Word: merlin
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Tobias is novel and strong. His doctrine of the "come-back" and his ironical "Yessir" are sure touches. I for one can stand more of Tobias. The telling, on the whole, is better than the story. "The First Prophecy" by Mr. Moore deals with remote things--early Britain, Vortigern, Merlin and the Druids. The chronology is a matter of faith, but the influences are distinctly those devices from some course in English. A good imagination and some artistry in words spent too lavishly on the impossible--these things make me wish that Mr. Moore would come off his mediaeval perch...
...Symphony--Haydn in D major -- contained some beautiful passages for the strings, with flute obligato, that were perfectly rendered. Chausson's Symphonic Poem, "Viviane," brought out some very pleasing effects with the brass and a harp. The composer has caught the weird spirit of Vivian's enchantment of Merlin, but the one thing lacking was the element of coquetry that comes out so strongly in the literary conceptions of Vivian...