Word: modernes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Action should be taken immediately as - (1) It requires a long time to build ships of the modern type: Annual Encyc. 1888, p. 789; N. A. Rev. vol. 149, p. 58. - (2) To train seamen for the navy is a long process; N. A. Rev. vol. 149, p. 509. - (3) The threatening attitude of certain foreign powers may precipitate war at any time; N. A. Rev. vol. 148, p. 2; Forum vol. 6, p. 66, vol. 8, p. 317. - (4) The U. S. should be fully prepared for any unexpected events; Forum...
...easy to classify the literary tendencies of the hour in England. All the greater writers, the novelists and poets have finished their active work and we must look to the younger writers. The influence of modern French authors has been considerable in England. There social and ethical factors count for more than in France, and today the great thing in England is the social revolution through which she is going. The most important work of the younger men has been done in criticism and poetry, though there has been some striking work in the novel and drama, as with Kipling...
...Song of the Sword" is vivid and scrupulously finished. "The Book of the Rhymer's Club," lately from the press, is a collection of most charming and original poems by Riese, Yates, Symonds and others. It has in its collection some of the most finished and musical poems of modern time...
...Chubb to address the University this evening in Sever 11. The subject of the lecture will be "Recent Literary Developments in England." As Mr. Chubb is personally familiar with the present generation of English writers, the discourse bids fair to be of unusual interest and profit to students of modern literature...
...exterior is a renaissance application of the Romanesque style, and gives an imposing idea of the strength and massiveness of the structure. The interior will contain all the modern appliances that can be thought of, to facilitate the study of the calisthenic...