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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Though M. Sardou has written nearly always in prose, he taught even to the poets, the art of dramatic situations, in which he is a master. It would be easy to find the trace of his influence even in the charming and superb alexandrines of M. Edmond Rostand...
However far back we go in ancient tales and traditions, we find all of the characteristics of the short story given in unrivalled perfection. The modern short story writers, however, stand for a new movement because of their attempt to accomplish a certain end by taking a certain attitude. The ordinary novel is objectionable, as Poe says, because it cannot be read at one sitting, but the combination of brevity and unity in the short story is its greatest charm. Every work of fiction depends for its success on its characters, its plot, or its action and circumstances. In character...
Photographic work differs from the painter's in that the painter resorts to his own inner imaginative creation and moulds his production in every detail in accordance with it, while the camera worker can only what beauty he may find in nature. There is an element of selection in each case. The painter selects from the landscape only those elements that correspond to his imaginative ideal, while the photographer selects such a view as is in itself best arranged. The one selects all the details at will, the other such parts of nature as are best composed. Thus...
...Dean of the Scientific School calls attention to the fact that candidates by their own choice or that of their teachers at school, are presenting Latin and Greek for admission rather than subjects in natural science. This is an inevitable tendency; for many schools find it easier to provide instruction in the languages than in the sciences...
While desiring to avoid publicity in the matter, I find it necessary to state that the communication which appeared in the CRIMSON Wednesday did not represent all the correspondents of Boston papers...