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Genius Versatile. But Fitzgerald's version could well make a radio narrative as was British Poet-Professor C. Day Lewis' Aeneid. Within his chosen limitations, Fitzgerald has succeeded brilliantly. He can be read at a fast clip, with the breath taken at the almost natural intervals of a relaxed but eloquent after-dinner entertainer with an unusually good scriptwriter. Doubleday has backed him up with good type and Picasso-style illustrations by Hans Erni. Fitzgerald did not underestimate the staggering intellectual difficulties of Englishing Homer. Literally, the first line of The Odyssey would read in English...
...Gouffé Case, by Joachim Maass. The clip-clop of hansoms and the sighs of lovelorn dandies provide mood music for this period murder tale...
...Yale meet the time might drop five seconds. But the distance relay combination is even stronger. In fact, it might crack the American record in the four-mile on April 28 at the Penn Relays. The present mark is 16:52.3, but the team could in theory clip it by as much as five seconds...
This new novel took 13 years to write and is well worth it. Based on an actual 1889 Paris murder, it offers a long, luxuriant plunge into the gaslit fin-de-siecle world, a time of clip-clopping hansom cabs, plush interiors, swan-necked women in little tilted hats, and dandified men ready to throw away their lives for love...
Accurate shooting and the Crimson's revised offensive strategy were crucial factors in the win. The varsity split the nets at a 55 per cent clip, while their opponents could only manage 45 per cent. Throughout the game Harvard's break away tactics kept Dartmouth on edge, destroyed the Green's offensive...