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...rare instances of an Oxford fiction publication, "Coronation Summer," soon justifies itself as a valuable document in either fiction or non-fiction lists. It is, in short, a mirror of the early Victorian era. In the character of Frances Harcourt the reader is led through the highways and byways of that period when the tiny, buxom, fairy-Queen Victoria was about to ascend the throne of England. Fanny, a native of Norfolk, prepares her pilgrimage to London to see the coronation which was to occur sometime that summer; no one seemed to know exactly when...
...examine the Constitutions of the modern civilized nations. They were especially impressed by Bismarck and the Prussian form of government, and also adopted some ideas from England, but after being given some copies of "The Federalist" and the American constitution they politely called it the worst. Their present document contains 76 articles, 64 of which are taken from foreign models, 42 from Germany...
...court order he was to offer the road at "the main entrance of the division superintendent's office at the Cedar Lake Shops." Arriving at the precise spot on the second floor of a grimy yellow brick building, white-crowned old Master Abbott pulled out a bound document, adjusted his pince-nez, began to read aloud to himself. Sixteen times had Mr. Abbott tried to sell the railroad, and he was not surprised that no one showed up for 17th offering...
Shortly Mr. Abbott looked up from his document to announce to himself: "The sale is had pursuant to the decrees entered, and decrees provided that at any time the sale can be adjourned by public oral announcement to rooms in the division superintendent's office." At that point Mr. Abbott muttered: "Adjournment is now taken.'' Picking up his brief case, he stalked into the offices, looked around for an empty desk, hung up his hat and coat, got out more documents. No one paid any attention. He had 14 parcels of property to offer...
...officials are frequently remiss in their labors. Without carefully reading the manuscript. Book Society officials picked for their May selection Coronation Commentary by Geoffrey Dennis, ordered 10,000 copies. The title was perfectly timed. Of the author, the officials knew that he was Editor & Chief of the Document Service of the League of Nations Secretariat, well-versed in the history and procedure of the British Crown, author of many a forceful magazine article, and husband of a great-niece of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. They knew too that Author Dennis had been at Oxford with the Duke of Windsor, presumably liked...