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...lost the light heavyweight championship of the world in Dublin on St. Patrick's Day to Mike McTigue, third-rate American fighter. In the 17th round of the scheduled 20, the Senegalese faltered about the ring, groggy before McTigue's punches, finally falling into a clinch to hug himself safe from a knockout. The American received the decision on points...
...played by Mr. Faversham, decidedly a charming and appealing person. These two, despite other names on the program, decidedly carried away the show. When they finally clasped at the last curtain, applause was almost forgotten by the audience for a moment in the breathless savoring of a vicarious hug; but when the applause came it was better criticism than could be offered here or any other place...
...burlesque on Mr. Sothern's last play at the Hollis Street Theatre. The four principal characters are H. L. Movius '02 as "Loois Onze," J. A. Dix '02 as "Frank the Villain," H. L. Riker '03 as "Katherine d'Ivorced Sell," and S. Waller '03 as 'Hug--it de Camel." The staging and dressing of this burlesque are very elaborate...
...Anabasis of Professors Goodwin and White is to be re-issued in May by Ginn and Co., newly printed and thoroughly revised; Dindorf's text being exchanged for Hug's, but with critical acceptance. Professors White and Morgan's dictionary of the Anabasis will be incorporated with the work...
...best of the stories is entitled "The O'Driscolls of Hungry Hill." It treats of the Irish famine in a sympathetic manner. "The Conversion of the Hug-Mug-Gee Islands" contains an ingenious idea, amusingly worked out. "Cosette" begins with an unnecessarily long and rather tedious description of an artist. The plot is ineffective, because its end is apparent before it is fairly introduced. The French has a decidedly Anglicized sound...