Word: reader
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...have long been hoping for: a public defence, from a man intimately acquainted with the facts and conditions, of one of the most important and far-reaching changes made by the new administration. Dean Castle has summarized Mr. Lippmann's objections before replying to them, thereby enabling the reader to grasp both sides of the argument at the same time; and the article does more than anything hitherto published toward strengthening faith in the new plan...
...story does not amount to much, its attempts at cleverness being so forced that the reader is rather annoyed than amused. Of the two pieces of verse, Mr. Bynner's "Alma Mater" is too much condensed to seem like a simple expression of sincere emotion. Mr. Seeger's lines on the misfortune of being a poet are remarkably good, but, it is to be hoped, needlessly despairing...
...Riddle is an actor and public reader of national reputation. In 1881 he gave a notable performance of Edipus at Harvard and a few years ago he coached the students for the Greek play in the Stadium...
...worth reading--which is more than can be said for most criticisms of this remarkable play. Mr. McGowan's summing-up of "The Witch" is, whether sound or not, a first-rate piece of work, for it points out clearly the faults of the play without making the reader any less interested in seeing it for himself. Dr. Kallen's essay on the cinematograph is a valuable reminder that the moving-picture show whatever we may think of it, has come to be an important part of the national drama. His statement of the value of melodrama, based largely...
...Utopia" is not an improvement on Shakspere. The stories are rather slight sketches than stories. "His Valley" by H. B. Wehle is not effective because the one character lacks the terse expression that would make his story live. The descriptions--not by the old prospector--are overdrawn. The reader balks a little at the "clear scarlet sky" as other readers protested at Coleridge's sky with its "peculiar tint of yellow green." H. K. Moderwell's "By Night" has a vigor that makes one wish for more. "The Last Edition," by Wm. C. Green is an admirably told incident...