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Modern Fire Apparatus

by John R. Spears

Scribners, January 1891, pp. 54-63

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    January 1891 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. The Pigmies of the Africa Forest by Henry M. Stanley, pp. 3-16
    2. Japonica by Sir Edwin Arnold, pp. 17-30
    3. A Truce by Mary Tappan Wright, pp. 31-52
    4. The Two Gates by Margaret Vandegrift, p. 53
    5. Modern Fire Apparatus by John R. Spears, pp. 54-63
    6. To Carmine by L.I., p. 64
    7. Jerry---Part Third by Sarah Barnwell Elliott, pp. 65-73
    8. Botticelli's Madonna in the Louvre by Edith Wharton, p. 74
    9. Impressions of Australia by Josiah Royce, pp. 75-86
    10. The Rothenburg Festival-Play by E.H. Lockwood, pp. 87-98
    11. Court Tennis by James Dwight, pp. 99-105
    12. Charades by L.B.R. Briggs, pp. 106-107
    13. The Water Devil by Frank R. Stockton, pp. 108-118
    14. The Architect's Point of View by William P.P. Longfellow, pp. 119-129
    15. The Point of View, p. 130
    16. Philosophy of Flattery , p. 131
    17. Artists as Critics , pp. 132-133
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    February 1891 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. Mount Washington in Winter by Edward L. Wilson, pp. 135-155
    2. The Tomb of Ilaria Giunigi by Edith Wharton, p. 156
    3. The Water Devil by Frank R. Stockton, pp. 157-164
    4. Japonica by Sir Edwin Arnold, pp. 165-176
    5. About Africa by J. Scott Keltie, pp. 177-194
    6. Charades by L.B.R. Briggs, pp. 195-196
    7. The Story of an Old Beau by John Seymour Wood, pp. 197-212
    8. A Box of Autographs by Richard Henry Stoddard, pp. 213-227
    9. Neapolitan Art---Michetti by A.F. Jacassy, pp. 228-240
    10. The Snow's Dreamer by Frank Dempster Sherman, p. 241
    11. Jerry---Part Third by Sarah Barnwell Elliott, pp. 242-260
    12. The Point of View, p. 261
    13. Art and Patronage , pp. 261-262
    14. On Wills , p. 263
    15. Government and the Citizen , pp. 264-269
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    March 1891 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. Our March With a Starving Column by A.J. Mounteney Jephson, pp. 267-280
    2. In Early Spring by Edith M. Thomas, p. 281
    3. The Half-White by Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, pp. 282-288
    4. London and American Clubs by E.S. Nadal, pp. 289-304
    5. My Friend by Arthur Sherburne Hardy, p. 305
    6. Jerry---Part Third by Sarah Barnwell Elliott, pp. 306-320
    7. Japonica by Sir Edwin Arnold, pp. 321-340
    8. A Blue-Grass Puritan by W.H. Woods, pp. 341-349
    9. Paragraphs of Horace IV, 7 by Donald G. Mitchell, p. 350
    10. The Ornamentation of Ponds and Lakes by Samuel Parsons, Jr., pp. 351-360
    11. Mount St. Elias and Its Glaciers by Mark Brickell Kerr, pp. 361-372
    12. The Wooing of Monsieur Cuerrier by Duncan Campbell Scott, pp. 373-376
    13. A Note on Jane Austen by W.B. Shubrick Clymer, pp. 377-384
    14. Youth and Age by C.P. Cranch, p. 385
    15. The Other Woman by Richard Harding Davis, pp. 385-391
    16. The Point of View, pp. 392-393
    17. Passports to Posterity , p. 394
    18. Form and Substance , p. 395
    19. Mystery in High Life , pp. 396-397
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    April 1891 Issue = 16 Articles
    1. Ocean Steamship Articles by John H. Gould, pp. 399-418
    2. A Kangaroo Hunt by Birge Harrison, pp. 419-430
    3. Horace Book I Ode XXI, p. 431
    4. Gaspar Nunez De Arce by Rollo Ogden, pp. 432-438
    5. The Meaning of the Dakota Outbreak by Herbert Welsh, pp. 439-452
    6. Spring Song by Graham R. Tomson, p. 453
    7. The Phenix by Bliss Perry, pp. 454-464
    8. What Is Right-Handedness? by Thomas Dwight, M.D., pp. 465-476
    9. Where the Ice Never Melts by Robert Gordon Butler, pp. 477-488
    10. Jerry---Part Third by Sarah Barnwell Elliott, pp. 489-499
    11. The Relif of Captain Nelson by A.J. Mounteney Jephson, pp. 500-514
    12. Night by Archibald Lampman, p. 515
    13. The Story of the Fresh-Air Fund by Willard Parsons, pp. 515-524
    14. The Point of View, p. 525
    15. As to the Long-Engaged , p. 526
    16. Investigation of Crime , pp. 527-529
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    May 1891 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. Ocean Steamship Articles by J.D. Jerrold Kelley, pp. 531-550
    2. An Alabama Courtship by F.J. Stimson, pp. 551-561
    3. From the Hungarian by Duncan Campbell Scott, p. 562
    4. A Spectre of Folly by Octave Thanet, pp. 563-568
    5. The Transfer of the Temples of Ise by E.H. House, pp. 569-574
    6. As to Spring by Edward S. Martin, p. 575
    7. Jerry---Part Third by Sarah Barnwell Elliott, pp. 576-584
    8. Broadway by Richard Harding Davis, pp. 585-604
    9. A Fragment of a Play by Mary Tappan Wright, pp. 605-612
    10. Shakespeare as an Actor by Alexander Cargill, pp. 613-635
    11. To the Dewy Wind-Flower by Louise Imogen Guiney, p. 636
    12. Dream-Poetry by Bessie A. Ficklen, pp. 636-643
    13. A Toledo Blade by T.R. Sullivan, pp. 644-656
    14. The Point of View, p. 657
    15. Thackeray and the Biographer , p. 658
    16. "Truth" , pp. 658-659
    17. Patagonia Irredenta , pp. 660-661
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    1. The Boulevards of Paris by Francisque Sarcey, pp. 663-684
    2. Parson Joye's Justice by Maria Blunt, pp. 685-695
    3. Ocean Steamship Articles by William H. Rideing, pp. 696-712
    4. An Alabama Courtship by F.J. Stimson, pp. 713-724
    5. Moliere by Andrew Lang, pp. 725-737
    6. In Camp by Charles F. Lummis, p. 738
    7. Boys' Clubs by Evert Jansen Wendell, pp. 738-752
    8. Czar's Diamond by Bliss Perry, pp. 753-758
    9. By the Ill by Bliss Perry, pp. 759-764
    10. Photographs of Luminous Objects by Wallace Gould Levison, pp. 765-772
    11. De Mortuis by Edith M. Thomas, p. 773
    12. Vergniaud in the Tumbril by Louise Imogen Guiney, pp. 774-775
    13. The War As We See It Now by John C. Ropes, pp. 776-788
    14. The Point of View, p. 789
    15. Legislation and the Quack , p. 790
    16. An American Renaissance , p. 791
    17. The Matron in Fiction , p. 792
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    July 1891 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. Speed in Ocean Steamers by A.E. Seaton, pp. 3-22
    2. A Matter of Fact by George A. Hibbard, pp. 23-32
    3. Starting a Parliament in Japan by John H. Wigmore, pp. 33-50
    4. Two on the Terrace by John Hay, pp. 51-52
    5. Izard Hunting in the Spanish Pyrenees by Paul van Dyke, pp. 53-60
    6. Corban---A Song by Mrs. James T. Fields, p. 61
    7. The Chimes of Walletikon by George L. Catlin, pp. 62-77
    8. Outlawry on the Mexican Border by James E. Pilcher, pp. 78-86
    9. An Old Danish Town by Jacob A. Riis, pp. 87-94
    10. The Haunts of the Black Sea-Bass by Charles Frederick Holder, pp. 95-99
    11. My Uncle Dick by John Elliott Curran, pp. 100-110
    12. Training a Tropic Torrent by Foster Crowell, pp. 111-116
    13. Mrs. Manstey's View by Edith Wharton, pp. 117-122
    14. Landor Once More by W.B. Shubrick Clymer, pp. 123-128
    15. The Point of View, p. 129
    16. American Pictures in Paris , p. 130
    17. A Threat of New Coins , pp. 131-133
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    1. Piccadilly by Andrew Lang, pp. 135-152
    2. The Anatomist of the Heart by T.R. Sullivan, pp. 153-169
    3. Song and Sorrow by Mrs. James T. Fields, p. 170
    4. The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, pp. 171-193
    5. In Absence by Archibald Lampman, p. 194
    6. Dead Men's Holiday by Louise Chandler Moulton, p. 195
    7. Uneffectual Fire by Annie Eliot, pp. 195-213
    8. At the Ranch of the Holy Cross by A.A. Hayes, pp. 214-224
    9. The Dunchurch Bells by Archibald Gordon, p. 225
    10. Elsket by Thomas Nelson Page, pp. 226-240
    11. The Great King's Dream, pp. 241-242
    12. Parliamentary Days in Japan by John H. Wigmore, pp. 243-254
    13. The Song of the Comforter by John J. a'Becket, pp. 255-260
    14. The Point of View, p. 261
    15. Anonymous Journalism , p. 262
    16. A Crucial Time , p. 263
    17. The Malady of Success , pp. 264-265
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    September 1891 Issue = 14 Articles
    1. Steamship Lines of the World by Ridgely Hunt, Lieutenant U.S. Navy, pp. 267-286
    2. The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, pp. 287-307
    3. Odd American Homes by John R. Spears, pp. 308-318
    4. The City of the Sacred Bo-Tree by James Ricalton, pp. 319-335
    5. For Remembrance by Duncan Campbell Scott, p. 336
    6. Adventures Among Books by Andrew Lang, pp. 337-344
    7. A China Hunter in New England by Alice Morse Earle, pp. 345-358
    8. Browning's Asolo by Felix Moscheles, pp. 359-366
    9. "Run to Seed" by Thomas Nelson Page, pp. 367-375
    10. Present Ideals of American University Life by Josiah Royce, Professor in Harvard University, pp. 376-388
    11. Captain Joe and Jamie by Charles G.D. Roberts, pp. 389-393
    12. The Point of View, p. 394
    13. The Author on Exhibition , pp. 395-397
    14. History Writing , p. 398
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    October 1891 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. The Corso of Rome by W.W. Story, pp. 399-416
    2. The Voices of Earth by Archibald Lampman, p. 417
    3. The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, pp. 418-441
    4. Autumn Haze by R.K. Munkittrick, p. 442
    5. American Big Game Hunting by Archibald Rogers, pp. 443-455
    6. C.H.R.---Lost off Hai-Mun in the China Sea by Julia C.R. Dorr, p. 456
    7. The Actions of Wounded Animals by J.N. Hall, M.D., pp. 457-461
    8. In One's Age to One's Youth by Edith M. Thomas, p. 462
    9. The New Lake in the Desert by J.W. Powell, pp. 463-468
    10. The Biography of the Oyster by Edward L. Wilson, pp. 469-485
    11. Clytie by Ernest Schottky, pp. 486-504
    12. A Prayer by Anne Reeve Aldrich, p. 505
    13. Carlyle's Politics by Edwin C. Martin, pp. 506-512
    14. Captain Black by Charles E. Carryl, pp. 513-524
    15. The Point of View, p. 525
    16. The Caviare Theatre , p. 526
    17. Laurence Oliphant , p. 527
    18. Sancta Simplicitas , pp. 527-529
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    November 1891 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. Explorations in the Sierra Madre by Carl Lumholtz, pp. 531-548
    2. The Federation of Australia by The Hon. Alfred Deakin, M.P., pp. 549-561
    3. In November by Duncan Campbell Scott, p. 562
    4. The United States Naval Apprentice System by A.B. Wyckoff, Lieutenant U.S. Navy, pp. 563-574
    5. The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, pp. 575-593
    6. The Ocean Steamship as a Freight Carrier by John H. Gould, pp. 594-611
    7. A Recognition by Octave Thanet, pp. 612-619
    8. Dolorosa by William Vaughn Moody, p. 620
    9. The Picturesque Quality of Holland by George Hitchcock#2, pp. 621-629
    10. The Proposed Trans-Saharian Railway by Napoleon Ney, pp. 630-643
    11. Song from "Ayuna" by Julian Hawthorne, pp. 644-648
    12. The Auction, pp. 649-650
    13. Adventures Among Books by Andrew Lang, pp. 651-656
    14. The Point of View, p. 657
    15. The Safety of Buildings , p. 658
    16. Vapor that Vanisheth , p. 659
    17. Unimproved Chances of Self-Assertion , pp. 660-661
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    1. Afloat on the Nile by E.H. Blashfield and E.W. Blashfield, pp. 663-680
    2. The Oak of Geismar by Henry van Dyke, pp. 681-686
    3. Espero Gorgoni, Gondolier by F. Hopkinson Smith, pp. 687-696
    4. A Charge for France by John Heard, Jr., pp. 697-710
    5. Winter Lilacs by Mrs. James T. Fields, p. 711
    6. A Painter of Beautiful Dreams by Harold Frederic, pp. 712-722
    7. The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne, pp. 723-736
    8. Peter Rugg the Bostonian by Louise Imogen Guiney, pp. 737-742
    9. A Little Captive Maid by Sarah Orne Jewett, pp. 743-759
    10. The Land of Poco Tiempo by Charles F. Lummis, pp. 760-771
    11. Peleus to Thetis by Bessie Chandler, pp. 772-773
    12. A Fresh-Water Romance by George A. Hibbard, pp. 774-786
    13. Elmwood by Thomas Bailey Aldrich, pp. 787-789
    14. The Point of View, p. 790
    15. Mr. Spencer As an Instance , pp. 791-792
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