Word: reviews
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...breathe, the living are the ghosts. His words-like the matches the young lady strikes to read epitaphs by in the darkening graveyard-light, for a shining second, Death's crabbed and timeless legendry. Equally exquisite in verse and prose, the beauty of the book makes this brief review an impertinence...
...Paris press waxed sacastic over Premier MacDonald's kind invitation to Premier Herriot to attend the great naval review off Spithead (TIME, Aug. 4). It emphasized the fact that Britain referred to her Navy as a "guarantee of peace" and to the French Army as a "menace...
...Journal des Debats, Paris quotidian, in a scathing editorial, suggested that Premier Herriot should now invite Premier MacDonald to France to see a review of the greatest army in the world in order to return the compliment of having been permitted to see a review of the world's greatest fleet...
...Author. Camille Flammarion, born in 1842, has since the age of 16 devoted himself entirely to astronomy. He founded a monthly review, L'Astronomie, the Observatory at Juvisy and the Astronomical Society of France. Among his works: Marvels of the Heavens, The Atmosphere, Urania, Omega, The Last Days of the World, Astronomy for Amateurs. For 58 years, he has never taken a penny of author's right for his work, Annuaire Astronomique, published annually. Out of sheer admiration for his selfless devotion to his studies, one M. Meret provided him with a country estate, "La Cour de France...
...father published a review, which was suppressed; his parents were for a time in exile. Meanwhile, under an uncle's care, he was put to school in Cracow...