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...really a very good story. "The Man in White and the Man in Black," the first story of the number is by Arthur C. Train '96. Like his former work this is excellent. Train's work is certainly above most the Advocate stories. It is rather an uncommon plot and is a well written and interesting story. "Chatterton, - A Tragedy" by Knoblanch, who has just been elected an editor of the Advocate, is a natural story and is really pathetic. "A Bowl of Roses" a short poem by Chamberlin is an improvement on the author's former efforts. "The Wedding...
...sporting articles of the usual nature. The leading article is "All For a Life," a story of the sea. It is an unnatural and improbable story and though it has a certain interest for the reader in that it is written in an easy and pleasant style, the plot is nothing new or remarkable, and the situation at the end is rather incomprehensible. "Kings of the Trotting Track" is a paper supplementary to "Queens of the Trotting Track' printed in the May number. It is, like the first part, largely statistics and to the average reader rather uninteresting...
...Townsend Walsh is one of the best things of the number. It is a story of a troup of wandering actors and is told in a bright and entertaining style. "The Sudden Conversion of Deacon Enoch Grubb" is rather weak and flat. There is not much of a plot and the form is not good enough to make the story interesting reading. "Reaping Tares" by H. H Chamberlain is a very pretty story. "Sleep" by C. G. Alexander is a piece of poetry rather above average college verse...
...from paintings by Gean Smith. A very good story is "The Toltec Idol" by T. Philip Terry. It is a tale of Mexico and is perhaps a little over drawn. Another story "The letter of Credit" is written by C. C. Nott. It is a love story but the plot is original. John Corbin has a long article on "Starting and Starters." It is a description and criticism of different starts and is illustrated with two pictures of E. B. Bloss and one of A. H. Green. Of the other articles the only notable one is the conclusion...
...Indefinite She" and "A Story of Pierrot" are the best stories in the number. Both are the "suggestive" type that is becoming more common in writing to-day. The plot of the former is connected with college life and is carefully treated. The chief fault of the latter is the extreme conventionality of its plot; but it is saved from mediocrity by skilful treatment and the atmosphere of indefinite pathos to the whole. It is well written and if the author can find more original plots he promises to become an interesting writer...