Bridges and Borges: Classic Works Spotlighted
The review surveys Thornton Wilder’s The Bridge of San Luis Rey, praising its Pulitzer Prize winning stature and meditation on fate. It also covers Pattern for a Heroine by Miriam Riskin and Rousseau and Revolution by Durant with praise for the Durants’ sweeping history, noting their clear prose and broad insights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge OF
San Luis Rey
Thorton Wilder
Harper & Row
Wilder
Andes Mountains
Peru
Brother Juniper
Italy
Juniper
Bridge of San Luis Rey
J.A.P
Durants
Rousseau
Voltaire
How Times And Events Change Through The Years By CALKINS
A retrospective by Herbert A. Calkins recalling events from 1894 to 1933 in Troy and surrounding areas. Highlights Coxey's Army protests, a 1916 Colonie fire dispute with Watervliet, a 1913 unusual rosebush phenomenon, gas asphyxiation accident in 1914, a White House letter to a Troy girl, a Cohoes trolley collision, Navy Day in 1927 with Isherwood docking, and a 1903 popular song lyric reflecting era sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert A. Calkins
Namoi Arakian
14Th St
White House
Wilson
Troy Girl
Notable figures across eras muse on history’s lessons
The passage lists Mozart, Haydn, Goya, Hume, Kant, Catherine the Great and Frederick the Great with Austria France and England. It notes the Durants nearing completion of The Lessons of History and anticipates Toynbee's forthcoming work, signaling interest in broad historical interpretation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozart
Haydn
Goya
Hume
Kant
Catherine the Great
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Maria Theresa
Austria
France
Voltaire
Samuel Johnson
England
Durants
Toynbee
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Reader's Fare
Doon
Rebecca Gratz
Miriam Riskin
Philadelphia
Rebecca 'Gratz
Maria Fenno
Samuel Ewing
Gratz
Rebecca
F.C
Revolution
By. Wilk
Ariel Durant
Simon & Schuster
Edwards
Ames Shoes
OM All Mares
Amrican Autom Tive
Jacob S. Coxey
Troy
Coxey
Ohio
Washington
Miter Coal Co
119Th Street
First Avenue
Foley
Watervliet
Colonie
Troy Record
Daniel Reardon
St. Luke’s Avenue
George E. Hunt
2Nd St
James Lyman
P. 5
Tobin
4Th St
J. P.tumully
Alexander Murray
Alexander Jr
Vliet St
Cohoes
Cohoes-Albany
Main and
Saratoga Streets
U.S
Isherwood
St. Jean’s Hall
Fred English
Housepower Survey Free
Bill. Fitzgerald Electrical Contractor
Faaie Manantait Steeyoag
Athe
Burbank
Calif
Walt Disney
Disneyland
Brownstone
Donald’ Duck
J. Audubon Woodlore
Nbc-Tv
Tomorrow
Bambi
Roleze
Liquid Glass Sc
House Paiint
Mary Carter
Chesman
River ST
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