amelia E. Barr
Boston
Salem
Cotton Mather
Mrs. Barr
Frances Vaughan Paul Thorold
Dodd, Mead & Co
New York
Story of Rapid Transit and Architecture Book Reviews
Beckles Wilson urges Indiana visit before publication while detailing rapid transit’s modern devices and interurban railways. Russell Sturgis’ assessment surveys architecture from Greek temples to 19th century blocks with sixty four photogravure illustrations across multiple styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckles Wilson
Indiana
D. Appleton & Co
Newark
Russell Sturgis
United States
Baker & Taylor
Western romance by Frances Parker praised for vigor
Frances Parker shifts from poetry to fiction with a Western tale featuring Marjie a fearless graceful heroine who battles rough characters through heart driven choices. The debut novel shows strong narrative force with vivid ranch life and surprising yet tasteful illustrations from the C M Clark Company Boston General Charlies F Manderson also contributes a notable story of the same title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far West
Frances Parker
Miss Parker
Marjie
C. M. Clark Company
Boston
Civil War Revolvers and a Young Commander's Return
A Civil War tale details a regiment presenting revolvers to its young commander, their capture by Confederate cavalry under General Joe Wheeler, and a dramatic return twenty five years later. Also praises William Matthews writings on self improvement and notes a bright local color romance by R. E. Young with Sally and her energetic husband to be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Wheeler
F. Tennyson Neely
New Or
Heering
New York
Canaan Mining and Development Company
Missouri
Sally
R. E. Young
McClure, Phillips & Co
Story of the Nations addition and other new books
The latest in the Story of the Nations series from G P Putnam is The South American Republics by Thomas C Daw son a concise study of Argentina Paraguay Uruguay and Brazil Part I now arrives Part II will cover Peru Bolivia Ecuador Colombia and Venezuela Daw son draws on Spanish authorities and offers material unavailable in other English histories Also noted are two private interest works Out of North Carolina and Catherine and Her Surroundings by Sarah P Morrison and an Indian story by W A Fraser, bearing on regional literature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prank Norris
Norris
Crti
New York
Brandes
Doug Page & Co
Saturday Evening Post
William Matthews
Matthews
Samuel Smiles
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Boston
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Thomas C. Dawson
United States
Brazil
Argentina
Paraguay
Uruguay
Peru
Bolivia
Ecuador
Colombia
Venezuela
North Carolina
Catherine
Sarah P. Morrison
D. W. Coffin
Morrison
Tion of Friends
Plainfield
Ind
Datic
Dar
Canada
Winnipeg
Hudson Bay Posts
Maskisis
Lame One
Wolf Runner
Miyatis
Charles Scribner'sons
The Circle on the Square by Baldwin Sears
A readable tale set in a South town with a courthouse square social elite. A man's romance with a socially restricted woman drives a story mixing love, fighting, politics, and humor in a compact novel from Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tazeley
Circle On the Square
Pepper and Love in a Humble Life Becomes Married
Margaret Sidney style blends humor and pathos in a tale about Sally seeking the life of a married woman while Mr Tubbs, a weak husband, embodies comic struggle against matrimony. A light love plot runs through, praised for warmth and sympathy. Lothrop Publishing Co. Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Sidney
Sally
Mr. Tubbs
Young and Lothrop Publishing Co
Boston
The Harvesters by Aubrey Lanston
A Harpers distributed novel by Aubrey Lanston, set in high life London and Paris. The tale centers on infelicity and romantic entanglements among seducers and drinkers, offering a well plotted private and domestic drama for readers drawn to such themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Harvesters
R. H. Russell
Russell Company
House
America
Mr. Russell
Harpers
Aubrey Lanston
London
Paris
Light-textured tale entertains with watchful heroine
A breezy, entertainment focused fragment describes a young woman known for travel and daydreams on the path to marriage. The light prose centers on feminine allure and social expectations, offering a snapshot of a courting era.
Ellanor Atkinson tale set in Martinique opens a girl’s life
A fragmentary description notes a lazy tropical mood set in Martinique featuring a creole girl who becomes Empress Josephine. It frames the tale as a woman's, indeed a young girl's, story with restrained male interest, attributed to Eleanor Atkinson and published by D. Appleton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinique
Josephine
Eleanor Atkinson
D. Appleton & Co
New York
Tobacco Leaves by John Bain Jr a gift volume
John Bain Jr compiles Tobacco Leaves describing the tobacco garden of the world in Pinar del Rio Cuba and adds prose and verse on pipe and cigar leisure. Bound in ooze calf and enclosed in an imitation cigar box, it suits gift purposes from H. M. Caldwell Company Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bain, Jr
Pinar del Rio
Cuba
H. M. Caldwell Company
Boston
Eleanor Lee A Story Of Married Life By Margaret E Sangster
The novel chronicles a beautiful girl’s life struggle to redeem her husband from vice. The heroine is a true woman, not an angel, faithful amid adversity and temptation. Read as a realistic life story with vivid character portrayal rather than rapid action. Fleming H. Revell Company presents Frances C. Sparhawk’s Honor Dalton as a companion work exploring romance and resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret E. Sangster
Eleanor Lee
Fleming H. Revell Company
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Gen. B. Gordon
Gor- Son
Spoverse
Bull Run
Pines
Malvern Hill
Antietam
Chanle
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Chickamauga
Mission Ridge
Spottsylvania
Winchester
Lee
Charles Scribner's
Monsieur de Blowitz
Musical Life
Geraldine Brooks
Brooks
John Alden
Priscilla
Major Andre
Martha Hilton
Governor Wentworth
Daniel Parke Custis
Martha Washington
Arthur E. Becher
Thomas Y. & Co
Oe & Wagnalls Company
China
Wilbur J. Chamberlin
New York Sun
Chamberlin
The
Sun
Frederick A. Stokes Company
New Yor
Tee
Bis
Jumping Frog
Mark Twain
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Sidgwick
Harper & Bros
Liberty
the Planetary System
Marsie
Charlies F. Manderson
Sander & Becker’s
Globe-Wernicke
Morris
Indianapolis
East
Washington ST
Merchante’ Association
Central Union Telephones
W. A. Fraser
Alfred Henry Lewis
Mrs. Tubbs
Mameelie Fifine
Wilson
Aure
E. H. Wilson
Illinois
Maryland
Sts
Honor Dalton
H. T. Hearsey Vehicle CO
W. Market St
Old Point Comfort
Hampton Roads
Fortress Monroe
Geo. F. Adams
Mgr
Monroe
W. H. Roll
East Washington St
W. H. Messenger
Washington Street
GORA
WM. H. Block Co
Teinwawy
Pearson’s
Piano House
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