Word: successful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...American author, though he is a Norwegian. His romances and stories have exhibited a sensitive mind, an observant sight, and bright fancy. "Gunnar" and the "Idyls of Norway" are fresh and genuine expressions of his nature. His first play "Alpine Roses," which was presented last evening with marked success at the Madison Square Theatre, is built upon one of his pathetic tales, and the tale has been skillfully amplified for the purpose of the stage. Nothing could be simpler than the story of "Alpine Roses," although the intrigue which runs through the play is not so simple. (Here follows...
...real cause of her position in the league. If, when the full control of the base-ball interests are in the hands of the undergraduates, they fail to give the nine that enthusiastic support which alone will induce men to train, and do not take interest enough in its success to correct any abuses which may have crept into the management, it is hardly probable that taking the contest out of their hands will cause any great wave of enthusiastic interest in the fate of the nine to sweep over the college. The secret of our success in those branches...
...Alpine Roses," Professor Boyesen's new play has met with great success in New York...
...describe the result as "comfortable but not splendid." Trollope's most ardent admirer would hardly claim for him the possession of great or original genius, but I should imagine that in the opinion of nine-tenths of the readers of his autobiography he takes first place among successful men of letters, looking to success from the pecuniary point of view, and considering the quality of the work. Trollope made L727, in the aggregate, by "The Warden" and " Barchester Towers," which, in the opinion of some of the best judges of our time, are by far his best works...
...Grant's next literary venture of any importance was his novel called "The Confessions of a Frivolous Girl," which met with considerable success. His latest novel, "An Average Man," now running in the Century, does not come up to the expectations of his admirers; although the story started out in a bright and interesting style, the later numbers are hopelessly dull. The fact that two of the writers in the current Century are recent Harvard graduates, and the success of Life, show that in the fields of literature at least young Harvard graduates are making themselves known...