Word: sketches
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Miss Jeannette Gilder of the Critic contributes a short sketch of an American princess, the wife of Prince Lucien Murat who sought refuge in this country and settled in Bordentown, New Jersey, that home of expelled Bonapartes...
...Sketch of the Philosophy of American Literature, by Greenough White, A. M., Ginn and Company, 1891. $.30-Sever...
...short and most valuable "Sketch of the Philosophy of American Literature" has just been published. The book is written by Greenough White, A. M., Harvard '84, and shows a wonderful familiarity with American authors. It points out the connection between our country's literature and history, and shows how new forms in letter and art have arisen as advancing thought required,-a task not attempted hitherto. It is an excellent key to the whole subject of American literature, and has been favorably criticised by certain members of our English department...
...articles by Messrs. Everett, Roosevelt and Cook are all devoted to history and political science. Dr. Everett writes on the French Spoliation Claims, Mr. Roosevelt on "An Object Lesson in Civil Service Reform" and Mr. Cook contributes a biographical and critical sketch of John Rutledge...
...Case of Polarity," by Mr. J. W. Rankin, is a well-written character sketch. The person described is a student living under the curse of polarity. When others around him are happy he becomes miserable, and when others are sad and gloomy his spirits rise even against his will. This characteristic in a person might furnish the motif of a long and elaborate piece of work, in which the workings of such a disposition could be studied...