Word: tales
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Basil Jennico, the hero of the story, and partly by the authors in person. Captain Jennico, an English gentlemen, falls heir to the great estate of Tollendhal, situated in northern Austria, and here a marvellous series of adventures befalls him and a certain Princess Ottilie of Lausitz-Rothenburg. The tale reminds one slightly of "The Prisoner of Zenda," in the familiar relations which exist between the young English hero and the foreign princess, but here the resemblance stops. The story moves from Austria to England and back again, and introduces a number of striking characters in both countries...
...first there seems to be a touch of softness in "Jack Halter's Crime," but as the tale goes on we find a purely college story with clear glimpses of heroism, sentiment and love thrown...
...Statue of Achilles" is an entertaining poem by Mr. Santayana. The fiction of the number is composed of three short stories and an autobiographical sketch of French school life. "With the Morning," a story by H. M. Rideout is capitally written. The writer succeeds in making a readable tale out of an unpromising subject. On the whole the Monthly starts the year with a very creditable number...
...contents of the May Monthly are varied in character and in interest. A perusal of "Clippings from a College Scrap Book" reads like a fairy tale. Here are chronicles of the days when Harvard used to win, when her victories were due to "Harvard discipline," and it does one good to read of the golden...
...Fairy Tale, For String Orchestra. Komzak...