Rogues and Immigrant London in The Hole in the Wall Review
A review of Arthur Morrison's The Hole in the Wall set in Wapping London portrays a raw tale of thieves and murder conducted with humane, lively narration. It praises the author’s moral balance, vivid setting, and compelling manner, noting the narrator’s exposure to slum life and the transformative impact on readers.
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Arthur Morrison
England
America
Morrison
London
New York
Thas
Morrison Mat Bouie
Termats
Csunty
Box Sachs
Shadows of the Hope and other autumn book notes
The review praises E W Hornung's The Shadow of the Hope as clever, engaging and brisk with an Australian setting and Irish backdrop. It notes character drawing, oddities in John Buchanan Steel and the appealing marriage motif, while acknowledging the author’s skill and publishing by Scribner. Also covered are Marie Corelli’s Temporal Power soaring demand, and forthcoming titles from McClure Phillips and Co. including Two Vern? vela, Derk Gordon’s Letters from Egypt, and related author introductions.
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E. W. Hornung
Raffes
Amuteur Cramkesman
Hornung
Australia
Ireland
John
Buchanan Steel
Ha‘chet Steel
Steel
Langholm
Realife
Charles Scribner's Sons
Marie Corelli
England
Dodd, Cnd & Co
Books Attract Attention In Busy Literary Era
A flurry of new editions and impending dramatizations fills shelves and stages. Nancy Huston Banks’s Oldfield hits a fourth edition within two months while Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall advances toward a stage adaptation by Charles Major and James McArthur with Hamilton Mabie noting its appeal. A. C. McClurg & Co highlights The Conquest The True Story of Lewis and Clark as a notable upcoming book. Martha McCulloch-Willums and Alice Caldwell Hegan see new or continuing releases, with Hawthorne biographies by Walter Woodberry praised for depth. George Horace Larimer edits From a Self-made Merchant to His Son a curious eighteenth-century set of letters, and other novels promise artistic crossovers between American life and European settings.
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Mra
Nancy ‘Huston Banks
Spek
Hamilton Mabie
Hich
Dorothy Vernon
Haddon Fatt
Charles Major
James McArthur
McArthur
Harper & Brothers
Charles Frohman
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Ei. Woodberry
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Woodberry
Hawthorne
American Men of Letters
Mare Prof. Woodberry
Poe
Mesara, Small, Maynard & Co
George Horace Larimer
Saturday Evening
John, Graban
House of Graham & Co. Pork Packers
Chicago
Gorgon Graham
Bissom
Lervard University
The Reformer by Rev Charles M Sheldon
Ad vance Company Chicago issues new Sheldon book The Reformer read from pulpit last winter. Powerful tale exposes urban evils including dumbbell tenements, rent profiteering, political corruption, and social reformers amid city strife.
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Chicago
Charles M. Sheldon
Aredia
Seal
Trusts and the Great Combinations Summary
A concise survey of trusts and monopolies with chapters on railroads and municipal monopolies. It covers new ideas and aggregates existing analysis, presenting a broad overview of corporate power and its effects on markets and public policy.
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George I. Boles
Macmillan Sa
Balacumses Ufend Ales
Tax debate and editorial notes on reform book closing chapter
The passage discusses a scholarly chapter comparing sides in a tax question, noting a comprehensive and up to date view. It mentions recent consolidation and probable future legislation, and emphasizes balanced discussion and impartial inquiry across differing viewpoints.
Insect Book Published by Crane Company Topeka
Crane & Company of Topeka announces One of the neatest and most complete Works on familiar insects. By Prof. G. J. Hupter of the University of Kansas. The book targets students teachers and general readers. It covers insect development and relation to surroundings in Part I and laboratory exercises in Part II.
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Crane & Co
Topeka
G. J. Hupter
University of Kansas
Insect life study and classroom observation notes
The passage discusses growth and development in laboratory exercises, linking life histories and senses to anatomy. It emphasizes field and lab observation, the interrelations of insects with environment, and the educative value of nature study through independent, careful observation rather than mere fact collection.
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Butterly
Giant Water Bug and Other Insects Featured in Hunter Insect Bank
A readable antiquarian notice reviews The Giant Water Bug and related species, highlighting practical study for farmers, fruit growers, and households. It notes clear aims to reduce insect damage through targeted actions, praises illustrations and color plates, and cites Crane & Co. and Prof. Hunter with a price of 1.26 dollars.
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Sai
Crane, & Co
Hunter
Literary Outlook on Modern Fiction and Publishing
A 1910s era overview surveys forthcoming works by Booth Tarkington and other authors. It discusses changing magazine styles, debates over leisure versus vigorous prose, and editorial aims to balance popular appeal with intellectual depth. Notes on Sir Walter Scott letters and Southey manuscripts hint at new archival editions and discoveries in literary circles.
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Times
Walter H. Pace
Page
An Ofler
Hazlitt
Te Quincy
Macadiay
Carlylé
Matthew Arnold
Istyle
The
G. W. Steevens
Kipling
Marurice Hewlett
Lee
German Critics Attack Tolstoi and Gorky in Book Culture Debate
German critics charge Tolstoi and Gorky with enervating Western thought and claim Dostoyevski, Tolstoy, and Gorky represent a barbarian literary influence. J Dillon’s Gorky life work is slated for fall publication. Hans Fischer condemns what he calls immoral literature shaping civilized taste.
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Tolstoi
Gorky
J. Dillon
Hans Fisher
Tolutel
Dostoyerski
Toleto
Better Than Pied Piper Happy Lilian Bell Story
A fragmentary tale from the New York Tribune recounts Lilian Bell’s happiness in a Pied Piper comparison. Burlington residents quote a grocer about rats overrunning a Vermonter home, with a moral hinted at by a marcher anecdote and a mention of the author connected to Oh8 Mae Mre.
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New York Tribune
Hamelin
James Mensing
Burlington
Dieatore
Perayo
Still Hore Yi Youthful From the Gray-Horse Troop
A clipped, fragmentary notice from a Chicago publication references Raynor and his work The Stain of the Gray-Horse Troop. It notes a youthful author connected to Cripple Coma and Gray-Horse mason history with unspecified market details for his books.
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Harmlio
Carian
Tatal
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