Word: sketch
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sketch of the world language "Volapuk" which has appeared, shows strikingly the merits of this ingenious new language...
...with the history of this country which can justly claim an equal footing with the Magazine of American History. The October number opens with a most interesting article on the origin of New York, a glimpse of the famous Dutch West India company, by Mrs. Martha J. Lamb. The sketch is copiously illustrated by quaint pictures of the city of Amsterdam and is told in that clear, pointed style characteristic of the well known authors. The second article is a chapter on Church History-the relationship of church and state in the United States. Thought rather a compiler subject...
...Survival of the Fittest" is rather an ill chosen title for a story told with a great deal of life and spirit. The sketch of a man with ambition but "without backbone" has a good deal that is interesting, though it may well be questioned whether "invertebrate" ambition may be properly called ambition...
Following Mr. Perry's article is an exceedingly vigorous and entertaining review of George Meredith. The writer seems fairly to have overstepped the usual limitations of college literary work, though the fairness of his judgment is somewhat hampered by his inability to recognize the faults of his author. The sketch entitled "Maurice Grande's Wife," suffers much from cruelty of thought and expression, and the theme is far from elevating or interesting. "The Mill of the Gods," is a fanciful piece well told in few and well-chosen words...
...American readers will welcome the translation of Dr. von Hoist's 'Constitutional Law of the United States of America' (Chicago: Callaghan & Co.). The author apologizes for consenting to its appearance in this country. It is, he says, but a sketch, written as part of a larger book for German readers - Marquardsen's 'Handbuch des Oeffentlichen Rechts.' - He was limited, moreover, to a very inadequate space, and had to compress his material unduly, and wholly to throw out much; and 'my only literary resources were my private library and the notes previously taken in the British Museum and American libraries.' These...