Word: tales
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fiction is not up to the standard of the more solid portion of the number. "The Tryst of the Princess Yvonne" is ambitious, but the ambition has not o'erleapt itself; indeed, it has fallen very short. The dramatic situations fall to stand up, and the ending of the tale leaves' the reader quite unmoved. The"Cupid in Yorkshire," by E. W. Huckel, is very much better, but might more properly have been entitled "The Precocious Child," for the powers of observation and reasoning displayed by the supposed narrator, are of a high order, and are properly recognized...
...afternoon on Tuesdays beginning March 3. these lectures will be open to the public. Their subjects will be as follows; March 3, "The Romantic School and Its Aims"; March 10, "Romanticism and Symbolism"; March 17, "Romanticism and Nature"; March 24, "Romanticism and the Fairy Tale"; March 31, "The Golden Age and the Blue Flower"; April 7, "Romanticism, Patriotism, and Cosmopolitanism...
...should think twice before alleging that an "ice-water pitcher" was among the wedding presents of a German youth betrothed to the daughter of a Delicatessenhaendler. Mr. K. B. Townsend, on the contrary, has given us in his short story, entitled "In a Field," an uncommonly artistic and vivacious tale of two people in whom we can readily believe, and about whose subsequent fate we should be glad to hear more. Mr. L. Grandgent's "In old New England" is, finally, as its title indicates, a historical narrative, based, I suppose, upon the traditions of the Maine town of Pemaquid...
Both the music and the libretto were written by Professor Paine. The story is founded on the old Provencal tale of "Aucassin et Nicollette, and the scene is laid in Provence at the time of the early Crusades. Azara is a Moorish princess, who was brought from Spain in her infancy, and with whom, Gontran, the son of the King of Provence, falls in love. Rainuls, the King, separates the two lovers, as he desires Azara for himself. Malek, a Moorish chief, whom Gontran has conquered in battle but set at liberty again, finds that Azara is the daughter...
...Larry of Ballycracket" by K. B. Townsend '08 is an engaging tale, pleasantly fresh and genial. "The Irony of the Office," by A. Whitman '09 is unexpectedly effective at the end, and one re-reads the story to discover that this effect is on the whole well-planned. "The Crafty Mrs. Carton," by E. B. Sheldon '08, despite its hackneyed theme, is marked notably by wit and artistic restraint. "A Sermon for Lent, by F. Schenck '09, is original, thoughtful, and pointed. "Romola," by H. Powel, Jr., '08, shows narrative power in the writer, but needs revision. As has been...