Word: muse
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...Indian and Persian and Arabian character of the stories is traced. Professor Royce publishes his second paper of "Reflections after a Wandering Life in Australasia" which is fully as thoughtful and interesting as the first. The rest of the number is full of interest. The serials are "The Tragic Muse" and "The Begum's Daughter." The latter is a story of the socalled Dutch rebellion in New York in 1690, and promises to be very good. The other articles are "The Highest Structure in the World," a description of the great Eiffel tower in Paris, by William A. Eddy, "Bonny...
...Atlantic Monthly for May contains a great variety of articles. In the serials the first installment of "The Begum's Daughter" by E. L. Bynner. replaces "Passe Rose," and Mr. James continues "The Tragic Muse. There are several thoughtful essays on political subjects, notably "Temperance Legislation; Uses and Limits" by C. W. Clark and the "Lawyer in National Politics" by Frank G. Cook. Mr. John Fiske contributes another paper on the battles of the revolution, the subject of which is "Brandywine, Germantown and Saratoga." A very interesting article is "Reflections after a Wandering Life in Austrarlsia,' by Professor John Royce...
...Atlantic Monthly for March is fully up to the standard of the recent numbers in the variety and interest of its articles. The serials, "Passe Rose," by A. S. Hardy, and "The Tragic Muse," by Henry James, fully sustain the interest of their first chapters. American history occupies a large share of the number. John Fiske contributes a paper on "Ticonderoga, Bennington and Oriskany," and Frank G. Cook, one on "Some Colonial Lawyers and their Work." Treating in more recent events is an article entitled "Personal Reminisences of William H. Seward," by his private secretary, Samuel J. Barrows...
...number because of the variety and interest of its articles. Of the serials, "Passe Rose" by A. S. Hardy, fully keeps up the interest of the earlier chapters. This bids fair to be one of the best novels of the year. The second installment of Henry James', "The Tragic Muse," is written with all his usual artistic taste. It is too soon to judge of the story as a whole, but the beginning is surely auspicious. Shorter stories are "A Winter Courtship," by Miss Jewett, who is well known as a writer of novelettes; "The Gift of Fernseed," a fanciful...
...relations to the past and the future, but by his acts he unwittingly has given us facts of his existence, as is shown by the relics to be found everywhere on this continent. We can gain but little knowledge of the less civilized nations from the conscious sources. The muse of history was once portrayed with a scroll and pen. The modern Clio should be armed with a spade. The historian to day has to dig for his parts. The study of unconscious sources begins with buildings, vases, irons, etc., but it soon advances to the inscriptions on tombs, coins...