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...American Dialect Society held its annual business meeting on Saturday morning, when reports were made of the work of the officers during the past year. Professor C. H. Grandgent was elected a member of the auditing committee...
...hero a complication of exquisite tortures,--which are physical rather than moral. The story has little of the college atmosphere, however, and the six pages required to disentangle Allan might well be reduced to four. "Before the Engynes Came Through," by R. W. Page is a short dialect sketch without much structure. The best thing in the number is the last story, "Speedaway," by R. W. Child. Its dialect is natural and gives a real flavor to the whole story, which has the merit of saying little, but suggesting much...
...Harvard College, members of the Association and their wives will eat luncheon in the Faculty Room, University Hall. In the evening, the gentlemen of the Association will be entertained at the Colonial Club. At 9 o'clock Saturday morning, before the regular session of the Association, the American Dialect Society will hold its annual business meeting...
...stories in the second number of the Advocate are interesting and well written; there is very little verse, and it is not especially good. "The Major's Hallowe'en," by F. M. Class, is an effective story, giving, in spite of inaccuracies in dialect and description, a sympathetic character sketch of the "old school" southern gentleman. "One of the Crowd," by Richard Inglis, is another character sketch: it seems a little improbable and is not vivid. "Tramping with a Botanist;" describes and mildly caricatures, with a good deal of humor, the adventures and character of an exploring botanist. "The March...
...proceedings of many learned societies. His other works include an Analysis of the Latin Subjunctive, privately issued in 1870, and frequent articles in the Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, a publication which owes its origin to him. He was a member of the American Philological Association, the American Dialect Society, and the History of Religions Club...