The Review of Reviews, Volume 13Review of Reviews, 1896 - Literature |
Contents
| 509 | |
| 510 | |
| 513 | |
| 635 | |
| 660 | |
| 679 | |
| 697 | |
| 729 | |
| 256 | |
| 257 | |
| 335 | |
| 354 | |
| 376 | |
| 383 | |
| 394 | |
| 409 | |
| 411 | |
| 504 | |
| 746 | |
| 748 | |
| 762 | |
| 764 | |
| 766 | |
| 767 | |
| 769 | |
| 782 | |
| 795 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abdul Hamid American arbitration Armenians army Ballington Booth bill bimetallism Boers Boston Britain British British Guiana Cape Cape Colony Cecil Rhodes cent century Chamberlain Chicago Christian Church civil Colonial Congress Cuba Cuban December Democratic dispute election Empire England English Europe European fact favor February foreign France French German give gold Henry House industrial insurgents interest January Jews John labor land London Lord Lord Salisbury Magazine March ment Minister Monroe Doctrine months Murat Halstead never paper party passed persons political population present President Professor question race railway recent reform Republic Republican result Review Rhodes Russia says Senate silver social South Africa South African Republic Spain Spanish story Sultan things tion Transvaal Uitlanders United University Venezuela vote Washington William women writer York
Popular passages
Page 399 - SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Page 323 - To whom we do acknowledge all Faith and constant Obedience, with all hearty and humble Affection ; beseeching God, by Whom Kings and Queens do reign, to bless the Royal Prince Edward the Seventh, with long and happy Years to reign over Us.
Page 8 - I am nevertheless firm in my conviction that while it is a grievous thing to contemplate the two great English-speaking peoples of the world as being otherwise than friendly competitors in the onward march of civilization, and strenuous and worthy rivals in all the arts of peace, there is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor beneath which are shielded and defended...
Page 230 - Blackwell. — PIONEER WORK IN OPENING THE MEDICAL PROFESSION TO WOMEN : Autobiographical Sketches. By Dr. ELIZABETH BLACKWELL.
Page 8 - When such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power as a wilful aggression upon its rights and interests the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela.
Page 10 - Rough are the steps, slow-hewn in flintiest rock, States climb to power by ; slippery those with gold Down which they stumble to eternal mock: No chafferer's hand shall long the sceptre hold, Who, given a Fate to shape, would sell the block.
Page 8 - Trinidad. The disputed frontier of Venezuela has nothing to do with any of the questions dealt with by President Monroe. It is not a question of the colonization by a European Power of any portion of America. It is not a question of the imposition upon the communities of South America of any system of government devised in Europe. It is simply the determination of the frontier of a British possession which belonged to...
Page 214 - And the Lord said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in Mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in Mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel.
Page 68 - No law shall be passed by the general assembly granting the right to construct and operate a street railroad within any city, town or incorporated village, without requiring the consent of the local authorities having the control of the street or highway proposed to be occupied by such street railroad.
Page 350 - Romanes. — THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF GEORGE JOHN ROMANES, MA, LL.D., FRS Written and Edited by his Wife. With Portrait and 2 Illustrations. Cr. 8vo., 6s.