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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1909
Page
6
The essay argues that Omar Khayyam and Edward Fitzgerald together created the enduring popularity of the Rubaiyat. It notes Fitzgerald aided the work more by form than substance and contrasts multiple translations. It calls the Rubaiyat unique, candid about its ethical rot, yet praises its artistic charm.
The piece extols Barnard as Columbia president and ex Mississippi and Alabama professor, plus Kit Carson as frontier hero, Dahlgren and Hamlin as Civil War and political figures, and Kemble Milnes Fitzgerald as major literary names and translations. It praises Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat for artistic finish and global impact and notes its surprising rise and brevity.
The piece traces Fitzgerald’s publication of Omar Khayyam in a penny pamphlet and his later fame through Swinburne’s circle. It notes his shy, hermit-like life, Irish connections, Cambridge years, and free translations, especially of Omar, which transformed from a poor reception to enduring popularity.
Washington June 10 Special reports that Democrats have shown unusually little activity during tariff bill debates in the Senate. Leader Culberson has spoken only briefly, while Republican progressives from the West have delivered the most persistent opposition to Aldrich’s tariff plan. The piece also notes peat industry potential, Senator Gore’s memory feats, and taft’s slow appointments for ex-officeholders.
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