Word: sketches
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Long Charles" is an interesting character sketch of a negro, "one of those questionable characters who hang about respectable neighborhoods, doing odd jobs for the house-wives and filching a living from back doors." The dialect of the darkey is not always consistent, but on the whole the sketch has some power...
...student parades, of the many bright verses and squibs which the occasion brought forth, and of the organization of the Harvard cadets, which, by the bye, were drilled by President, then Professor, Eliot. Then comes an account of the students leaving for the army, and a short sketch of the work and deeds of Harvard soldiers. The article is profusely illustrated with pictures of some of the college buildings as they appeared in 1863, and portraits of the numerous Harvard soldiers and graduates, whose lives and work Capt. Appleton briefly discusses. Among the many portraits are those of President Eliot...
...remainder or the number is by no means illuminated with the coruscations of genius. The leading story of the number, "Behind the Curtain," is a whimsical character sketch of an exceedingly prurient young man and a young lady a la mode,-at least we should judge the young man to be prurient, as the point of view is from behind a curtain in the young lady's boudoir. There is a rather vivid description of this room given in the first part, but taken as a whole the sketch reminds one of a judicious mixture of Town Topics and Algernon...
...Would be Free" is a brief sketch of individual procrastination...
...Night Watch" is a yachting sketch, told in a straight-forward manner...