Word: prose
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Ball," a poem (for want of a better word) of some half dozen stanzas, expresses in verse what the title says in prose, and it has this good point, that its author does not pretend to any wonderfully poetic idea, and does not try to express it in hexameter or pompous blank verse, and so we have a simple college poem which is sufficient unto itself...
...general conversation followed, concerning the prose writings of Musset and his relations with George Sand, in which a large number of gentlemen took part...
...general conversation, in which a large number of gentlemen took part, followed the reading, in regard to the prose writings of Musset and the relations of the poet with George Sand. The next meeting will be held-on January 26 in Sever 15; it is not yet announced who will be the next speaker...
...shown us some of the painful, realities of life. This sudden flash of light is what one wants; out we want it so to strike upon the retina as to give us a distinct, forceful picture, not a mere jumble like the images of a kaleidoscope. Besides these prose works the number contains two poems which are not very good. Mr. Sanford's sonnet is especially rough. There are one or two beautiful lines in it, but the general effect is crude and contradictory...
...Advocate is ready to-day. Peruthanhs the opening verse of the number is delicate, but not well rounded. Of the prose contributions, the charming little sketch, "Where the Muse Abideth," is perhaps the best, it is followed by another sketch, "An Unpleasant Reminiscence," which is decidedly disappointing. As to the two stories, "Right or Wrong?" and "Violin," the former is a peculiar but not unlikely tale well brought out, the latter is a vivid piece of writing rather packing in moral tone. A story with a moral tacked on the end is usually tiresome, a story like "Violin" without...