Word: bibber
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...neat little volume has just appeared, entitled "Harvard Stories." It is the work of Waldron Kintzing Post '90 who was the writer of the Pudding Play of 1890, "Helen and Paris," which had such a favorable criticism. The stories are much after the style of "Van Bibber" and are very interesting, for all the characters are such as we meet every day in college and the scenes are common college occurences like the Springfield game, and the race at New London. There are in all some fourteen stories, more or less connected, having the same characters, portrayed under different circumstances...
...Gentleman", somehow suggests the stories of Van Bibber, the immortal. It is rather an attractive little thing and is cleverly done. Perhaps we are putting it too strong when we say it is only mediocre; it is better than the average story in college papers but after all, it is only a trifle - though, to be sure, a pleasant...
...While the Shows went on" is a good piece of work. The interest is well sustained not withstanding the length and unchanging form of the story. "He" as the hero is designated, suggests somehow the great Van Bibber and the sketch in its motive brings to mind "A Walk up the Avenue" by Richard Harding Davis. The verse of the number is neither extensive nor remarkable; the "Song; after the manner of An Old Poet" deserves to be mentioned however...