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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Henry Arthur Jones. Mr. Drew will also be seen in another new piece, the work of Madeline Lucette, and entitled "Christopher, Jr." as well as in a brilliant revival of his last season's success, "The Butterflies," and other plays. Mr. Drew stands foremost in the rank of light comedians, nor is it hard to explain the cause of his unquestionable popularity. He delivers his comedy lines in a rich, nonchalant manner that is characteristic of society men, club men, and men about town. His success is due in a measure to the fact that there does not seem...
...official rank list of the tennis players for 1894, published in the Lawn Tennis Bulletin for January, the Yale players are ranked as follows: M. G. Chace '96 S., in class 2; A. E. Foote '96 and John Howland '94, in class...
...school superintendents in New England and is an interesting and forcible speaker. He was among the first to recognize the need of enriching the elementary curriculum and he has been working for some years at the practical enrichment of the course of study in the Brookline schools, which now rank with the best in the country. All members of the University are invited to be present to hear this prominent educational leader...
...learn about great things, Mr. Copeland said, was to read the words of great men. With the exception of the first rank of our great leaders, no one could be found who surpassed General Sherman. His letters to his mother, which extend over the remarkable period of half a century, were the word of a great man telling of great things. From them we might get most truthful and vivid pictures of the Civil...
Although Stevenson was not a novelist, he might have given us a dramatic scene of the first rank. He has never come near the dynamic quality which appears in the dramatic scenes of great novels, except in the meeting between David and Alan in "Kidnapped." He was an admirable story teller. He never made digressions; he went into an analysis of his characters; and he had no theories of life to set forth. There is often a lack of unity in his stories, but this is probably due to his failing health. "Kidnapped" and "David Balfour" are clearly the best...