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...Delicatessenhaendler. Mr. K. B. Townsend, on the contrary, has given us in his short story, entitled "In a Field," an uncommonly artistic and vivacious tale of two people in whom we can readily believe, and about whose subsequent fate we should be glad to hear more. Mr. L. Grandgent's "In old New England" is, finally, as its title indicates, a historical narrative, based, I suppose, upon the traditions of the Maine town of Pemaquid, where the scene is laid. The general conditions under which the English settlers lived during the French and Indian Wars are interestingly sketched...
...Cross-Country Running at Harvard," M. S. Crosby points out the advantages of this democratic sport and deplores the fact that in the past comparatively few men have participated in it. With the exception of a few awkward sentences, the language is clear and to the point. L. Grandgent's essay, "The Noble Instinct," is a skillful arraignment of the twentieth century huntsmen, without being controversial in form. It would be difficult to disprove the arguments, though more might be said in favor of the hunter. The style is in keeping with the thought, vigorous and dignified. In a "Letter...
...difficult and important political problems of the hour. In his course at the Lowell Institute the Abbe Klein is showing how clearly and interestingly, and how judicially, this burning question can be handled. The lecture will be given in Emerson Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. C. H. GRANDGENT...
...Development of Shakespeare as a Dramatist, Some Unpublished Correspondence of David Garrick, Travellers' English, by Professor G. P. Baker; Die Stellung Amerikas sur Deutschen Kunst, by Professor K. Francke; Four Obscure Allusions in Herdu, by Professor W. G. Howard; An Introduction to Vulgar Latin, by Professor C. H. Grandgent...
...stories in the number, G. Emerson's "Fantoccini" succeeds in working the reader up to a pretty pitch of suspense, and comes near avoiding altogether the anti-climax which one has come to anticipate in tales of horror; while L. Grandgent's "The Everlasting Hills," after a highly conventional Class-Day opening, develops in a more original fashion; and only needed more space and a somewhat subtler analysis to be a psychological study of more than average interest. The critic of Alfred Noyes displays most of the vices of immature criticism: a lack of discernible method, a tendency merely...