Word: novel
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Irish were in need of funds to help carry on the glorious work of exterminating, "bloated bond-holders," and that he (Mr. B.) could feel for the poor; Mr. Gl-dst-ne declared that Dizzy must be pensioned; his lordship replied with some asperity, that he was writing another novel, which fact called for charity, though not for cash, and that, at any rate, he had shown up Thackeray to the world; whereupon Mr. F-lds called upon his lordship to retract the insult to that great novelist, saying that to slander his (F.'s) friend was to slander...
...Dean, on hearing himself mentioned, looked up from his novel and smiled affably. "Be seated, gentlemen," said he. "What will you take?" We took, and passed out. Not far from the Deanery was a five-story brick ice-house. In one end of this was confined an unhappy creature, loaded with chains. He sat on the remains of a dead and gone steam-radiator. Near by stood a tall clock which counted the hours of his captivity, except when he neglected to wind...
HINTS FOR HOME READING. G. P. Putnam's Sons. New York, 1880. This book, we imagine, may do good in very illiterate families, that have never attained to higher reading than the dime novel or New York Weekly. The most valuable information in the volume is the quotation of Emerson's Three Rules of Reading, - beyond this there is little that is instructive. There is, however, much that is amusing. Henry Ward Beecher, for instance, advises all readers to shun history, as being little better than a fairy tale. Joseph Cook also makes many characteristic remarks in two papers that...
...Finance Club had a very interesting meeting Wednesday night, and it is probable that some novel steps will soon be taken by them for the advancement of the study of economic questions...
BOSTON THEATRE. - 7.30 P.M.; Matinee, Saturday at 2. On Tuesday evening, "the event of the season," a grand spectacular play, founded on Jules Verne's novel, "Voyagers in Southern Seas, or the Children of Captain Grant," was produced at this theatre, and will be continued until further notice. As a spectacular play it is a great success, and fulfils the expectations raised by the announcement of the play. The tableaux, the ballet, and the costumes are all remarkably good. The ballet, in particular, is the best that has been seen here for a long time. The feats of Ariel...