Word: authorities
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...next number of the Harvard Philological Studies a monograph on the existence of the Greek stage from the evidence furnished in the plays of Aristophanes, by Professor John Williams White, will appear, which will doubtless attract a general interest not only among authorities on Greek antiquities and trained scholars but also among those who have read Greek drama as literature only. For the settlement of the, question as to whether the principals in a Greek play acted on a long, narrow ledge, the Vetruvian stage, ten feet above the great circles of the orchestra where the chorus were grouped...
...moods of the hero are vividly drawn, and although the scene with the other principal character-the heroine-does not seem to have the force it should possess, the story as a whole gives a clear and correct picture of one of a class of men who, as the author says, "were prominent at Harvard a decade...
...Aspect of the Idylls of the King," by N. W. Stevenson, displays much originality of thought. The author thinks that the peculiar feature of the Idylls of the King is their constituting a sociological poem, in which it is shown how "an atmosphere of evil eats out the heart of a community...
...February number of the Cosmopolitan opens with a new story by Count Tolstoi called "Nikolai Palkin." It is illustrated by various portraits of the author, one representing "Tolstoi the laborer in the fields...
...piece de resistance in the last Advocate is "The Saving of Bridgeman" by Mr. M. O. Wilcox. Its characteristic features are similar to those of most of the stories by the same author. It describes college life and the incident dealt with is treated in the same minute and carefully studied method. As a piece of literary composition, it is creditable; the proportions are well preserved throughout and the descriptive passages contribute satisfactorily to the general effect of the narrative. The subject of the story is not as praiseworthy. It deals with a feature of life here which...