Word: authors
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Muzzey, Harvard '24, Divinity School '28, died in Cambridge on Thursday. He was the author of a large number of books, sermons and essays, and was a man of scholarly instincts and patriotic thoughts...
...Ethel and Grace," however, is unsuccessful. Two childish students and a flirt don't make a pretty combination in themselves, and when they are introduced into a story with a common-place plot, and written carelessly, they have no excuse for existence. The author of "Ethel and Grace" can do much better work...
...Learning," is a quatrain of much suggestiveness, but the manner is not worthy of the matter. "The Pessimist," is not as good as some of the author's previous work, but the fact that the metre is the same as that of many famous poems perhaps makes one over-critical...
...many noteworthy points of interest it brings to bear. Mr. Wendell brings out especially the characteristic of self curiosity which possessed the Puritans to a large degree. "The Earl of Surrey" by W. G. Howard is an interesting review of Surrey in the two aspects of cavalier and author. Surrey was by means a great poet, but he wrote some charming sonnets, noted chiefly for their mastery of form. He is especially interesting because, as the writer says, he was in many senses the forerunner of Spenser, to whom he transmitted the eclogue. "Madonna Mia" is a charming character sketch...
Since his retirement from active pastoral duties Dr. Farley had been almost uninterruptedly engaged in literary work. He was the author of "Unitarianism in the United States, "Unitarianism Defined" and "History of the Brooklyn and Long Island Sanitary Fair...