Word: arts
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Agnes Repplier, in an amusing and thoughtful paper, called "Pleasure: A Heresy," appeals not for more cultivation in life, but for a recognized habit of enjoyment. The article is full of good-natured banter at the expense of the self-consciously cultivated persons, who demand from both literature and art, not pleasure, but some serious moral purpose. A review of Mr. Aldrich's new volume of poetry, of one or two French novels, and of Mr. Sargent's Silva of North America, with the usual comment on new books and the Contributors' Club, conclude the number...
...Other timely and interesting articles are "Protestant Missions" by Edmund Collins, "In Darkest America" by Joseph P. Reed, "Rhampsinitus and the Wise Thief" by M. Allen Watson, "Municipal Reform" by Oliver Sumner Teall, "Slovenly Americans" by Julien Gordon, "A Protected Queen" by Mason Abercrombie Shufeldt, "Speculation as a Fine Art" by D. G. Watts, and "Labor Unions and Strikes in Ancient Rome" by G. A. Danziger, The three poems of the number are exceptional...
Professor Morgan will lecture next time upon "Iphigeneia in Art," in the cellar of the library...
...charm which these complete units of musical texture called periods or phrases may possess, is one of the most remarkable facts of music. Analogies from other departments of art suggest that their unity itself may be a secret of their beauty; a melody or a complete harmonic sequence impresses us as a growth from a germ of musical form...
...Pierian Sodality is to play at the Algonquin and the Boston Art Clubs this month...