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The Portrait.pdf
The following is the story that comes before 'The Library Window' by Magaret Marie Oliphant. The story was published in the collection of stories that Oliphant had organized in 1902 along with three other stories called 'Stories Of The Seen And…

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The American Woman Suffrage Association was officially enstated in 1869 created by Lucy Stone, Henry B. Blackwell, Julia Ward Howe, and T.W. Higginson. Published by the American Woman Suffrage Association, Olive Schreiner first released "Three Dreams…

Love, Timothy M."Gender and the Nationalistic Ballad: Thomas Davis, Thomas Moore, and Their Songs." New Hibernia Review, vol. 21 no. 1, 2017, pp. 68-85. Project MUSE, doi:10.1353/nhr.2017.0005

Timothy Love analyzes the different styles and…

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This Tweet, posted on December 8, 2015, is an example of using a historical event to engage in a modern political discussion with contemporary tools. The Tweet was posted on the anniversary of John Lennon's murder, and Ono Lennon utilizes that event…

This article details the latest contribution to the living memory of John Lennon around West 72nd Street and Central Park West. This mosaic, located in the 72nd Street (B/C) subway station, was created by Yoko Ono Lennon in memory of her late…

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Yoko Ono tweeted out this image on the anniversary of Lennon's assassination in 2015. She is using Lennon and his untimely death due to gun violence, as a way to inspire others to end gun violence. Lennon and Ono were very big peace activists, so it…

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This is an image of the illustration provided at the end of the story in the magazine version of "On the Western Circuit." A girl and boy cupid are displayed to be looking at and holding open a book which states, "The End," with "CMC" initialed at…

Illustration of Edith in On the Western Circuit
This is an image of Edith crying on the chair. She recognizes the wrongful nature of the love and attachment she possesses for Raye, and this causes her immense grief. This illustration depicts this event as it occurs in the story, "On the Western…

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A picture of some of the letters and sketches on display in a study room on the third floor of the museum. Pictured are a letter from Paul Chalfin, a famous artist and interior designer, and sketches James Abbott McNeill Whistler, a famous artist,…

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This image is a modest illustration inspired by M.R. James "The Diary of Mr. Poynter". It vaguely describes how the ghost looks like, accentuating on its hair. This is also at the part of the story where Mr. Denton thinks that he is petting his dog,…