Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...current Advocate might well be called a "special number." Every contribution it contains is by a special student. Nathaniel Stephenson signs two bits of verse: "Poetry a la Mode" and "At the River," one a clever little skit, the other picturesquely attractive and both daintily finished...
...Olive Thorne Miller's bird articles. Agnes Repplier writes a defence of villains in fiction. Her article bristles with literary allusions, but bears traces, as her work has of late, of "demnition grind." "God and his World" is ingeniously reviewed with columns of quotations. "An Arthenian Journey" is more clever than entertaining. In "Over the Teacups" Dr. Holmes is not at his best, but introduces the slight sketch of a most effective maniac story. "Cart Horses" by H. C. Merwin is full of information. William Morris' "House of the Wolfings" is reviewed, and poems are contributed by Mrs. Fields...
...Society Logic" is a clever story. The difference between the conventionalism of the East and the free and easy manners of the West is well brought out, but many a reader will regret that Society Logic had to bring about the result that...
Aunt Jack.Mr. Palmer's excellent company continues to attract large audiences to the Tremont. Mr. Barrymore does a very clever bit of acting in the little comedietta, "A Man of the World." "Aunt Jack" is a very laughable farce-comedy but one would rather see Agnes Booth in a role more befitting her talents...
...Puritans and Pilgrims" is by far the best piece of English in the number. It is a clever fancy. The name of the chief character suffuses Lowell's "Interview with Miles Standish." It is perfectly evident, however, that the coincidence is merely accidental...