Word: tales
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...legend: the country, its forest, its rocky shores, are peopled with fairies, sirens, and heroes, and the Breton genius has stamped them with a mystery all its own. To believe, one has but to read the works of Luzel. Its national legends are unparalleled, as for instance the tale of the lost city of Iv, whose bells are always ringing beneath...
Aeschylus' "Agamemnon," which will be given in the Stadium on June 16 and 19, is the tragic tale of the great leader of the host against Troy. Agamemnon, after ten years of absence from Troy, returns at the beginning of the trilogy to find his queen, Clytaemestra, living with her paramour, Aegisthus. The king, however, brings the captive Trojan priestess, Cassandra, in his train, and if the queen is guilty, her lord is not free from blame. The most dramatic scene of the play is that in which Cassandra before the palace doors vividly foresees the fate that awaits both...
...LECTURE. "The Folk-Tale in Ireland," Dr. Douglas Hyde, President of the Gaelic League. New Lecture Hall...
...Douglas Hyde will deliver a lecture on "Folk-tale in Ireland" next Monday evening at 8 o'clock in the New Lecture Hall...
...Monthly for April, which appears today, contains the following articles: "The Dormitory Problem"; "The Countess' Birthday," by H. H. Harbour '06; "The Forest," by C. T. Ryder '06; "A Tale That is Told," by L. B. Hall '05; "Consummation," by H. Hagedorn, Jr., '07; Mr. Kipling's Latest," by G. E. Fuller '05; "The Voyagers," by H. A. Bellows '06; "April," by H. H. S. H.; "The Elective System," by T. H. T.; "The Sovereign Spoiler," by S. Hale '05; "The Mermaid," by E. Royce '07; editorials and book notices...