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Northwest Passage, his latest book, is not another of his Chronicles of Arundel, but like them is based on preRevolutionary U. S. history. Narrator of the tale is one Langdon Towne, whose great ambition is to be an artist and paint pictures of Indians. But the real hero is Major Robert Rogers of Rogers' Rangers. Langdon was a bright lad and did so well at school that his family scraped together enough money to send him to Harvard College. A rum party in his room brought his brief career there to a close; his disappointed father...
...Langdon Towne returned to Portsmouth, a bravo who could safely thumb his nose at civil authority, could even sell some pictures. Beauteous, snobbish Elizabeth, long out of his reach, began to bend towards him. Then came great Major Rogers himself, to be lionized. He treated Langdon bluffly as an old pal-and took his girl away from him. Langdon, heartbroken, sailed for London to learn more about painting. There,.four years later, he met Rogers again, still a great man but with the cracks beginning to show. Rogers was full of a scheme to find the Northwest Passage, will...
...Cantata Program tonight, directed by Mrs. Langdon Warner and assisted by E. Power Biggs, organist, will include Handel's "Concerto No. 2 in B flat", two Bach numbers and one by Mozart...
...yard run: won by Judson Wells '39 (Lev), second John McClure '39 (K), third Roswell Brayton '39 (Lev), fourth Hardy Phippen '39 (K), fifth Langdon Meade '39 (D). Time...
...Bach Cantata Club, directed by Mrs. Langdon Warner, and assisted by Mr. E. Power Biggs, organist, will give a concert at the Germanic Museum at 8:30 o'clock. The program will include "Concerts No. 2 in B flat," Handel; "1ch ruf" zu Herr Jesu Christ," Bach; G minor and G major fugues, Bach; and "Missa Brevis in D." Mozart...