Word: writings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...book contains all the technical information that a mechanical engineer in general practice is likely to desire, presented, in the most concise form possible, by specialists whose experience permits them to write authoritatively. It is intended for those in search of specific information...
...this moment Hackett seems to have been content to write the meaning of Shakespeare's regicide, fumbling with his destiny in a large, sprawling handwriting. When he finally blazes forth he telegraphs. It is Shakespeare done in the towering manner of the old school, in which the star is slow to anger, but a hellion when roused. It is a wellrounded, extremely solid conception, wherein Hackett lets his audience warm up gradually, like a motor. He has made of Macbeth a statuesque memorial to the darkling souls of usurpers the world over...
Here is a woman who has two great gifts; first, the gift of story telling, second, the gift of looking deep into life and understanding it analytically as well as emotionally. When these two gifts are combined in her work, I fancy that she will write a novel which will not only be as popular as her others, but will challenge the laurels of our older women novelists...
...public, being the public, is divided. Said Jay E. House, colyumist for the Philadelphia Public Ledger: "It was inevitable, of course, that Mr. O'Neill finally would write a play about marriage between the whites and blacks. He has already written plays about nearly all the other revolting topics...
...write frankly of Mr. O'Neill for the reason that the spectacle of soiled fingers searching a dead man's chest for fleas does not intrigue us. But it is perfectly all right for those who like that sort of thing...