Word: humors
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Giese possesses. The second violin in the hands of Mr. Roth has too little prominence compared with its importance in the string quartet. In the Haydn quartet, D Minor, op. 76, especial mention must be made of the Andante and Menuetto movements. The latter fairly sparkled with good humor. The Beethoven quartet, C minor, op, 18, was charming throughout and showed the fine retouching of the great master. In the movement from the C minor quarter of Grieg, there was a departure from classical models and a use of orchestral effects which, though masterly, seemed out of place...
...Tale of Three Wise Men," is a curious little story. It is interesting mostly for its quaint style which is consistently sustained from beginning to end, a subtle vein of humor pervades the whole, and adds a good deal to the tale...
...interest in his work, the little group of poems before us will of a certainty live by their own merit. They lack as a whole, perhaps, the mystical character which he imparted to his earlier works, and yet like these they mingle the worlds of fact and fancy. Love, humor, pathos, all find place here and the classic and the modern are mingled. The little volume is a beautiful piece of bookmaking in binding, paper and printing. A fine engraving of Robert Browning serves as frontispiece...
...series on the Nature and Method of Revelation is entitled "The Gradualness of Revelation." Among the lighter articles is the Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson and the "Merry Chanter" by Frank R. Stockton, both of which are very entertaining. "The Merry Chanter" is full of Stockton's peculiar but delightful humor. Amelia B. Edwards, the distinguished Egyptologist contributes "Bubastis, an Historical Study." Henry James has a short sketch on the French caricaturist, Daumier. The Topics of the Times, Open Letter, and Bric-a-Brac departments are full of interest...