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...fiction. "The Big Violin" by L. Simonson does not realize the possibilities of a good idea. Mr. Simonson sought to show in a stolid Teuton character the triumph of idealism over a materialistic environment, in connection with the conjuring of a masculine spirit out of a bass viol. He finally puts into the mouth of his chief speaker an expression of confidence in this triumph which his readers will hardly share. The characters are flimsy, the narrative is not well articulated, and the style is crude. If one must quote Ger- man, one ought to get it straight...
...Ronimus '03, W. H. Thompson '03, N. A. Edwards '04, G. B. Clarke '04, R. S. Coutant '03, H. C. Morris '03; 'cellos--P. M. Brown '02, L. P. Burnham '02, P. H. Kelsey '02, E. P. Cole '04; violas--C. A. Hosmer '02, F. Dohs; bass viol--H. Cole; flute--J. H. Shirk '02; clarionets--H. C. Boynton 2G., J. S. Allen 2L., L. C. Lakeman '04; french horn--E. N. Clark 3S.; cornet--L. R. Steer '03; trombones--J. Murray '03, H. S. Wescott '04; drum--F. S. Shepard...
Lamson, Wolffe and Co. have issued a pretty little volume in conjunction with John Lane of London. It is called "The Viol of Love," a collection of poems by Charles Newton-Robinson. The poems are symbolistic and vaguely remind one of Verlaine. Several translations and paraphrases of Horace are extremely well done...
Players on the following instruments are needed to fill vacancies in the orchestra, to wit.: Viola, bass viol, clarinet, French horn, trombone, bass tube and oboe. On most of the above, more than one player is needed. Any man who can play any of the above mentioned instruments is requested to send his name and address to the leader of the Pierian, who will take him on for trial. Address, A. P. Hebard, 14 Ware Hall...
...knows almost everything that he ought to know, and everything that he ought not to. And Squibble, who has seen you talking to Jones, tells you how delightfully Miss Rosalie is taking him in; and how her husband - the fat man with the red nose who plays the bass-viol - has been full every night for a week on the proceeds of Jones's bracelet...