Word: homespuns
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...character of Sir Walter's in a modern tale, and above all to choose Quentin Durward! But this has been done with so winning a boldness by the author of "Master Beggars" that his book will be virile nourishment to the jaded appetite of the habitual reader of homespun tales. The illustrator is W. Cubitt Cook. The author is L. Cope Cornford. The publisher, J. B. Lippincott Company-an apt partnership...
...their farm or neighborhood sketches and stories that Mr. Barrie, Mr. Crocket, and "Ian Maclaren" may be most independently and most fairly judged. "The Stickit Minister," Mr. Crocket's best achievement in this kind, has a good deal of humor, pathos, and homespun truth; but the author forces the pathetic note and often disfigures his best opportunities with the written equivalents for "make-up," graduated foot-lights and slow music. The other two writers are more simply faithful to human nature. Mr. Barrie's humor is richer than Maclaren's and poor Jess's window in "A Window in Thrums...
There are many reasons which make Hayward easier to begin with than the other Elizabethan dramatists. He is strangely modern, and takes almost after the realist of today, telling tales of home life in a homespun way. There is no poetry in his plays, and in this respect he is like Massinger. The latter is very skillful in his dramatic effects. His play, "A new Way to Pay old Debts," is the nearest approach to Shakespeare we have, with the single exception of "She Stoops to Conquer." But wonderful as Massinger and the others may be in their separate ways...
...spring styles in woolen goods for men's wear show decided changes from the past few years. The large plaids are gone, and in their place are the quiet check and fine stripes in worsteds, and in cheviots the homespun effects and dog tooth checks are the most popular. The style of cut also show radical changes. Gentlemen who appreciate all the correct points in cut and proportion are invited to order of us, as goods will be cheerfully shown. 10 per cent discount for cash and moderate prices. FRANK D. SOMERS, 5 Park Street...
...spring styles in woolen goods for men's wear show decided changes from the past few years. The large plaids are gone, and in their place are the quiet check and fine stripes in worsteds, and in cheviots the homespun effects and dog tooth checks are the most popular. The style of cut also show radical changes. Gentlemen who apreciate all the correct points in cut and proportion are invited to order of us, as goods will be cheerfully shown. 10 per cent discount for cash and moderate prices. FRANK D. SOMERS, 5 Park Street...