Word: brights
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...June number of the Atlantic Monthly is as bright and interesting as usual. The serial stories, "Yone Santo" and "The Despot of Broomsedge Cove" are continued, and a new one, "Miser Farrell's Bequest," by J. P. Quincy, is begun. "To Cawdor Castle and Culloden Moor," by J. C. R. Dorr, is a vivid description of that interesting place. Theodore Child contributes "The Literary Career in France," a paper which is well worth reading. "The Discovery of the Rocky Mountains." by Francis Parkman, is not only instructive but possesses the charm of the other writings of that able historian. Perhaps...
...games with the following teams: Cambridge. Dorchester, Lawrenceville, Adams Academy, and Princeton second twelve. A game will probably be played also with '90 this week. Ninety-one must remember that their team will have expenses to be paid, and must subscribe liberally. On the whole the outlook is very bright for '91 in lacrosse, and the team will undoubtedly give a good account of themselves at the end of the season...
...RUSSELL DUANE."The Struggle in America." -John Bright...
...Cory, a Boston amateur. This opera is said to have made a hit when given previously some years ago. The scene is laid on the renowned shores of Cape Cod when unusual visitors in the shape of pirates and smugglers, cut capers and make love. The songs are bright, the wit not buffooning, and the music much above that of the average Comic Opera Perhaps the greatest attraction is that the leading parts are all taken by prominent singers, such as Miss Edmunds and Miss Starkweather, Messrs. Babcock, Brine, Fessenden and Bartlett. Mr. Cary has been induced to give this...
...Prunette undertakes to bring this about, and the scene in which she coquettes with the teller of unpleasant truths was especially well acted. The parts were very well sustained throughout, and everything went very smoothly without the delays and hitches which usually characterize amateur acting. The dialogues were especially bright and interesting, and the play was very Parisian in tone. Mr. Davis as the Auverguat, and Mr. Blossom as the French maid deserve great praise. The girls were all pretty and very well made up, and Mr. Copeland's costumes were extremely stylish. The coaching of Mr. H. H. Furness...