[…] Library . . .” He consulted library books for the history of plays and players, and a hun­ dred points of reference and illumination. He was acquainted with many significant passages from history and eloquent ones from literature, but he was a careful writer and verified his material. One day he was looking for the exact words that Cromwell used […]

[…] Head 1886-1962 by MARTHA KINNEY COOPER Founder and Honorary President of this Library IT IS WITH MUCH SADNESS that I write a memorial to my good friend, Florence Head, who passed away April 26, 1962. She was a woman of culture and rare gifts whose literary background was outstanding. She had a wide ac­ quaintance, and all who knew her […]

[…] side had gone to Northumberlancl Count and then a eneration or two later the English Ambrose Dawes had settled at Mt. Ephrain, Faversham, Kent. The estate he founded has been passed from father to eldest son now for over 300 years. When Generals Pershing and Dawes made their historic visit to “The Mount”; William Dawes was the masterful squire of […]

[…] New York for the past twenty years, in Green­ wich Village, not far from Edna St. Vincent Millay’s well-known first resi­ dence there. 78 NEARLY HALF A CENTURY now has passed since the glittering, glamorous Nineteen Twenties, when a new day appeared to dawn for American litera­ ture and art, and eager-minded young people, intent on making a name for […]

[…] No, Nanette; on TV Howdy Doody. Novels are appearing which have a bitter-sweet flavor of love turned tragic. Biog­ raphies of men who were great in their past environments ( Passions of the Mind, Sigmund Freud’s Life by Irving Stone) and the senes of historical narratives about the Winning of America by Allan W. Eckert ( of Ohio) are a […]

[…] a dialect poem which Samuel Schierloh, Cincinnati poet, wrote more than thirty years ago are quoted on a bronze historical marker com­ memorating the Miami and Erie Canal where it passes through Lockland. When the marker was dedicated last December nobody told Mr. Schierloh, that his lines were quoted. Apparently they just thought he was dead. He is very much […]

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[…] into the vortex of three storms: a dying sister, a bleeding statue, and a comatose infant in the intensive care unit. What will be left standing after these tempests have passed? With each challenge, his faith is tested. One thing is for certain, Jake is not your conventional priest. Welsh-Huggins, Andrew, ed. Columbus Noir . Akashic Books (New York, NY) […]

[…] of Toledo Press (Toledo, OH) 2006. PB $14.95. In this book, Barbara Alice Mann’s purpose is not to prove facts or to give an interpretation of historical events, but to pass along essential, traditional cultural narratives and knowledge to her granddaughter. Her readers are in the privileged and rare position of being allowed to listen. McCullough, David. The Pioneers: The […]