New Books and Their Authors Bring Wartime Tales
New releases include The Lions Sin by John S Wase a keen Civil War era novel set in Virginia detailing postwar turmoil, West Virginia politics, reconstruction, and Pierpont’s gubernatorial role. The volume also surveys Labrador adventure and society at large with author notes and illustrations.
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John S Wase
Page & Go New Fork
South
Virginia
Mr Wise
Steller
Walt
Wisce
Ito
Rev
Penn
Pennington
Richmond
Mirsier
Muistis
Jesus Mar
Davis
Cory
Tomas
Bob
Enywey
Washington
Lincoln
Hate Tohroor
Yoaders Soomk Parry Brom
Whey Poantington
Hmia
Wddin
Dirin Rewsy
Jon Sherman
Chandler
Ano
Syitt
Stevens
Jerse
West Virginia
Wheeling
Secesson
Pierpont
Congress
King Lear
Alexandria
Norfolk
Governors Mansion
Capitol
Wireling
Andrew Johnson
Zach Chandler
Henry H Wells
Michigan
Williamsburg
Willam and Mary
Johnsen
McGroder
Yorktown
McClellan
Willimsburg
Walliamsburg
Willams Big
Dix
Saint
Crues
Nubiein Teiders
Porpeonte
Agin Oy
Jon Wallace
Fleming HW Retell Co
New York
Prine
Labrador
Leonidas Hubbard
Dillon Wallace
Wiehtkaman
Tabrador
Amforma
April Cosmopolitan and other magazines feature noted literary names
The April issue roundups name Israel Zangwill Alfred Henry Lewis and many others, with pieces on poetry, stories, and travel. It highlights Lincoln era writers, Gibbon and Zangwill’s juvenile tales, and cultural previews across Cosmopolitan, Pearson's, McClure's, World Work, Century, and Holiday.
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Iclude
Israel Zangwili
Alfred Kenry Lewis
David Graham Phillips
Arthur Symons Galett Burgers
Poultney Bigelow
Maxim Gura
Charles Wagner Cyrug Townsend Brady & Orge Hibbard
Edna Kenton
Herbert Quick
Edward W Very
Minister Gets Best There Is In Church Supper
A country bred man recounts how a New England church sociable exposes class bias toward clergy. A cake episode and a church supper reveal inequality with the minister favored in portions and behavior, ending with a memory of a ruined courtship and financial gain for a pastor.
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New York Sun
Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster and Call One Anothers Attention To His Magnificent Head ‘Matty
Willard
New England
Congregational Church
Ding
Charlie Backus
Gil
Jed
Books and Authors: Poe Manuscript Auction and New Editions
A Poe manuscript copy of Ulalume in Poe’s handwriting sold in New York on February 22 for 1000 dollars. The poem’s omitted stanza appears in the first volume of the Cameo edition of Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Works. Navy Bureau adds to crews libraries with Stair’s What a Young Man Ought to Know and What a Man of Forty-five Ought to Know. Roosevelt works see renewed editions, including Ranch Life and The Strenuous Life. Hobbes, daughter of John Morgan Richards, wrote for the Academy. Richards sold periodicals to Sir George Newnes. Anniversary of Christian Anderser’s birth on April 2.
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Neate Company
Washington DC
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
New York Police
Crawforth Mirror
Beleves
Bulwer
Por
Stevenson
Ely Long
Way Whitney Emerson
Washingtonian
Tiler
Poe
Ulalume
New York
Edgar Allan Poe
Bureau of Equipment of
the Navy
Stair
Vir Publishing Company
Philadelphia
President Roosevelt
Mr Roosevelt
John Oliver Hobbes
Craigie
John Morgan Tchards
England
London Academy
Hag
Academy
Richards
Periodics
George Newnes
Strand
Westminster Gazette
Tid-Bite
Emery Memorial Volume Honors Late Matthew Gault Emery
A handsome memorial volume issued in Emery family memory, prepared by WV Cox. It mirrors high quality in paper, printing, binding and illustrations. The book includes Emery’s biography, his last illness, tributes from business associates, the memorial tablet presentation to Metropolitan Methodist Church, the Emery school, the ancestry sketch, and a biography of Mrs. Matthew G Emery.
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Matthew Gault Emery
WV Cox
Emery
Matthew G Emery
The Really Important Point At The Houston Port
A humorous dialogue features a father and daughter discussing marriage to a duke, ending with the father promising a concession. The scene hints at social pressures and family status connected to marriage prospects. The piece is framed as a light reader’s moment in a Sunday Post context.
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Houston
Country-bred man recalls a letter about a wife and five children
A fragmented quote describes a country man receiving a mail message about a wife named Mary and five children, suggesting the wife may be dead and a new wife or situation follows. The text hints at personal tragedy and family upheaval within a wartime or distant relation context.
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Mary
Small Town Life Seen Better for Young Men Than Big City
Essay argues America overpopulated and that small towns offer a superior environment for youth and professional growth. It contends personal character thrives, social life improves, and a two to fifty thousand population town provides better chances than a first-class city. Also includes a humorous note about a child—then a restaurant scene with cheese.
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America
Aulon
Ife
Tle cv
Duchess of Sutherland Bars Charity Concerts for Unpaid Fees
A 19th century notice reports the Duchess of Sutherland forbidding town houses to host charity concerts unless performers on the programme receive their stated fees. The piece condemns indecision among concertgoers and cites concerns over unpaid artistic support, urging organized musicians to end unpaid work and rely on voluntary contributions only for public benefit.
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Duchess of Sutherland
M Mercer
Ada
Mr Adam
Sevendials
Shoreditch
Tzain
England
Scarditch
Adam
Arast
Lion
Ucketis
Better Plan for Liptan Reported to Build Two Challengers
The source notes that Thomas Liptan may pursue two challengers to the existing team. It suggests sending the stronger option after the Ameris Cup and keeping both ready to avoid future trouble, with Ed's prior action referenced.
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Rom
Doston Tranmseies
Thomas Liptan
Ameriis Cup
New International Encyclopedia Praised by Clergy and Scholars
The Catholic World lauds the New International Encyclopedia for original sourcing and accuracy. Renowned leaders including Rev. Charles H. Fowler and Bishop M. E. Church attest to its value while Editors in Chief Daniel Gilman Harry Thurston Peck and Frank Moore Colby oversee contributions from hundreds of scholars.
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Edward Aflington
Valentine
Bebbs Merrilk Company
Gianopolis
Mr. Valentine
Pennsylvania
Mr Valentine
THE
Catholic World
New International
Charles H. Fowler
D.D
M. E. Church
Buffalo, N. Y
New International Encyclopedia
Library of Libraries
Daniel Coit Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Harry Thurston Peck
Columbia University
Frank Moore Colby
New York University
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Ruide
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Helen Rowland
Baker & Taster Company
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Miss Rowland
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New York Press
Polly
Jack Cutting
Mr Cutting
Burne Jones
Pally
Santa Claus
West
Bolly
Tutung
Oet
Sea
Pat
Richard le Gailtenne
Loth Lite Brown & Co
Boston
Teresa
Gilderdy
Kingdom of Heaven
Rossignol
Century Company
Hans Tegner
HF L Braekstad
Moffat, Yard & Co
Richard Barry
Port Arthur
San Francisco
William Benjamin Smith
Kentucky University
Goettingen
Europe
Paris
Rome
Florence
Tulane University
Jack London
Country Life
Pearson's
Church of the Holy Sepulcher
United States Agricultural
Nicholas Bis Court
Pereval Gibbon
Russia
Percival Gibbon
St Petersburg
Israel Zangwill
Alden Felrson Te Weis
Lippincott’s
Francis Lynde
Far West
Colorado and Grand River
Tha
Equitable Lie Assurance Society
J Madison Taylor
Dr Taylor
Curlen
Mer Melville ” Stone
Associated Press
Mr Stone
Trench Republic
Germany
Italy
Fossibie
Anita Newconh McGee
Ted Cross Nuraea
Japan
Helen Zhimern
Manhattan Laundry
Florida Ave. N. W
Hang Christian Anderser
Sunday Post
New York Sun Tt
Eric
Swiss
NEW Publications
United States
Charles W. Fairbanks
New International Encyclopaedia
Dodd, Mead & CO. Publishers
Fifth Ave
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