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...stories, "In the Name of his Ancestor," by W. Jones '00, and "Over the Range," by R. C. Bolling '00, deserve mention. The first is an Indian story told with simplicity and charm, the second is excellent of its sort--that met with most commonly in undergraduate publications--but has no merits above its class. The "Child Verse of Stevenson and Field," by G. H. Montague; 01, contains nothing beyond the obvious. Presumably it is printed because it is well written...
...Homer, in referring to the situation of ancient Troy, gives many hints that point very directly to Ilion. Ilion itself was twice completely destroyed. The city was again rebuilt by Sulla and the Roman emperors, and was especially honored as the ancestral city of the Julii for Aeneas, the ancestor of this family, had come from Troy. In Byzantine times this great city was completely destroyed and became a wilderness...
...either for literary work or for pronunciation. The dialects that were spread over France at this time were so many separate developments of vulger Latin. Among them was one, that of Paris, that was destined to become the standard of literary French. The differences between Norman French and this ancestor of modern French are so few and unimportant that they can be ignored. Thus, when we consider the language of Normandy at this time, we need only take into account the ancestor of modern French...
...Rebellious Ancestor" by Henry Alexander Phillips is the best thing that Phillips has done. In point of workmanship it is also the best thing in the issue. In his plot the author has the opportunity to do something that is worth while and he takes entire advantage of this...
...Rebellious Ancestor," a story by Henry A. Phillips...