Word: vividness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Dana's "That Day in Africa," is a vivid account of a hunting trip. It contains some first rate "out-of-door" writing-and one cannot doubt that it is as true as its sub-title says...
...Lamont's descriptive essay on Pekin leaves the reader with vivid impressions, of swarming Oriental crowds, of a blue-tiled temple roof, of the distant throbbing of a great drum. So well rendered is its portrayal of the city's Kaleidoscopic charm and immemorial antiquity, that one wishes the narrative strain of its opening had been more consistently sustained...
...Hopkinson Smith, lecturing in the Union last night, made several vivid contrasts between life at the present day, and that in the South before the war. Urging the avoidance of too much work, Mr. Smith pointed out the advantages of a less hurried life, and the spending of time and money in pursuits that make life worth living. He said that the curse of our generation is the craze for money...
...Emerson last spoke at the University in 1906, when he told of his experiences in Manchuria. His talk tonight, which is to be illustrated by moving pictures and stereopticon slides taken at the front, will give a vivid picture of present conditions in Europe...
When Mr. Emerson last lectured here in 1906 he told of thrilling adventures in "Running the Port Arthur Blockade." His experiences in East Prussia and Poland have also been extremely exciting and his talk should give a vivid picture of present war conditions...