Word: critical
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Messrs. Schurtz and McCosh of our "Immortal" list were elected by the Critic's readers but were refused by the editors because they are not American born...
...Forty Immortals" selected by the readers of the Critic, eighteen have received degrees from Harvard. Eleven are graduates of the academic department: Holmes, '29, Lowell, '38, Bancroft, '17, Hale, '39, Clarke, '29, Fiske, '63, Higginson, '41, Frothingham, '43, Dana, '43, Story, '38, and Parkman...
...Critic has just published the result of the balloting for an American Academy. We publish it below for the convenience of our readers who may wish to make a comparison. The result of the Harvard ballot is reprinted...
...CRITIC'S LIST.Oliver Wendell Holmes...
...Stimpson is a leader, and he is thus acknowledged as one of the first of living American story tellers, a great compliment for so young a man. Of the worth of the collection of stories, of which his is one, it is only necessary to say that the critic of a leading literary paper has characterized them as "a well-chosen series of the best short stories American literature affords...