Word: essays
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...this kind. "The Reincarnation of Freddy" by F. R. Little, and "Sonnet Writing Exposed," by S. Greenfield, deserve special notice. The former, told in a happy-go-lucky style with frequent touches of humor, holds the interest of the reader till the end. The latter, a serio-comic essay with a good deal of truth mixed in, not only has the value of much wit, but takes hold of a live college topic...
...examination will require no special preparation as each candidate will write an essay on a topic chosen by himself, from a list not previously announced, in economics and political science. The award will be made not later than June 15, and will be based on the ability and promise of the candidates, without regard to their pecuniary means...
...pleasantest reading in the number is found in a very brief essay "On Listening," by H. S. Pollard. It is avowedly "an echo from 'The Tatler'," and its quaint common sense and clear powerful style might pass for work of some first rank English linguist of Addison's or Jonson's time. "The Judgment of Ybarra," by L. M. Crosbie, is an unusually vivid and interest-compelling story of the west. In its theme it has a little echo of Kipling's, "The Man Who Would be King," and in treatment something of its vigor. "Timothy Knox, Peddler," a story...
...attempt to found the Museum and describes the works of art which will be represented in the Emperor's gift. The longest article in the Monthly is "The Modern Lyric Poetry of Germany," by Ernest Bernbaum. Pleasantly written, and illustrated by quotations from the poems reviewed, the essay is not only the most exhaustive, but also the most suggestive and valuable work in the magazine. "German Languages and Literatures," by Mr. W. G. Howard, and "Scandinavian at Harvard," by Dr. W. S. Schofield, complete the list of articles dealing with Germanic subjects...
With the exception of one or two articles, the contents of the March Monthly make interesting reading. The prominence and persistency of essays on French and French plays and French lectures somewhat palls on one, and might be decidedly tiresome, were not at least one of these articles of exceptional merit. This one is "The Plays of M. Maurice Maeterlinck," by H. S. Pollard--an essay written in such a lucid style and marked by such a clear and sympathetic understanding of the subject as to be equally pleasant and valuable. "The Misdirected Vengeance of Bucknell," by S. A. Welldon...