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...American flies; but the discovery has not chastened his adjectives. The propensity to fine phrases is the besetting temptation of many college writers--not the exuberance of fancy which is attributed to youth, but the exuberance of dictionary which makes some fashionable authors intolerable. There is one parlor story, "Cupid's Ladder," by Mr. W. C. Greene, which leaves the hero proposing to the wrong sister, but does not inspire in us any curiosity to know what came of it. We are curious, however, to know why he four times addresses the lady as "Madamoiselle." Spelling is, I fear...

Author: By G. F. Moore., | Title: Advocate Reviewed by Prof. Moore | 11/7/1908 | See Source »

...more solid portion of the number. "The Tryst of the Princess Yvonne" is ambitious, but the ambition has not o'erleapt itself; indeed, it has fallen very short. The dramatic situations fall to stand up, and the ending of the tale leaves' the reader quite unmoved. The"Cupid in Yorkshire," by E. W. Huckel, is very much better, but might more properly have been entitled "The Precocious Child," for the powers of observation and reasoning displayed by the supposed narrator, are of a high order, and are properly recognized by the foxhunting, three-bottle uncle, who is led to happiness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prof, Sumichrast Reviews Monthly | 3/3/1908 | See Source »

...contents of the Illustrated Magazine for November are as follows: "A Review of Tennis," by R. R.; "A Yankee Doodle Cupid," by J. C. Fisher '09; "Montallegro," by M. S. Watts 1L.; "Misanthropos," by R. Altrocchi '08; "The Prince Manuscript," by J. Adams, Jr., '08; Editorials; Book Reviews...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Contents of Current Illustrated | 11/7/1907 | See Source »

...Symphony Hall this evening: 1. March, "Prophete," Meyerbeer 2. Overture, "Stradella," Flotow 3. Selection, "Dream City," Herbert 4. Waltz, "Velvet and Silk," Ziehrer 5. Potpourri, "Kinkerlitzchen," Morena 6. Ballet Music, "Coppelia," Delibes 7. Ride of the Valkyries, Wagner 8. Fantasia, "Manon," Massenet 9. Selection, "Mikado," Sullivan 10. Waltz, "Cupid," Lehar 11. Selection, "It Happened in Nordland," Herbert 12. March, "Tartare" Ganne

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Pop Concert | 5/13/1907 | See Source »

Following is the program for the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall this evening: 1. March, "Tambour Battant," Messager 2. Selection, "Les Marionettes," Lacome 3. Ballet Music, "Queen of Sheba," Goldmark Violoncello Solo, Mr. Josef Keller 4. Waltz, "Cupid," Lehar 5. "La Belle au Bois Dormant," Tschaikowsky 6. Overture, "Lustspiel," Slickh 7. Selection, "La Boheme," Puccini 8. English Dances, Cowen 9. Overture, "Orpheus aux Enfers," Offenbach Violin Solo, Mr. Jacques Hoffman. 10. Waltz, "La Charmeuse," Fleuron 11. Selection, "Prince of Pilsen," Luders 12. March, "Tabasco," Chadwick

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Pop Concert | 5/9/1907 | See Source »

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