Word: authorative
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...third of the series of monographs published under the authority of the Society for the Collegiate Instruction of Women is a treatise entitled "Fugitive Slaves," written by Marion Gleason McDougall. This is the first of the Fay House Monographs devoted to a historical subject, the two former having dealt with scientific subjects. In the present monograph the author has undertaken to bring together a compact account of the whole subject of the escape of slaves, and of the legislation to prevent escapes. Beginning with colonial times the writer recounts many famous cases of attempted escape, including the little-known failure...
...case with many of these epics, the author commences way back with the ancestors of the hero. There was an old Norwegian Baron named Wolf, who had two sons exactly opposite in character. One son went to war, joining the cause of Harald, and for distinguished services was made a baron. He invited Harald to his home, after a successful war, and entertained him royally. But secret plots were discovered under the mask of his hospitality, and he was put to death by Harald. Wolf and the other son Grim were forced to leave Norway and sailed for Iceland...
...Behind Closed Doors" is a short tale, simply and laconically written. Its author has a good story to tell and stops at the right place...
...Unrewarded" is one of the best of its author's efforts of the year. It is a well executed sketch of a pathetic scene...
...Austen and the descriptions of Bath, Steventon, Chamton, and other places can therefore be said to have the merit of accuracy at least. Chapter 12, on the "Character of Jane Austen Shown in Her Writings," will be of particular interest to students in English 9. In this chapter the author has given at some length his own conception of Miss Austen,-which might be summed up in a few lines. While she "may not have seen so far into the deeps of motive as some of her successors, and may not have been able to trace the influence of circumstance...