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...dismayed by the lack of a decision at the debate, the Crimson men garnered doubtful honors in still another field of endeavor. Jubilantly they claim the distinction of having set a record between Cambridge and Hanover: two hours and forty-four minutes, including time spent on court proceedings at Concord and Nashua...
...Thurs.--Headquarters, Massachusetts 17 and 18. Tea at Concord Country Club from 2 to 5 P. M. Dinner at the Boston Art Club at 7 P. M. Fri.--Headquarters, Massachusetts...
Emerson, after drifting in & out of misfortune, losing his first wife and two of his brothers, drifting into & out of tuberculosis, into & out of the ministry, was finding contentment in Concord, where he conversed with simple neighbors, read Oriental literature, wrote his poems of "polar splendor, as of an aurora borealis," found honor in scamps, justice in thieves, energy in beggars, elegance in peasants, even benevolence in misers and grandeur in porters and sweeps. In Newport, traditional home of Tories, toasts were still drunk to the King and culture was crippled by an affected admiration for English writing. In Connecticut...
...great achievement of The Flowering of New England lies in the beautiful discussions of Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau. There is a sunlit, morning mood in all Van Wyck Brooks's writing on Emerson, but he has never equaled his new picture of the unself-conscious Sage of Concord who, with his inexhaustible buoyancy and courage, found in the simple life, in disregard for riches, the secret that unlocked his creative genius Of Hawthorne, Mr. Brooks draws a bolder and darker portrait, seeing him as the link between New England and the Middle Ages. A great writer whose thoughts were always...
From his capitol in Concord, Governor Henry Styles Bridges of New Hampshire tried to make the best of what was nothing less than a calamity to his little State. Gloomed the Governor...