The Boy Who Is a Savage in a Civilized World
A lengthy portrait of a boy described as a wild, untamed creature living on the urban streets. The piece contrasts his furtive, mischievous exploits with a father’s dismayed view and a master’s pragmatic acceptance. It follows the boy’s daily schemes, games, and independence as he navigates late nineteenth century city life, showing resilience and a dangerous charm.
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Roy
Rose Terrace
Wesley M. Oler
The
Baltimore Herald
Frank F. Peard
Charles Street
Remington Typewriter
Frank Peard
Herald
Ogg
Kokomo
Brooklyn Eagle
S. Wier Mitchell
John Fairthorne
Tillmanism and a Humiliating Sight in South Carolina
In Gossip's Corner the writer recalls Tillman's remark about not fitting the federal Senate and recounts Charleston residents' memory of his unshaven appearance with a dirty collar and tobacco stained shirt front during a visit. The piece notes affinity with Talbert, a Tillman ally from Edgefield, and references the red shirt movement in the Second district.
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South
Talbert
Tillman
Edgefield Pine Barrens
Charleston
T. T
South Carolina
Senate
Tillmanism
Palmetto
Edgefield
Advice to a Lawyer by a Retired Cabinet Minister
A New York Evening Post vignette recounts a retired cabinet officer starting a private law practice. He asks a colleague how much to charge for a corporation case. The friend advises a $5,000 retaining fee, predicting rapid work and a monthly income rivaling his former salary.
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New York Evening Post
To Her Light of Song Gave the Poet Priceless Things
A poem recalls how a beloved woman awakens the speaker to music and love. Her voice transforms the speaker’s view of romance, sunsets, and emotion, revealing how she ultimately takes from him what he valued most as their bond deepens and ends.
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J. T
Autobiography of Helen Keller May Shape Literary Outlook
New York reports Helen Keller plans an autobiographical work to reveal her growth from deaf blind child to student at Radcliffe College. The piece notes Brander Matthews' twelve reviewer rules and mentions travels and future travel books by Sven Hedin and other literary topics reflecting early 20th century tastes.
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Indianapolis Journal
New York
Helen Keller
Radclife College
Miss Keller
Halifax Harbor
Brander Matthews
Charles Reade
Douglas Jerrold
Sven Hedin
Thibet
China
Desert
Gobi
Hedin
Stockholm
St. Petersburg
Lake of Lob Nor
Gobi Desert
Llasa
Walter Savage Landon
Mr. Landor
Boccaccio Pastoral Works Rediscussed in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Press argues that Boccaccio’s pastorals mark a pivotal stage in the origins of the modern novel and deserve renewed critical attention. The piece links L Ameto to later Spanish Italian pastorals and notes influence on Chaucer Sidney and D Urries Astree, urging broader literary recognition.
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Philadelphia Press
Boccaccio
Jamblicus
Chaucer
Sidney
France
Eyes and No Eyes In Caves Becomes Proof of Evolution
In a long survey from the New York Mail and Express, A S Packard argues that cave life illustrates Darwinian evolution and Lamarckian disuse. He details Mammoth and Wyandotte caves, European sites, and the adaptive loss of eyes, enhanced touch and smell, and the rise of fixed species through isolation.
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Darwin
Lamarck
Kentucky
Indiana
Virginia
Mammoth Cave
Edmondson County
Wyandotte Cave
Weyle’s Cave
Nickajack Cave
Tennessee
Europe
Adlesberg
Triest
Pyrennees
Societe de la Speleologie
France
Cevennes
Adelsberg Cave
Adelops
Mammoth
American
Adelope
Wyandotte
Caster Caves
Asia
Adelsberg
California
Elgenmann
M. Armand Vire
Paris
M. Vire
Jardin Des Plantes
A. S Packard
LL. DL
Providence, R. 1
Philadelphia Times. What should be done with a woman who has a past
A provocative editorial query asks what to do with a woman who has a past and what she should be given in the present. It questions the nation’s state without women and satirically critiques a man who ate Bis Miner and Ab orphan, reflecting era-tinged gender prejudice.
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Clement K. Shorter
England
London
Anthony Hope
Pilkerton
Conan Doyle
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Doyle
Philadelphia Times
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Tan Maclaren
Eneeerre
United States of America
D. T. Pierce
Brander Matthewa
Sir Rudyard
Lamb
Coleridge
Priestley
Charles Lamb
Gorky
Tolstoi
Turgenieff
Telstoi
Herbert Brewster
John Burns
Jin
Hawthorne
Holmes and Whittier
South Atlantic Coast
William Crooke
Green Dragon
Temple Bar
West Indies
Jamaica
Tortugas
Sir Henry Morgan
Puerto Velo
Panama
John Smith
South Carolina College
New York Mail and Express
Sienkiewicz
Zola
Henley
Empire
Mario Corelli
Joan of Arc
Mark Twain
Transvaal
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