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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...which gives one the impression of having appeared in the Monthly at intervals for years; "I Craved for that Lost Twilght by the Sea," by W. H. Wright, the unreality of which keeps it from being as mysterious and improper as one fears it was meant to be; "A Lover to his Too Docile Lady," three neatly turned stanzas on a conventional theme; and, finally, the somewhat ambitious "Sea Lovers" of H. Hagedorn, Jr. This last piece has passages, which, in spite of some tantalizing obscurity, show a quite remarkable control of blank verse and a simulation of emotion...

Author: By W. A. Neilson., | Title: Review of the March Monthly | 3/4/1907 | See Source »

...greybearded spinner of the impossible story of "Dead Man's Pine" is vividly and convincingly drawn, and the inconsistencies of his yarn are not too much insisted on. "Her House ont of Order" introduces the hackneyed characters of the wealthy and eccentric father, the beautiful daughter, and the rich lover, against the background of a revolving house and an automobile. On the whole, these three contributions serve to confirm the reviewer's belief that undergraduate fiction is most likely to be successful when it concerns itself with undergraduate life...

Author: By George H. Chase ., | Title: Review of the Current Advocate | 2/26/1907 | See Source »

...love with Deborah, saves her by shooting her husband. In the last act, in spite of a wife in England, and a too curious relative of the dead man, matters are straightened out and the curtain falls upon a happy future for the Shulamite and her English lover...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOKS BY HARVARD MEN | 1/16/1907 | See Source »

...were especially pleasing. The spirit of gayety of the great Moliere was well introduced into the performance by the acting of F. R. Leland sC., and G. Howe '08, interpreting the parts of Jacqueline and Martine respectively. J. P. S. Harrison '09 sang the charming songs of the lover, Leandre, with excellent taste. The other members of the cast, notably H. von Kaltenborn sC., as Geronte, deserve praise for the adequate support rendered the leading actors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRODUCTION OF FRENCH PLAYS | 12/14/1906 | See Source »

...eccentric disinclination to practice his profession unless coerced by a sound thrashing. They seek out the unsuspecting woodcutter, and finding him at his work, force him by blows to admit his imputed profession and accompany them. When he is introduced to his patient, he also meets Leandre, her true lover, who contrives, under the disguise of an apothecary, to arrange an elopement with his mistress, while the supposed doctor engages her father with his professional jargon. When the couple return married. the indignation of Geronte is so great that he is about to hand over the false doctor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plots of Cercle Francais Plays | 10/19/1906 | See Source »

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