Word: authorizes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...next summer vacation may find it worth their while to read the two articles by Messrs. Sandys and Anderson, (both illustrated by A. Hencke) the first, "Through Muskoka Maroel Lands," on one beautiful spot in Canada, and the second, "Nova Scotia as a Summer Resort," on another. Unfortunately each author is so positive that the place which he describes is the most beautiful portion of the continent, that anyone who is now in uncertainty will probably find his problem still harder to decide...
...know who the author of this poem was, but we can be reasonably certain that three other stories, 'Pearl," "Cleanness" and "Patience" are also by him. A fifth poem has also been ascribed to him, but there is no real proof that it is his. The date of the poem is probably about the sixties or seventies of the 14th century. The poem is superior to any other of its kind in the English language. The plot is clear and the action is well managed. There is no padding. The great theme of all four of the author's poems...
...source from which the author took the story is not known. The story of the decapitation occurs elsewhere and cannot be traced to any one source...
...poetry of the number, outside the long poem by W. V. Moody already mentioned, consists of a sonnet by P. H. Savage, and a quatrain entitled "Art," by P. B. Goetz. The sonnet is not up to its author's standard, being rough in meter, and not more than common-place in conception. The quatrain is strong and suggestive...
...first and last a critic. With him the writer was regarded as an individual, and he thought the first duty of the critic was to know him. It was an excellent method, but it was one apt to give, instead of criticism, too many incidents of the author. In general tone his criticisms are happy and good natured and in touch with humanity. His irony is keen and delicate, and while he is sometimes diffuse he is never languid. If not a great man in the most comprehensive sense he was a useful man to his country...