Word: young
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...plot is very complicated, the action centering around Valerio, a young fellow who "longs to swagger." He gets himself into many awkward situations, is secretly married, has a fight with bailiffs, is arrested, and makes a fool of himself because he is unable to curb his inordinate vanity. At the instigation of the villian Rynaldo, Fortunio and Valerio attempt to defraud their fathers. The denouement is most amusing and unexpected...
...Windermere Hours" has a certain charm, although the mingling of personal pronouns jars upon the ear. It is simple, and that is a quality too little thought of by young writers, apt to imagine that the more complex their sentences and the more far-fetched their comparisons the more artistic their work. The writer of the study on Rideout offends in this way: he has one sentence, if not more, that challenges the understanding and defeats...
...Einer Muss Heiraten" tells of the complications arising from the love affairs of Luise and her tow cousins, Wilhelm and Jacob Zorn, both young professors at a German university. According to their father's will one of the two must marry their cousin in order to inherit the family estate. Since neither of them is inclined to marry, the toss of a coin destines Jacob to become Luise's husband. Jacob is very bashful and Wilhelm, while aiding him to win his cousin, falls in love with Luise and wins her for himself to Jacob's great delight...
...Wendell '09, 15 ft.; W. H. Wheeler '10, 12 ft.; J. Wheelwright '10, 8 ft.; G. W. Wightman '12, 12 ft.; H. B. Willis '12, 13 ft.; H. N. Witt '12, 12 ft.; L. Wyman '11, 12 ft.; N. Yamins '11, 13 ft.; B. C. Young...
...Piper '09, 6 ft.; W. M. Rand '09, scratch; J. M. Sanderson '11, 15 ft.; E. R. Squibb '11, 9 ft.; J. Tyler '10, 12 ft.; L. Watson '10, 9 ft.; W. H. Wheeler '10, 9 ft.; G. W. Wightman '12, 15 ft.; B. L. Young 1L., 3 ft.; E. F. Ver Wiebe...