Word: laocoons
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...Babbitt is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa chapter of the University and is widely known for his position as a scholar not merely of the Romance Languages but of all contemporary literature. He is the author among other books of "The New Laocoon", and "The Masters of French Criticism" and the editor of Taines "Introduction to the History of English Literature...
...drawings, which fill more space than usual, are well executed, but with the exception of two small ones, are not effective. The conception of the centre page is a bit worn, and the drawing of "Laocoon; Restored by an Artist of the Realistic School," seems mildly reminiscent. "O Tempora! O Mores!" in illustration of the old Tree exercises and what the artist expects of the Statue exercises, is, on the other hand, both cleverly conceived and well drawn, and "Nova Botanica Harvardiensis" has originality as a merit...
German 5 will begin Lessing's "Laocoon" on Tuesday...
...literary reviews were fearless, and even his personal friends were not spared. He freed the German drama from its slavery to the French school, and showed how the French drama failed to conform not only to the German character, but to the fundamental principles of art. In the Laocoon he drew the distinction between painting and poetry, and made evident the great harm that had been done by the confusion of the two arts. Nathan the Wise, though written in five months, was in one sense Lessing's life work, for it embodied his views on religion and preached that...
...Columbiad has a cut of Laocoon and the snake. Laocoon is Columbia, the two sons are Harvard and Princeton, and the snake is Yale. This is an unusual display of wit for the Columbia...