Word: sardonicism
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"A ruddy-faced, bull-necked person of tall, heavy build, with a heavy, furrowed jaw, a forehead protruding from a tangle of coarse, dark hair; small, dark, shiny eyes, and thick lips under the drooping mustache? Stambuliski has a sullen air which is sometimes lit up by a spark of...
Beyond the fact that this is its first public presentation in America, the play is of special interest because of the brilliant success of Andreyev's "He Who Gets Slapped" as produced last season by the New York Theatre Guild. The new play bears the same stamp of merciless, sardonic...
Even the seemingly almighty examination system is only mortal, and will soon pass out to use. So, at least, says Professor Thorndike, of Columbia, famous as the father of the psychological-test-for-entrance-to-college system, and who now proposes another scheme of education reform. The old system of...
Twenty short stories in the lighter vein which reveal the keen, sardonic sparkle of Merrick's humor, and are excellent examples of his ability to depict the life of the boulevards.
Of the prose, Mr. Hill's "Repatriation Service in France" lacks finish, but makes up for the lack by sincerity and substance: Mr. Eastman's "After the Dance" is a short fanciful sketch. "Death and the devil," it may be fairly said, have "done for the rest." J. D. writes...