Dull English novels listed by a literary diplomat expert
A Kansas City Star note discusses a Bookman list of ten dull English novels by authors once expected to excel. It names Thackeray, Twain, Eliot, Disraeli, Hawthorne, and Kipling among alleged dull works, while praising the broader role of American literary diplomats and their influence on culture.
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Kansas City Star
Bookman
Thackeray
Philip
Twain
Joan of Arc
Kingley
Alton Locke
Porter
Watts-Dunton
Alwin
Eliot
Daniel Deronda
Disraeli
Lethal
Richardson
Clarissa Harlowe
Mawthorne
Lst
Hele Eslan
William Wallace
Alton
Disreali
America
Lothair
Scott
Dickens
Janice Meredith
Kipling
Sean
Stevensoniana and American Letters in a Nation of Taste
A discussion of Stevenson’s enduring influence and a broad survey of American and British literary reception. The review notes quotations about Stevenson, upcoming works, and the idea that national literature reflects its people, with musings on California’s potential to enrich American letters and the value of rooted, local-literary growth.
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Harper's Weekly
United States
Wherein Bret Harte Was Master in Literature
Prof A E Hancock reviews Bret Harte in Booklover's Magazine, praising his artistry within definite bounds. He lauds Harte as a master of the short story whose tales of mining camps reveal life as a paradox of humor and pathos, likening him to Cervantes and noting his ability to unify merriment with tragic undertones.
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A. E. Hancock
Booklover
Uke Cellini
Teniers
Metssontier
Max Nordau
Golden Gate
Amar
Bret Harte
Writer's Thought Cramp in Sewell Ford's July Reader
Sewell Ford, a fiction writer, faces periods of mental apathy between bursts of creative energy. After ventures of inspiration, his thoughts abruptly fade, leaving life flat and gray. Yet the muse returns days later as the mental machine recharges and he resumes writing.
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Sewell Ford
Book Shops Limited Aims For Knowledgeable Clerks
W L Alden notes a new venture named Book shops Limited intends to run bookshops staffed by men who know books and enjoy discussions with customers. Advocates argue the plan addresses a common complaint about the average shop experience and seeks a more literate, engaging atmosphere.
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W. L. Alden
Bookshops, Limited
Books and scholars in a culture clash of shops and schools
A critic reviews second hand bookstalls and bookshop schemes as relics of the Johnson era, then argues true scholarship comes from deep, focused knowledge plus perspective. Education builds wisdom and skill, whether in university or life, and those who know must lead in discourse.
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David Starr Jordan
Atlantic
Noted Authors and Figures in Letters and Society
A collage of literary gossip and notices. Mr Howells leaves New York for Kitty Point Mo to work on a new book. George P Garrison notes Nuevas Filipinas as the region’s first official name. Anthony Hope to wed Elizabeth Sheldon in London. George Meredith praised yet blunt about a rival. A New York woman poet’s proof reading duties draw attention. A Copenhagen recluse remains homebound aided by canes. A bookseller’s caution about Maurice Hewlett’s Richard Yea-and-Nay sparks debate on English history.
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New York Tribune
Stevenson
Milton
Shakspeare
Sidney Colvin
Miss Sitwell
Pacific
Saranac
Marquesas
Howells
New York City
Kitty Point
George P. Garrison
Texas
Lone Star State
Nuevas Filipinas
New Philippines
George Meredith
Anthony Hope Hawkins
Anthony Hope
London
Elizabeth Sheldon
New York
Meredith
the Tribune
Tbsen
Copenhagen
Kant
University Uilding
Maurice Hewlett
Richard Yea-and-Nay
Harrigan Ainsworth
The Age We Live In by John G. Whittier
A 1903 reflection praising social progress and humanitarian reform. It notes abolition of slavery, legal equality for women, humane criminal codes, and a need for strong moral restraint, urging balance between liberalism and old moral rigor.
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John G. Whittier
New England
Last night I met my own true love in Paradise
A fragment from Mary A. F. Robinson describes meeting a beloved figure with a halo and haloed glow in Paradise. The poem recalls singing in alleys and hearing angels play, asserting the night’s truth with a note of change as time passes.
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Paradise
Mary A. F. Robinson
Anarchist Colony at Home Washington Described
A 1900s era overview of the Mutual Home Association colony at Home Washington. It notes founders O A Verity L F Odell George Allen and wives relocating from Glennis near Tacoma after a failed socialist project. The article details land limits two acres per person, voluntary labor, vegetarian living, and a mixed, tolerant community with Liberty Hall as a social center and diverse beliefs allowed.
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E. E. Slosson
Independent
Burley
Home
Wash
America
Nordhoff
Hinds
Noyes
Plato
Fourier
Morris
Bellamy
Mutual Home Association
Mir
O. A. Verity
L. F. Odell
George Allen
Glennis
Tacoma
Allen
Toronto University
Joes Bay
Puget Sound
Mr. Allen
Welcome Cottage
United States Agricultural
Kropotkin
Prince of Anarchists
Alfen
James Morton
Harvard
Phi Beta Kappa
F. Smith
Morton
Jack Adams
Liberty Hall
Nonviolent Tolstoyan colony near Tacoma inspires curiosity
The piece describes a Christian, nonresistant community in a Tacoma area colony led by a school clerk and father of one family. After an anarchist-led scare following McKinley’s assassination, a Confederate veteran calmed a mob of 300. The colony upholds liberty of thought, free love, and orderly, neat homes with hospitable, thrifty residents, though it faces questions about broader adoption of its ideals.
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McKinley
Patriotic League
Tacoma
League
Tolstoi
Monarchs and their papers a glimpse into royal reading habits
The article surveys how rulers like the Austrian emperor, the German Kaiser, the Russian czar, Victor Emmanuel of Italy, King Oscar of Sweden, Edward VII of Britain, and King Christian of Denmark consume news. It notes private digests, scrapbooks, and clipping bureaus shaping royal insight across Europe.
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London
Austria
Russia
Geneva
Grekoff
Oman
Oscar
Sweden
Stockholm
Edward VII
Christian
Denmark
Adler Shylock in New York Evening Post Review
The Yiddish Shylock Adler portrays in the American Theater is praised as dignified and competent. The review highlights his restraint, native dialect, and authentic Jewish portrayal, contrasting with other actors and noting the supporting cast and audience focus on Shylock.
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New York Evening Post
American Theater
Jacob P. J
Mic Hao
Salvini
Edwin H
Mr. Adler
Eeeraen
Shylock
Gratiano
Peither
How the Mine Was Named in Lippincott's Magazine
In the Black Hills of South Dakota a prospector and his wife stake a mine and name it after her, a tale of a couple choosing a title by homage. The origin blends anecdote with a hint of humor as the claim is filed and the name becomes permanent.
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Lippincott's Magazine
Black Hills
South Dakota
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