Word: tales
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...trifle, Mr. Hurst's and Mr. Peterson's stories meritorious though not distinguished; the poetry is worth reading, Mr. Mariett's "Cat Tails", in fact, is remarkably careful in its observation of nature and skillful in its metrical construction, and the best thing in the number, Mr. Byng's "Tale of the Lowlands", convinces the reader that the author is really familiar with the material out of which he made his little tragedy so pathetic in its loneliness...
...call the attention of the undergraduate body to the performance of Humperdink's opera, "Haensel and Gretel," at the Boston Opera House, tomorrow afternoon. This opera is one of the most delighful of the modern German productions, the text being taken from a well-known German fairy-tale which combines both humor and pathos. The music abounds in light, sparkling tunes, and the orchestration is notable both for its richness and variety, Humperdink being acknowledged one of the most gifted of the modern writera...
...reprint of "Commencement Day in History," a Commencement part by Charles R. Joy '08, is particularly interesting in view of the considerable changes planned for the Commencement calendar. The intimate anecdotal tale of Harvard's past is perennially attractive; but the devotees of Class Day spreads wonders if the Corporation could have imagined the horrors of lobster salad a la Beck when in 1693 they passed the following vote: "Having been informed that the custom taken up in the College, not used in any other universities (!) for the commencers to have plum-cake, is dishonorable to the College, not grateful...
...stories of Mme. Saumon's pension on Eliot street, is too obvious in plot and only near-English in style. The tone suggested by the first line, "Dulling their background like two pearls in a cabbage patch," is fortunately not maintained throughout. A sketch, Mr. Skinner's Indian tale "The Love of a Friend," is simple and good. Perhaps the Apache saying which heads it--"Any man can slay an enemy, but only an Apache is brave enough to kill a friend"--anticipates too much the conclusion...
...Waltz, "Tale from Hoffman...