bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
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Authors: Clorinda Matto De Turner 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Short stature, a flattened head, dark complexion, a massive nose with widely flaring nostrils, thick lips, dark little eyes, a short neck protruding from a collar adorned with small black and white beads, a sparse but ill-shaved beard; for clothing a kind of imitation cassock of black cloth, shiny, badly cut, and worse kept; a Panama hat in his right hand: such was the appearance of the first visitor to step forward, whom Lucia made haste to greet with a clear show of respect, saying, “A very good afternoon to you, Father Pascual.” Anyone meeting Father Pascual Vargas, successor to Don Pedro Miranday Claro as parish priest of Killac, would immediately feel serious doubts as to his having studied or learned, while at the seminary, either theology or Latin, a language that was ill at home in his mouth, de fended by two ramparts of large, very large, white teeth. He was approaching the age of fifty; and his manner provided strong justification for the fears that Marcela had expressed when she had spoken of going to serve in the rectory, which, as the Indians say, women leave “looking down at the ground ”.
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Authors: Clorinda Matto De Turner 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Happiness pervaded the white house that morning, because Don Fernando’s return brought infinite joy to the home where he was loved and respected. Lucia, intent on finding a practical way to carry out her aim of helping the family of Juan Yupanqui, naturally thought of taking advantage of the sweetness and poetry that the first meeting after an absence holds for husband and wife. A few hours earlier she had seemed languid and sad like a flower deprived of the sunshine and the dew; yet now she regained her vigor and her freshness in the arms of the man who, when he A few moments after these scenes, Marcela was crossing the court yard of the white house, followed by a young girl, a marvel of beauty and liveliness who at once intrigued Lucia and made her eager to know her father, for her loveliness reflected that mixture of the Spaniard and the Indian that has produced stunning beauties in Peru. As she watched the girl approach, Don Fernando’s wife said to herself, “This child will no doubt be Marcela’s guardian angel, because God puts the mark of a special glow on the face that mirrors a superior soul ”.
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Authors: Clorinda Matto De Turner 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Father Pascual miraculously survived the bout of typhoid fever that confined him to a sickbed for a week. Compassionate care put him back on his feet; but his convalescence promised to be lengthy, in spite of the mild climate and an abundance of milk and nutritious food. His brain needed a change of place, of concerns, and of habits to rid itself of the images that accompanied the constant gnawing of remorse; and he decided to go to the city in search of consolation and medical help, leaving his parish in the temporary charge of a Franciscan friar whose monastery had been shut down and who arrived in Killac almost at the same time as the new subprefect appointed by the national government to rule the province. The person chosen for this post was Colonel Bruno de Paredes, a man well known all over Peru, both for the connections he had made in gastronomic tournaments, alias banquets, and for his frequent corruptions of justice. Furthermore, Paredes was an old comrade of Don Sebastian’s and had even taken part with him in an uprising on behalf of some military chieftain-either Don Ramon Castilla or Don Manuel Ignacio Vivanco.
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Authors: Clorinda Matto De Turner 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Don Fernando’s concern about the future that awaited him in Killac grew with each passing day. He was paying for confidential investigations that kept him informed about what was going on in the town and convinced him that the prevailing calm was merely apparent and not to be trusted, although Lucia’s delicate condition led him to keep his information from her. Providence was going to bless their home with offspring; and this caused the father-to-be to think often about his need to reach a clear decision and put an end to the vacillation that had continued for three months, ever since the visit during which Manuel had conceived such far-reaching plans. One day Don Fernando’s ideas began to take a more definitive turn, and he said to himself, “The progress Margarita is making, the pliant temperament of Rosalia, who promises to be a good little girl, my Lucia’s condition-all of this augurs a delightful future for my family. My duty is not to waste this opportunity and to seize all the happiness that could be mine with a wife like Lucia.
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Authors: Clorinda Matto De Turner 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Political events in the nation’s capital were to have a strong and direct influence on the outcome of the plans for advance payment that the new provincial and local authorities had undertaken with such enthusiasm. Subprefect Paredes was inspecting one of the small towns under his jurisdiction; and there he met with a pair of eyes set in a remarkable female face, eyes that penetrated to the very “marrow” of his heart. Since the colonel, when it came to battles fought on the green fields of Cupid, was a veteran who bore not only decorations but even wounds of which he would boast at merry all-male gatherings, and since there are always persons eager to do the bidding of those in power, his excellency was confident that breaching this rampart would be an easy matter. It should be noted that in Killac as well as in the neighboring villages where a straightforward and unsophisticated morality prevails, that blight on society that undermines the foundations of the family by diverting young men from marriage and that appears in the unfortunate guise of the “fallen woman’’ is absolutely unknown.
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Authors: Clorinda Matto De Turner 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
As the travelers proceeded on their way, they left the raging tempest behind them. Indifferent to the painful scenes in K.illac, nature dis played her cheerful and varied panoramas, untroubled by their discord with the sadness of certain hearts. Don Fernando’s party trotted over endless pampas teeming with cat tle; it crossed hills shaded by mighty trees; it climbed steep rocks whose baldness, like that of the thinker’s brow, speaks to us of time and invites us to meditate. During the five days’ journey from K.illac to the railroad station, the traveler treads on wild flowers whose aroma perfumes the air he breathes; then he comes upon the sheer peaks of the Andes, covered with the “combed cotton” of the snows that reflect the sun as it melts them to plunge down in crystal-clear streams; then he descends once more onto the plain, where the grasses wave in the wind and echo its whisperings.
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Authors: Clorinda Matto De Turner 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
An elegant carriage was ready for departure as soon as the train whistle might give the signal to the locomotive, which had been baptized Socab6n with champagne. Meanwhile, the first-class passengers were looking over the merchandise displayed on both sides of the tracks, where Indian women were offering vicufia gloves, preserved peaches, butter, cheese, and cracklings from the renowned mountain ranches of Peru’s interior. After helping Lucia and the girls to their seats, Don Fernando settled comfortably next to his wife on a bench for two upholstered in red plush. He drew out a cigarette, silently readied it for smoking, and, after lighting it, put away his box of matches, blew out a few puffs of smoke, held the cigarette in his lips, and untied the package of books.
Eco-Morphology and Interspecific Mimicry
Authors: Johnsgard Paul A 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
One of the significant aspects of host parasite adaptational adjustments is choosing a host species of an appropriate size. On one hand, the choice of hosts is constrained by the possibility of choosing a host unable to incubate the parasite’s eggs effectively or, more probably, unable to provide enough food to support the nestling parasite in its later growth stages, when it may weigh several times more than the host adult. On the other hand, parasites should not select hosts so large that they can easily prevent the parasite from invading their nest space, can readily puncture or remove alien eggs from their nest, or that have young large and strong enough to out-compete parasite chicks for food or ocher needs. Small hosts have the advantages of perhaps being unable to protect their nest and therefore prevent the parasite from laying its eggs in it or being unable to remove or destroy any alien eggs chat might be deposited. A host of nearly the same size as the parasite would seem to be the ideal choice, and yet this is not the usual case, at least among many brood parasites. For example, among the host-intolerant Australian cuckoos, the mean host adult mass ranges from 26% co 74% of the adult parasite’s mass, averaging about 58% (table 7).
Behavioral and Reproductive Ecology
Authors: Johnsgard Paul A 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
In his seminal review of the ecology of avian brood parasitism, Payne (1977a) identified host selection and specialization, breeding season synchronization between host and parasite, and several additional reproductive strategies as important ecological aspects of brood parasitism. These additional reproductive strategies include the parasite’s mating systems, its population structure, and its demographic characteristics. They also include the parasite’s relative egg size, as well as possible host mimicry involving the parasite’s eggs or chicks. Last, but of equal importance, are the parasite’s fecundity-related adaptations, such as its dutch size, rate of egg laying, seasonal egg production, and egg dispersion patterns. Some of these primarily morphological aspects of brood-parasite strategies, such as egg and chick mimicry, were discussed in chapter 2. Other more strictly behavioral reproductive strategies of brood parasites, such as host-selection behavior, will be dealt with in chapter 4. The remaining strategies of brood parasites that have particular ecological interest are discussed below.
Breeding Behavior
Authors: Johnsgard Paul A 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
In Britain, the common cuckoo typically arrives in mid-April in southwestern and southern regions and in the latter part of April farther north. A large number of dates from various parts of Britain indicate a high degree of consistency in average spring arrival dates (the earliest mean date is April 4, the latest April 26). There is a mean maximum range of 22 days, or 11 days on either side of the mean arrival date, among 16 British locations having migration records ranging in duration from 6 to 189 years (Wyllie, 1981). Males arrive from a few days to as much as 3 weeks before the females and begin singing almost immediately upon arrival. This fairly precise arrival date and the immediate onset of male singing suggests that a reliable environmental timer such as photoperiod is the primary proximate factor controlling the cuckoo’s migration, and photoperiod probably is thus at least indirectly responsible for controlling the onset of breeding.
Düsseldorf Beginnings1832–1835
Authors: Todd R Larry 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Even before enduring a second turbulent crossing of the English Chan- nel and reaching Berlin late in June 1832, Felix was conflicted about his homecoming. Abraham had urged his son to begin positioning himself for the Singakademie directorship. Felix was disinclined but regarded it a solemn duty if Zelter “expressed this wish.” Now, after his teacher’s death, Felix’s reluctance stiffened. Recalling that a director, Lichtenstein, had already promised him the post, Felix saw no need to apply. Rather, as if foreseeing the imbroglio that would stretch into the early months of 1833, he sequestered himself from the petty maneuvering that enveloped the choice of Zelter’s successor.The primary sources are silent about Felix’s conversation with Lichtenstein, but presumably it had occurred in 1829, during the afterglow of the St. Matthew Passion revival. By June 1832 Felix had been away from Berlin
The Noon of Fame: Years of Triumph 1844–1846
Authors: Todd R Larry 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
During his return trip, Felix visited Dresden to see Eduard Devrient, who had accepted a position at the Saxon Royal Theater. The two discussed opera subjects, including the Lorelei legend, for which Felix began to compose music in 1847, only to die before he could realize his final operatic ambition. Another issue drew him to Dresden: Frederick Augustus II sought to entice Felix to move there, or at least resume his Leipzig post. Still nominally in the employment of Frederick William, Felix was obliged not to serve another monarch. Private entertainments were another matter, and so at the Saxon court on December 4, 1844, Felix performed a Beethoven piano sonata and regaled the court with improvisations. The Leipzig physician C. G. Carus left an account. From a grand duchess Felix solicited as his theme a march from Spontini’s La Vestale and, after a quiet introduction, introduced the march as if from afar. Then, manipulating the theme to render its “approach” increasingly festive, Felix insinuated into the fantasy the Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture and wove the two together into a delightful musical garland, before he finished with some Lieder ohne Worte. In gratitude the king sent two vases of Meißen porcelain.
The Prophet’s Voice: Elijah’s Chariot1846–1847
Authors: Todd R Larry 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Reunited in London with Klingemann by August 18, 1846, Felix attended that day a concert in his honor by the Beethoven Quartet Society. Among the participants were the violinists Henri Vieuxtemps and Joachim, and cellist Alfredo Piatti, who joined five other musicians in what was billed as the English premiere of the Octet. Felix improvised and played the piano part of his Second Piano Trio. But excepting this appearance, he devoted all his energies toward Elijah. On the 19th Moscheles heard him play from memory the newly composed overture and read through the arias with the principal soloists, Maria Caradori-Allan (soprano), Maria Hawes (alto), Charles Lockey (tenor), and Joseph Staudigl (bass). The women proved prime donne: the soprano asked Felix to transpose down a step the aria “Hear ye, Israel,” as it was not a “lady’s song”; and the alto dared introduce an extraneous trill at the close of “O rest in the Lord.” On the 20th and 21st Felix led two orchestral rehearsals in the Hanover Square Rooms but lost considerable time proofing and collating the hastily produced parts, spread out on benches in the hall. Then, at 2:00 on August 23, he boarded a special train at Euston Station for Birmingham. Among the passengers were the soloists, members of the orchestra and chorus, and a press contingent.
Crane and Slum Fiction
Authors: Andal Keith G 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
In the early 1890s, Stephen Crane set out to reinvent the tenement novel. His inability to find a publisher for Maggie is an indication of his success—especially when one considers that at the time slum fiction was in vogue, and certain books about the poor were becoming veritable bestsellers. The scandal of Crane’s work was not its setting but, rather, his refusal to judge slum life according to middle-class standards. In order to appreciate Crane’s innovations, we will need to turn first to the slum fiction conventions that he was defying.
Theologians and the Renewal of Democratic Political Institutions
Authors: Burgees John P 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
On March 18, 1990, East Germans participated in their first and last free elections as East Germans. The party that emerged with the majority in the new Parliament, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), campaigned on the platform of rapid unification. On October 3, 1990, union became official, and the GDR was a relic of the past.
Church and Politics in a Secular World
Authors: Burgees John P 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
The tremendous political and social upheavals that rocked the communist world in the late 1980s contain profound lessons about the possibilities and perils of democratization. The transition from totalitarianism to a liberal society was characterized not only by considerable confusion and chaos, but also by high moral idealism. Especially significant was the emergence of mass movements, largely peaceful and nonviolent, that called for popular political participation. People who had seemingly adapted and even accommodated themselves to political powerlessness suddenly reclaimed a deep sense of civic duty.
Down the Ohio
Authors: Evans Howard Ensign 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
STEPHEN LONG SUPERVISED THE CONSTRUCTION OF the steamboat Western Engineer in Pittsburgh during 1818 and early 1819. It was originally planned as a smaller craft, drawing only fourteen inches of water, but as finally completed, it drew more than two feet of water and was unlike any vessel that had plied the Ohio before. The ship left the arsenal on the Allegheny River with much fanfare on the afternoon of May 3, a Monday, but did not begin to descend the Ohio until Wednesday. I will let Titian Peale describe the departure and the ship itself. Allowance must be made here as elsewhere for the fact that in the early 1800s people were not always fastidious in their spelling and punctuation.
Overwintering at Engineer Cantonment
Authors: Evans Howard Ensign 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
ON OCTOBER II, LONG AND JESSUP began their trip east by starting downstream in a canoe. Lieutenant James Graham was left in charge of the Western Engineer, with instructions to do certain repairs and to run the engines from time to time. He was also to make “celestial and barometric observations,” keep weather records, and measure the height of surrounding highlands. William Swift was to assist him. In fact, the Western Engineer had reached the end of its trip up the Missouri, though that may not have been obvious to Long at the time. Nor would Colonel Henry Atkinson’s troops ascend the river farther at this time, in steamboats or otherwise. The Western Engineer was the only steamboat to reach Council Bluff, but it had taken it nearly three months to cover the 600 miles from St. Louis, averaging only about 6 miles a day. Long was to receive considerable criticism on his arrival in Washington, from both Congress and the press. Indeed, the entire Yellowstone Expedition had proved a disappointment.
Before leaving, Long left instructions for the small group of naturalists remaining.
Down the Arkansas
Authors: Evans Howard Ensign 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
AS THE EXPEDITION DREW AWAY FROM the mountains, the country became increasingly arid, with, according to James, “scarce a green or a living thing except here and there a tuft of grass, an orbicular lizard, basking in the scorching sand … a blaps [darkling beetle], or a galeodes [sun spider] Near the river, and in spots of uncommon fertility, the unicorn plant … was growing in considerable perfection.” This remarkable plant, the only member of its family in North America, bears large, tubular blossoms that are replaced by woody pods that terminate in a long, curved appendage suggesting an elephant’s trunk (hence the scientific name, Proboscidea louisianica [literally, plant with a trunk that inhabits Louisiana Territory]). When the pod dries, the “trunk” splits lengthwise and forms a pair of sharp, upcurved prongs that hook onto the feet of mammals, which carry them off for a distance and in the process disseminate the seeds. Other names for the plant are proboscis-flower, elephant-tusk, ram’shom, cuckold’s horns, double-claw, and devil’s claw.
The Search for the Red River
Authors: Evans Howard Ensign 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
MAJOR LONG, WITH JAMES, PEALE, AND seven others (Adams, Dougherty, Wilson, Duncan, Oakley, Verplank, and Sweney), set off from the Arkansas River not far from the site of Rocky Ford, Colorado, on July 24. They had six horses and eight mules, mostly in reasonably good condition. Heading south, in 100-degree heat, they traveled twenty-seven miles that first day, finding barely enough water to supply their needs and nothing but bison dung for fuel. James found a new and attractive coneflower, which he described as Rudbeckia (now Ratibida) tagetes. He also noted yellow flax (Linum rigidum) and a species of globe mallow. The latter was later described by John Torrey as Sida stellata (now Sphaeralcea angustif olia cuspidata). The next day they crossed several ravines, some of which contained box elders (Acer negundo). Near midday, they struck the Purgatoire River, in a valley flanked by sandstone cliffs nearly 200 feet high. They followed the Purgatoire for only a few miles before entering “the valley of a small creek, tributary from the south-east.” This was undoubtedly Chacuaco Creek, which they followed for two days. (The expedition’s route is by no means easy to follow over the next ten days. In “Major Long’s Route from the Arkansas to the Canadian River, 1820,” John M. Tucker has worked out the itinerary in convincing detail, and I shall follow his interpretation.)
Epilogue
Authors: Evans Howard Ensign 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
THE EXPEDITION REMAINED AT FORT SMITH for only a few days before proceeding to its final destination, Cape Girardeau, on the Mississippi, where the men had planned to meet Lieutenant James Graham with the steamboat Western Engineer. They were anxious to return east with their notes and specimens, and made few observations as they crossed Arkansas and Missouri by horseback on relatively well traveled trails and wagon roads. So the expedition may be said to have ended at Fort Smith. From there on the men traveled in several separate groups.
Voices on the Margins
Authors: Sutton R Anderson 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Only a few moments after registering at a small hotel in downtown Ujung Pandang in 1993, I embarked on a short trip on the most popular local means of public transportation, the petepete minivan (its name imitates the sound of its small engine, cf. “put-put”). My attempts to ask directions were thwarted by a sound system booming out Bugis dangdut, a local variant of a genre popular throughout much of Indonesia. Accenting the rhythms was a pulsating lightshow of tiny colored light bulbs on the dash and dangling over part of the windshield. Throughout my many periods of research in South Sulawesi I heard a wide range of popular music forms in many of the petepete I rode. These included heavy metal and hip-hop, reggae, country, and soft rock in English language, all of these styles in Indonesian versions, as well as dangdut in Indonesian and Bugis and other songs in local languages. Having not kept an accurate written record, I can only estimate, but it seemed that about a quarter of what I heard were songs in local languages, mostly either dangdut or lagu Makassar (Ind.; Makassarese songs).
Communicate: Secrets of the Heart
Authors: Bryan Charles S 
Published: November 2023

Abstract
Like most widely influential people, Osler was a great communicator who used language to reach the hearts and minds of others. He is best remembered for his inspirational addresses, but he was also a good classroom teacher, a good committee member, a good host, a good listener, and a good friend. He was not a politician in the strict sense, but he respected the political process and used it when necessary. And he recognized that words can cause unintentional injury and must therefore be chosen carefully.