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...wife tragedy. The man is a drunkard and a beast. The woman is driven into the protecting arms of the family boarder. Vigorously written and vividly performed by Minna Gombell, the part of the girl carries the evening's interest. The saccharine platitudes and copybook virtue of the boarder (Ivan Miller), take the edge off the climax. If he were an individual rather than a clipping from a Y.M.C.A. pamphlet, the play would be decidedly engrossing. Under the circumstances, it is a capable but not a compelling contribution to the season's lists...
...excellent article entitled "Notes on the MS volume of Shelley's poems in the Library of Harvard College," by George Edward Woodberry. This volume was given to the library by Mr. E. A. Silsbee, who had received it from an intimate friend of Shelley's, and was plainly a copybook and not intended for use in original composition. The object of Mr. Woodberry's notes is to place before students the variations between the MS text and Formau's edition, London, 1876. Appended to the article is a facsimile of the draft of "The Skylark." This number contains also...