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SINCE the review of the works of Charles Bradlaugh in the Nation of April 27, all the books by this author have been taken from the Library. This furnishes material for a fresh discussion of the influences of the "pessimistic" periodical upon undergraduates...
...rising lights in the poetic firmament. At Oxford the prize poem is something which is struggled for, and the successful man is justly admired. That such a prize has been awarded yearly, for many generations, accounts, in some degree certainly, for the rank which the poets of England have taken in the world. Here we look in vain now for those who are to succeed to the places which are occupied by Longfellow, Bryant, Lowell, and Holmes. America either has no young poets coming forward at the present time, or else they are keeping themselves in the dark, to burst...
...Saturday afternoon the burlesque "Alonzo the Fair and the Brave Imogene" was performed before an audience larger than that on the night before. The illness of the original Alonzo made it impossible for him to appear; but the part was taken at a day's notice, and performed in such a manner that the audience had no occasion to remember the hasty preparation. The part of Mephistopheles was admirably acted, and his singing was, on the whole, the best in the burlesque. Faust looked and played well, though his singing was occasionally out of tune. Imogene was surpassingly beautiful...
...make up" of Siebel, "pretty page with the dimpled chin," was astonishingly good; while his acting and singing were a complete success. The part of Dame Martha was also taken at short notice, and was both acted and sung to perfection. The duet of Martha and Mephistopheles was encored, and was one of the best features of the performance. The Knickerbocker chorus was intended (we have since been informed) to represent a combination of all the late schemes for "Dress Reform." The effect was certainly startling, but we fear that the dress was not entirely understood by the audience...
...coxswain. It looks now as if our boating men would, after this year, never engage in any other kind of a contest. This state of affairs necessarily causes a revolution in the training of our University crew. The revolution has already begun, and great care should be taken at the outset to establish a high standard of work for those who are candidates for places in the boat. It is not only necessary for our success in this next race, but it will have its effect on the boating men who come up to take the places of those...