Word: readers
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...last number of the Advocate is interesting and refreshing; the question as to why the standard of the paper is not more uniformly up to that of the present number, naturally suggests itself to the reader of this issue. The stories are varied in character, not all being narrowed down to College life, as is so often the case, nor venturing out too far into an unfamiliar world. Most of them are drawn more or less from the experience of the writers and are, therefore, strong in their vividness and sincerity. "Salem Skinner, Sportsman," is perhaps the most entertaining" story...
...next thing in the number is a long story entitled "Fate in Red," by D. L. The plot involves a somewhat unconventional love affair, but is handled in such a way that the reader's interest is held throughout. The writer displays a strong love for nature and gives several bits of exceedingly good description. One of the shorter stories, by the same author, entitled, "His Heart," gives a thrilling picture of a storm on a rocky coast, but there is very little plot and the ending is decidedly weak...
...cover, by F. G. Hall '03, is appropriate in subject, and attractively composed in colors and design. The centre-page drawing is much above the average in execution, though the idea of the composition would not have escaped the reader, even if it had not been emphasized on the first page, centre page, and editorial page. The use of color all through the number is very pleasing...
Again, a story may depend on its plot for sustaining the reader's attention. Indeed if the plot can be made sufficiently attractive, the characters may be kept entirely in the background, as in the case in many of Poe's pseudo-scientific tales...
...author can play equally well upon his reader's feelings if he can discover a new corner of the earth or illumine any great human problem. In this way many readers take up Mrs. Wilkins for New England scenes, J. M. Barrie for Scotch peasant life or Stephen Crane for the field of battle. On the whole the short story offers greater opportunities for a young writer than the novel. In the short story one may be didactic and yet not wearisome, and then the short story can pose problems and leave them unanswered. Now the novelists George Sand Dickens...