Word: copperfield
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Yesterday afternoon Mr. Copeland gave the last of his interesting and successful series of lectures and readings for the benefit of the Prospect Union. The selections from Dickens which he read were taken from "David Copperfield," "A Christmas Carol," and "A Tale of Two Cities." By special request, Mr. Copeland also read Kipling's "Christmas in India," and "The Absent-Minded Beggar...
...Copeland will give the sixth and last of his series of lectures and readings in Sever 11 at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The reading will be from Dickens and will include the scene between David and Dora from "David Copperfield," "The Cratchit's Christmas Dinner," the last pages of "A Tale of Two Cities," and David Cabwber's separation from the Micawber. The first selection from "David Copperfield" will be the adaptation made by Dickens for his own reading...
...town papers, R. D. Paine being first with about thirty publications. Eighty-nine have subscribed to all the college papers. The daily News is voted the most valuable publication, with the Literary Magazie second. Dickens, Longfellow and Mrs. Browning are voted the favorite writers in their respective fields. "David Copperfield" is accredited the best book, and "Evangeline" the best poem. Napoleon is the most admired character in history. One hundred and one preparatory schools are represented in the class, Andover being first with thirty-one. The marking system is approved, together with the elective system in its present form. Senior...
...many of the thirty were agreed. Some work of Scott's was selected by almost all, Henry Esmond by seventeen, some work of Victor Hugo's by sixteen, Vanity Fair by fifteen, Don Quixote, Middlemarch, and one of Balzac's by twelve, Tom Jones by ten, Adam Bede, David Copperfield, and one of Miss Austen's by nine, Tess of the D'Urbervilles and Kidnapped or David Balfour by seven, the Pickwick Papers and a Tale of Two Cities by six, and Gil Blas by five...
LITTLE EM'LY."Little Em'ly" at the Museum is a characterization of David Copperfield, or rather of that part of the story concerning Em'ly. The play loses by comparison with the book, but has enough substance left to lend itself well to the clever treatment of the Museum Company. The Uriah Heep of Mr. Wilson is the mainstay of the piece, though the Wilkins Micawber of Mr. Boniface is full of excellent touches. Miss Annie Clark has little to do, but as usual does it artistically. The other members of the company are uniformly good with...