Word: sketches
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...then, worth while to take Grimm's words to heart, and to have the courage to fail rather than leave the task unattempted? If the critic can be more helpful, he may be content to be less profound, original, or mature." The first three chapters of the work sketch the development of French literature till the close of the eighteenth century, that the reader may be reminded of those authors whose influence is still felt. The chapters that follow, however, discuss only those writers who have made material contributions to the field of French literature, or who mark advance...
...best thing in the number is the sketch, "An Operation," by Guy Scull '98. A revolting theme is treated in an unrevolting manner and with considerable force. "Sib's Mogul," by P. A. Hutchinson is rather conventional but interesting and well written. H. H. Hill's, "A Pessimist Cured" is amusing as are the two sketches, "From Zaandam to the Zuider Zee," and "An Unfinished Sketch in Bavaria...
...Lampoon comes out today in the form of a Bicycle-Olympian number, in imitation of Puck and Judge, its "fellow confederates," as it terms them. The centre picture is an impressionistic sketch by T. M. Hastings '98, of the "race from Marathon to Station." The full page drawing by C. H. L. Johnton '99, of the rush from English A, is a very clever bit of caricature drawing and a very clever picture of that glimpse of "animal life." On the whole it is agood number and up to the usual standard...
...different articles of interest concerning college life. The rest of the number is up to the usual standard. The picture of "University" by A. K. Moe is a good bit of drawing, although very different from his usual style. The farce about the letter box is a clever little sketch. The remainder of the paper is made up of small jokes and pictures of the usual type...
...SKETCH CLUB.- There will be a meeting this evening in Little's 19 at 7 o'clock sharp...