Word: scene
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Fern Cliff," a story of the late civil war, was presented at the Hollis Street Theatre last evening. The scene is laid at Fern Cliff near Providence, R. I. during the years from 1863 to 1865. The parts as a whole are well sustained, Mr. Woodward as Dad Hewins, and Harry Switt who is in love with his daughter deserving special commendation. The "Fern Cliff" will continue at the Hollis during the remainder of the week...
...From Shirt Sleeves to Shirt Sleeves" and "The Story of Thorgeir the Unlucky" are contributed by R. W. Herrick and H. Bates, respectively. The former tells of the ambitions and disappointments of Eben Williams and the "schoolmarm." The scene of the latter is laid in Iceland. It is written in the old English style, which the author has been particularly happy in catching. The description of the combat is rather improbable, but the story as a whole has great literary merit...
...compare their legislative assemblies, in order to establish a Japanese parliament, gives a clear outline of the Japanese Constitution of February 1889. The three serials are continued. Mrs. Deland's "Sidney" gives us the fourth, fifth and sixth chapters. The story steadily develops in interest and the strong scene with which this installment closes is in the author's best manner. There are as usual a number of editorials, the one on Browning being rather a conservative criticism, and the recent work of Harris Taylor on the English Constitution is reviewed at length...
...make her amusing. Peg, no doubt was a little low. Miss Sheridan as Mabel Vane is a little out of the aim of criticism. It is hard to say just what a country girl should do. Mabel is no doubt very lovable, but Miss Sheridan in the picture scene is certainly awkward. It is perhaps unjust to criticise so much a play worth seeing, and acting worth admiring...
...William Lawrence preached in the chapel last evening taking as his text verse 17 of the 6th chapter of Second Kings. The scene is the war between Syria and Israel, and the Syrian host having surrounded Elisha, he quiets the terror of his servant with a prayer, by which the young man sees the heavenly army...