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...which in a general character, resembles that of Thomas' "Tristram." In both we find the device of dreams employed, but in "Horn and Rimenhild," no marvels appear, and the story is strictly in accordance with what actually happened in Ireland at that time. This story became literature in Anglo Saxon, in metrical version, certainly before the Norman conquest, and is chiefly marked by simplicity of language and Germanic or Norse tone. In conclusion he brought forth the four most probable origins of the story and the fact that few illustrate better the popular transition of the times...
...Anglo-Saxon Maupassant sometime seems shocking, but this is because it is only the Gaul who can appreciate his delicate touch. The disposition of the Gauls is to adore the forces of nature, and in their anxiety they leaned towards what La Fontaine called "la bonne loi naturelle." So Maupassant loves nature with a religious tenderness and sincerity which no poet has equalled...
...irritant to English feeling, which is very sensitive just now. Passing over the propriety of such a remedy, I am not sure that "every endeavor has been made to conciliate us and to purchase our acquiescence." The Clayton-Bulwer treaty may have been repealed to strengthen an Anglo-Saxon understanding, but hardly to purchase our acquiescence in a war policy pursued on a continent to which, happily, the Monroe Doctrine does not extend. The announcement in Parliament the other day that England alone had sided with us in the Spanish war was made not to offset any rising collegiate feeling...
...object and plans of the association. The museum will illustrate, through objects of art and industry, the history of civilization among the Germanic peoples, primarily in Germany, but also in Scandinavia, Denmark, the Low Countries, German Austria, the German Cantons of Switzerland, and the England of the Anglo-Saxon period...
...Sanders Theatre last night, Mr. Frederick Harrison of London gave a lecture on "The Writings of King Alfred." He began by sketching the condition of Saxon literature when Alfred began his work...