The Vagabond as Our Savage in Civilized Lands
A Scots minister analyzes the modern vagrant as a savagelike figure amid civilization. He details the vagabond’s cleverness, adaptability, and habit of posing as diverse roles to beg or obtain work, while condemning idleness and praising his practical humor and acting skills. The piece recalls encounters with itinerant Scots, Irish, and Catholic street narratives, ending with a quip about future topics.
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Prairies
Ordnance Survey
Kirk
West Kirk
Paisley
Tlweleet
Caledonian Society
Across Fee
Gossip Corner on Editorial Width and Whaling Muse
The piece muses on newspaper column width affecting editorial impact, cites Frank W. Gregory and Indiana papers, then pivots to a whaling essay praising the sperm whale fishery. It weaves in royal coronation oils and a dinner party anecdote, ending with a sly AP whisky sale note and a pun on publican profits.
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Frank W. Gregory
Crawfordsville Journal
Indiana
Kansas
Gregory
Appalachians
Rockies
Exchange
Baltimore Herald
Easter Day Anthem of Hope
Poem celebrating Easter with lines about the risen Lord and a peaceful balm for troubled hearts. The author, Margaret Ashby Todd, uses imagery of Calvary and sunrise to proclaim victory over fear and death.
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Calvary
Margaret Ashby Todd
Women Readers and the Male Character in Literature
The Philadelphia Times argues that female writers study male character more fully, while women readers drive demand for women authors. It notes George Eliot’s mastery of male and female figures, discusses masculine and feminine critical views, and cites Western towns expanding library access as centers of literary culture.
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The
Philadelphia Times
George Eliot
Dinah
Hetty
Daniel Deronda
Shakspeare
Halzac
Eugenie Grandet
Lys
la Vallee
Bayard Taylor
Hannah Thurston
Dickens
Florence
Agnes
Nickleby
Oliver
Barnaby
Goethe
Mignon
Marguerite
Charlotte
Thackeray
Manon Lescaut
Literaure
Carnegie
Kansas
New England
Ministers Turn to Novel Writing in Boston Transcript
Ministers write fiction to broaden influence and reach readers beyond sermons. The article highlights figures like Rev. Drs Van Dyke and Goss, and notes rising demand for novels. It argues clergy can reveal character better in novels and should embrace fiction over idle church socializing.
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Boston Transcript
Christ Church
Cambridge
James M. Ludlow
D. D
Grange
N. J
Deborah
van Macecabean
United States
Jane Austen
Charlotte Bronte
Sally Waters
Read Poetry to Feel, Not Just Analyze Its Roots
A critic argues college literature courses overemphasize parsing poets like Homer Dante Chaucer and Shakespeare. He urges reading to know and love the poets, to gain culture and life appreciation rather than dissecting every line or root. He favors engaging with the poet's flying soul over mere facts.
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Shakspeare
Chaucer
Milton
Homer
Dante
Library Club Dinner Highlights West Town Library Need
Speech excerpts at the Library Club dinner stressed public libraries as vital to small towns with 2 000 to 5 000 inhabitants in the West. The remarks underscored the utility and demand for accessible library services across rural communities.
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New York Mail and Express
Library Club
Edith Wharton Emerges As A Leading American Novelist
Three years ago Edith Wharton was little known yet now ranks among America's fiction writers. She writes sharply on fashionable urban life with skill in short stories and a new sustained novel. Wharton, wife of Edward Wharton of Philadelphia, spends summers in Lenox and loves Italy.
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New York Times
Edith Wharton
Wharton
Edward Wharton
Philadelphia
Italy
Lenox
Cadwalader Jones
New York
Why Manuscripts Are Declined in Harpers Magazine
Alden explains editors reject manuscripts for scope, length, timeliness, novelty, or overlap with existing content. A writer’s pieces may be passed to a weekly paper with little profit, despite high praise from others.
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Harper’s Magazine
Alden
Origin of a phrase told by Higginson and James in England
Philadelph Record notes a private conversation in which Thomas Wentworth Higginson, W. E. Norris, Henry James, and others discuss Americanism. The anecdote explains a famous phrase about cosmopolitanism, with James claiming he cannot live in America and Higginson countering that a true cosmopolitan is at home in one’s own country.
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Mr. Norris
James
Higginson
Norris
Not Working Rules from Emerson on Society and Solitude
New York Evening Post contemplates Emersons three practical rules for reading and asks what protest might be raised. Morley notes that not every famous work is worth reading, since fame can arise from actions needed in a prior era rather than enduring value.
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New York Evening Post
Emerson
John Morley
Ghostly Footsteps in the Library Shadows
In Stanton’s fan poem from Songs from Dixie, a speaker wanders library shadows among ghostly footsteps and silent centuries. The verse muses on aged saints and sages, forgotten meadows, and the fading traces of names once famed.
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C. 1. Stanton
Dixie
Literary Notes on New and Forthcoming Novels
Charles Major plans Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall for mid April publication. Henry Sienkiewicz works on a new book about the first crusade due late summer. Sarah Jane Duncan writes Those Delightful Americans. A 1065-letter Charlotte Bronte collection in Edinburgh is offered at 2250 dollars, near the original Jane Eyre copyright price. Foreign translations show popular interest.
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Charles Major
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Hall
Henry Sienkiewicz
Sarah Jéanette Duncan
Mrs. Cotes
Charlotte Bronte
Edinburgh
The Tibbetts Boys and the City Versus the Country
A man and wife raise three sons Abraham Lincoln Tibbetts called Link Ulysses Simpson Grant Tibbetts nicknamed Chub and Chester A Arthur Tibbetts dubbed Art The piece traces Link growing up in the city with schooling dancing parties and early adulthood while Chub is sent to the country to form character and Art is placed with a cousin in a sleepy town to avoid urban temptations The narrative blends satire on education class and urban life with humorous mispronunciations and eccentric details about each son and their paths amid family reflections
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Abraham Lincoln Tibbetts
Link
Ulysses Simpson Grant Tibbetts
Chub
Chester A. Arthur Tibbetts
Art
Tibbetts
Mrs. Tibbetts
Mr. Tibbetts
Jake
Patagonia
Jong
Jay Town
Curious literary notes and portraits in an Athens circle
The piece surveys varied figures including Prince Nicholas of Greece as a promising playwright. It highlights Miss Sarah Orne Jewett and Julian Ralph, noting homes in South Berwick and Boston. It mentions Chub Tibbetts and Art from a small town, plus Carolyn Wells as a prolific writer living near Rahway. It closes with a quip about Dr. Gardiner and schoolbook anecdotes.
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Japan
Zola
Doyle
Goste
Lang
Bret Harte
Stevenson
George Meredith
John Morey
Pater
Thomas Hardy
Henry James
Jin Maclaren
Ruskin
Stephen Phillips
Tennyson
Mark Twain
Athens
Prince Nicholas
King George
London Globe
Royal Theater of
Sarah Orne Jewett
New England
South Berwick
James T. Fields
Boston
Atlantic Monthly
Charlies Street
Dickens
Thackeray
America
Julian Ralph
Washington
Carolyn Wells
Rahway
New Jersey
New York
Mise Wells
The
New York Times
Samuel Rawson Gardiner
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Jabez Quackenbush
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