Word: merit
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...whole the number is very satisfactory. The individual articles are perhaps in some cases of less merit than has been the instance in some numbers of the Advocate. It is, however, up to the usual good standard of the paper. From one particular point of view it deserves praise, in that most of the contributions, both of fact and fiction, deal with college topics. If undergraduates would more closely follow this principle in their writings, they would avoid the criticism so frequently brought against them of attempting to discuss matters beyond their experience, not to say above their comprehension...
...Moody's "The Portrait" seems at first strained and the effect of a tremendous effect. A second reading improves it distinctly and makes it fascinating enough to be real a third time with unaffected pleasure and appreciation of its merit, which is considerable...
...seventh number of the Advocate must be considered one of the best that has appeared this year. "One of the Unfit" is of exceptional merit. It gives proof of a power of analysis possessed by few and of an ability to make details and accessories contribute to the general tone of the story which gives it, in spite of its melancholy, a strange charm. The story has many points of resemblance with the "Decadence of Arthur Helmer" by the same writer in one of the last year's Advocates. It is fully equal to it, if it is not better...
...Mutsh Ete" is an amusing account of the conjugal infelicities of a Chinaman of that name and his spouse Wuz Stowt. The merit of the tale lies largely in the brisk and homorous way in which it is told...
Next week will close the long and pleasant engagement at the Tremont Theatre of Miss Rosina Vokes and her capable company. This engagement has been the most successful the has played in Boston. It has been signalized by the production of two new plays which have proven of exceptional merit. Her departure will be a matter of regret to all lovers of the genial, bright and wholesome in stage offerings. During next week Miss Vokes will present two separate triple bills made up from the most interesting of her one-act plays. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the bill will...