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...Rational," by John Cummings, in its general tendency reminds us of the article just under discussion, although lacking the unquestionable virility of diction of the latter. The author lets his thoughts carry him into the clouds, metaphorically and specifically speaking, and indulges in more or less dithyrambic philosophizing, which, while wanting the syllogistic method of deductive reasoning, is at least interesting. The title does not connote the substance of the article...
...that the first verse which its author published two years ago was very good, the extreme excellence of the poem of which we now speak is inferentially acknowledged. "Angelle" is a fairly long poem, and yet so well is the interest of the narrative sustained, so exquisite is the diction in places, that one cannot help but read it through after he has once begun it and read it through with the keenest pleasure. The first and third parts appear to us the most artistic of the four divisions of the poem; for in the second, the simplicity which...
...unconventional and unexpected. The descriptions of the various Russian scenes which from the background of the story - morning in St. Petersburg, the drosky-driver, Russian tea, and the Imperial guard review - are perhaps the best part of the story, for they exhibit a keenness of observation and strength of diction which are not apparent in many Advocate stories. It it a picture of real human life and character carefully executed, and is one of the most creditable productions which has appeared in the Advocate for a long time...
...diction is fairly exact - although there are several marked errors. For instance, a man doesn't "use swear-words", he "swears" or he "cusses." And we wonder, also, when a "girl's deep blue eye twinkles with humor," what she does with the other. Possibly she winks it! The whole thing is a marionette show in which the principal puppets are manipulated in an unskillful manner. The author of the story has shown himself capable of far better work...
...number seems to us to be below the Monthly's usual standard. Of the two poems, "The Answer" is the better. But it is decidedly inferior to what its author has done before and certainly cannot stand comparison with its author's most lately published poem, "Dolarosa," - although the diction is simple and natural and certain lines are very good. "The Builder - Science" has the double fault of extreme vagueness of thought and inaptitude of diction...