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...most important of the recent gifts is a series of colored copies of the mural paintings in the Temple of Tigers at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, reproduced by Miss A. C. Breton, and presented by Miss Breton and Miss Mary--Ware...
...Sociedad Espanola will present its annual play, "Los Tres Ramilletes", a comedy of modern Spanish type by Breton de las Herreros, in Brattle Hall on Thursday, May 10, at 8 o'clock. There will be but one performance of the play...
...Sociedad Espanola will present as their annual play, "Los Tres Ramilletes," a comedy of the modern Spanish type, by Breton de las Herreros. The only performance given will be in Brattle Hall on April...
Although Brittany furnished Western Europe with its legends of the middle ages, it is only in the 19th century that its popular literature has been given to the world at large. Yet there are three definite spheres in which the Breton imagination has wielded a unique influence. First is the legend: the country, its forest, its rocky shores, are peopled with fairies, sirens, and heroes, and the Breton genius has stamped them with a mystery all its own. To believe, one has but to read the works of Luzel. Its national legends are unparalleled, as for instance the tale...
Turning to the poetry of Brittany, M. Le Braz said, "Every Breton because of his national celtic traits is born a poet." The collection of lyrics and epics published by the Viscomte de la Villemaque in 1839 was ranked by George Sand above Homer, and a more recent collection by Luzel and Le Braz is even more surprizing. As an example the lecturer recited. the funeral ode written by Julien Cadonal on the eve of his execution...