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Another volume by Lucius Beebe '27, one of Harvard's most fruitful undergraduate authors, has found its way into print. "Francois Villon Certain Aspects, is the name of the new work, which has just appeared in a limited edition. It is a critical essay on Villon's place in French poetry of the fifteenth century, and an estimate of his influence on subsequent French versifiers...
...hero dies from natural causes; but the drama of Burns is the drama of his spirit. Mr. Drinkwater has "cribbed," freely and wisely, from Burns' poetry,* but so well that the play is not just a setting for its songs. Probably no other poet's life (excepting Villon's) could be dramatized with the use of so much of his poetry without artificiality. Burns' songs were, however, part of him, and they rise naturally from his lips?such songs...
...season a strong market for good operetta, well costumed and well sung. To serve this trade, an old romance, If I Were King, was dug up, dusted off and set to some particularly good music by Rudolph Friml. It is a story of France under Louis XI, when Francois Villon, poet and leader of the underworld, was presented with the throne for 24 hours. He loves a noble lady and he defies the force of hostile Burgundy encamped without the gates. The story seemed ideally suited to this type of entertainment; the characters generally suited, vocally and otherwise, to their...
...Villon Were King," Justin McCarthy; Harry Morss Neuburger...
...most prominent undergraduate authors in the country. Although only 21 years of age he has already had the above two books of verse published and at present has another work on the press, which will appear in the spring. This is a translation and short biography of "Francois Villon...