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From the tenor of these remarks it might erroneously be inferred that The Swan possesses tragic, ravenesque propensities. The Swan is a comedy. The wisdom of it is equaled, nay surpassed, by the pungence...
...Hewlett (Jan. 22, 1861), English novelist, poet, critic. The Forest Lovers, a medieval romance published in 1898, established Hewlett's reputation in a field in which, despite the wave of imitation that followed its success, he still remains among the most eminent. Other medieval novels include Richard Yea-and-Nay, The Song of Renny and The Queen's Quair, which deals with Mary, Queen of Scots...
Died. Maurice Hewlett, 62, novelist, authority on heraldry, of pneumonia, at Broadchalke, Salisbury, England. Among his famous books are The Forest Lovers, Richard Yea-and-Nay, The Queen's Quair...
...Chairman R. Brandt, Priscilla Delano; H. Barker, Marion Dexter; R. H. Nay, Alice Alden; M. R. Pike, Nelle Allen; R. G. Boyd, Edna Allen; D. Shaw, Mary Cameron; R. Dexter, Virginia Thompson...
...coal industry. This is perfectly literal, since many of the mines run under the city and buildings not infrequently cave in as a result of dangerous tunneling. Now it has been discovered by mining engineers employed by the city that the Richter Coal Company has been unlawfully mining beneath Nay Aug Park, thus imperilling the lives of hundreds of pleasure seeking citizens. But it appears that the coal digging was not illegal because it endangered people's lives; it was illegal because the coal belongs to the Scranton Coal Company, which has secured an injunction restraining the Richter Company...