By the Waters of Babylon A Review of Delhoven Novel
A Chicago edition of Mrs Reginald Delhovens By the Waters of Babylon is praised for its rich descriptive prose set five centuries before Christ. The plot centers on a struggle between Persian king Artaxerxes priests for a captive Jewish maiden in Babylon and ends with Arrion the cup bearer victorious. The reviewer highlights vivid courtly scenes and a dramatic lion hunt opening chapter.
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Babylon
Reginald Delhoven
Arrion
Chariot Thrill Under Artaxerxes Longimanus in Nisan Hunt
In Babylon the great king Artaxerxes Longimanus leads a grand hunting procession during Nisan. Amytis, his sister and companion, guides three splashed black horses while a gilded retinue surrounds them. The scene captures royal splendor and the pursuit before a desert dawn.
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Artaxerxes
Babylon
Wall
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Amytis
Asia
Greece
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Artaxerxes Longimanus
Shushan
Babylonian
Euphrates
Acadoa
Shamas
King
Lions and royal chase end in peril at moonlit river
Artaxerxes leads a royal hunt in Babylon while Amytis and Arrion watch. A lioness attacks, Megabylus betrays the king, and Amytis is wounded but saved by Arrion. The king survives as Amytis vows offerings to the gods and a wary omen lingers.
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Arrion
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Artaxerxes
Arion
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Nergal
With Our Poets A Country Lane
A Farm Journal poem paints a country lane winding between fences and hills. It describes golden-rod, clover, beechen boughs, fir tassels, and flowering kingly dyes along a brook. The verse invites a solitary walk through meadows and valleys to find healing joy.
Clouds to Half Way Town in Verse Echoes
A poem pair visits weather and resilience, Sydney Rober’s lines about sun and storm set beside Frank Walcott Hutt’s verse on progress and Half Way Town. The pieces contrast fleeting gloom with hopeful forward motion through imagery and rhythm.
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Sydney Rober
N. O. Picayune
Frank Walcott Hutt
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Summer Breezes and the Old Mill Reminisce
A verse image recalls summer breezes soothing a restless heart and the old romance by a mill. The speaker longs for past loves as present days bring change and departure, with a quiet moral about fate and memory. The Minneapolis Housekeeper poem frames longing and seeking peace in God's will.
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Minneapolis
Slanting Board Whipping Recalled in Chicago Record Herald
A poem excerpt recalls a boy on a slanting board and a heavy hand, with a rusted nail and a pair of brown legs. The scene shifts to reflection and observations, noting repeated whipping and its seeming futility.
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S. E. Kiser
Chicago
Record-Heral
To the mark goes the ship and tools of work
A poem by Ethelwyn Wetherald appears in Youth's Companion praising steadfast effort and pride in one’s own work. The verse encourages steady aim and honest labor, linking daily tasks to named tools and acts. It exhorts readers not to be lazy or forget their duty, urging personal accountability.
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Ethelwyn Wetherald
Ambition's Toll: The Self-Made Man's Quiet Rise
A worker spends days and nights pursuing power and status, seeking fame as crowds gaze up. Time ages him, yet he achieves high rank, only to hear strangers dismiss him as a quirky old figure. The poem weighs ambition against popular perception.
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S. E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
Arcadian Cupid and the New Maiden Verse
A verse pairing recalls F L Stanton and Anna Matthewson, contrasting fatal imagery with playful Cupid lore. The lines discuss aging, heaven and life cycles, ending with a light note on Cupid missing his aim and the “New Maiden” in a rural Arcadian frame.
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Anna ‘Matthewson
Tyssie
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