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Noted writers and politicians stir literary debate and satire
A roundup of literary mentions and social jests notes Gladstone and Macaulay as scholars and statesmen, plus quotes from Chicago and New York papers. It also recalls a Parsis temple fire tale, humorous anecdotes, and a beard record claimed by Philip Hansen of Mississippi in 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadetone
Lord Macaulay
Andrew Lang
Gladstone
Marquis of Salisbury
Milton
Cato
Gladysone
Philadelphia
Maire
Philip Hansen
Corinth
Mins
Washington Anthropological Society
Jonath