Word: lewises
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Average Citizen Roy Lewis Gray of 711 Second Street, Fort Madison, Iowa. Reason: not stated.*
Lewis Carroll, Bret Harte, and even Tennyson flirted with him for his musical collaboration; but he was faithful to his intention of doing something in the grand manner. The result was an unsuccessful opera, after which Sullivan returned to his Gilbert. The librettist was only too eager for reconciliation, because...
A fine optimism pervades this symposium (only Stuart Chase is unqualifiedly pessimistic: he analyzes the passivity of fun?listening to radio instead of doing amateur singing, fiddling), but the optimism is qualified with a recognition of arrant abuses, grave dangers. Thus, the Webbs on Labor, McBain on Law and Government...
Lewis Carroll's personal copy of the first edition of "Alice in Wonderland" is also of interest.
Smith Halls: Reginald Chauncey Robbins, Chairman: Geoffrey Whitney Lewis, treasurer