The Minuet and a Moonlit German House Tale
A group in a country house recalls a German apartment tale told by a traveler. He recounts living with a German family, hearing a piano echoing from downstairs on a moonlit night, and a recital reveal linking a mysterious minuet to an unpublished manuscript. The tale ends with a young woman naming the composer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora
Jack
Blake
Richard
Ares
Thave
Matin
Matio
Germay
New York
Germany
Moat Aatranger
Gorman Taclf
Bibarti
Alberti
Lethaus
Albert
Aguin
Goa
Friand
Fearne
Uno
Fraulein
Boa
Jeta
America
Javel
Muto
Hertford
Lita
Mme Disa Debar
Alfred Trumble
New York News
Folklore Society and the Study of World Tales
A report on forming an Americas Folk Lore Society at Harvard University. The piece surveys origins of folklore study from Grimms to Uncle Remus, noting key figures like Geoffrey Crayon and Washington Irving. It discusses spreading interest across Europe and the Americas and the aim to collect and preserve tales from diverse cultures and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University Hall
Harvard University
Americas
America
Artemis Ward
Brothers Grimm
Reger
Ken
Aly
Europe
Hudson
Washington Irving
Sleepy Hollow
Rip van Winkle
Catskill Mountains
Jenesse
Rustam
Toal Chane Harris
Uncle Remus
Georgia
Bror Rabbit
Grimm
Reynard the Fox
Profesor Crane
Profesor Hart
Mr. Smith
Amazon River
Dr. Taylor
Mr. Lang
England
Preller and Lebeck
Germany
L. J. ‘Vanes
Enormous Mirth in Porters Odd Custom Observed
A fragment from a bustling era notes a habit among porters to demand a morning tip for handling luggage, with a rival spoof about notching a watch in the heel of a boot. Conductor Kelly relates the tale to passenger Ed Hewitt, revealing the joke and a bemused exchange in Cincinnati. The piece then shifts to a French population discussion in New York, praising light industries like woodcarving, engraving, and feather dyeing as characteristic trades, contrasting incomes and professions. It mentions skilled, specialty crafts and costly toys as part of the nation’s industry profile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eno
Peter
D. B
Ed Hewiss
Cincinnat
Kelly
Dinar
Knights of Gener
Scarcii Tage
Tan
Hewitt
Cincinnati
New York
Industrie
York Pree
Sas
Wealth and curiosities of Tiffany era treasures revealed
A museum like inventory lists priceless gems, paintings, and books. It notes the costliest pearl string worn by Mrs Hamersley, a diamond ring bought for 125000, Meisenier's 1507 at the Met, Shakespeare folios, and a Guttenberg Bible priced at 25000. Also recounts a book dealer sale and a tale of a boy’s captive dog story and its mishaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Mackey
Louis Hamersley
Corneline
Mary Mangum
Ad Bicks-Lord
Meisenier
Metropollins Smeseum
Henry Hilton
New York
Bhakspeare
Sooners
British Museum
Dodd & Ead
Crayton Ives
J. W. Routan
Brooklyn Eagle
Also Mentioned on This Page
A Folk Lore Society
L. Wilder
McCrone
Hoosterdam
Cam
Hashent
Maris
Chicago
Houck, Thomas , CO
Sarcoxie, MO
Wichita, Kansas
Sedgwick Block
Jen
Ghllsten
Goldstein & Co
Douglas Ava
Tae
Missouri Pacific
Railway
Wichita
Dame
North Main Street
E. Bleckley
Cor Anil Ticket
Henry Schweiter
H. Schweiter
Offich
Emporta
Habansan Cantonal Bank
Main
Lfiscot
At. C
HALL
Aioe
T. E. Cilpin
Traders’ Building
Resiaasces
Globe Iron Works
A. Flagg, Prop’r
Kansas
Steem
Architect Iron 8
MAGEE
Campa
Ani Vane
D. A. Magee & CO
Maelis
Fersenee
Mar
Wichita Mercantile Co
South Market Street
Wichita City Roller Mills
Tally HO
Oliver & Imboden CO
Iain Wuaraase
Aiscouk
Eagig
Alwaye
Wichita Wholesale Grocer Company
Comer First
Water St
Wichita, Kan
Wichita Cracker Company
North
Fourth Avenue
Citizens Bank
State of
Directo
Fou Ad
United States
Downey
Township
Muni
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