Word: vein
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Short Essay on the Practical Uses of Political Economy" is a poem written in perhaps too light a vein to appear in the Advocate. It possesses positive merits in movement and in point, but shows hasty work...
...Lanford, in his paper "Of Interest to Idlers" suggests in a light vein that many men in college instead of trifling unsuccessfully with Boston society or athletics, 'might gracefully be idle if they would only renounce custom, and do what really pleased themselves...
...story of the Absent-minded Man and the Parasol" is interesting and amusing. The ending is unexpected, and in a happy vein...
...Davis contributes an amusing story called "A Legend of Mugiwassit." It is successful as being in a new vein and is both interesting and readable. The gravity under which the improbability of the plot is hidden adds greatly to the effect...
...parable of "The Little Game of the Blue Hound" is very bright, though that particular vein of humor is about exhausted. The daily themes cover a variety of topics, and as a whole are good. The publication of the first might be considered in rather questionable taste, if the paper were intended for general circulation...