Word: essays
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...After the Play," by A. Z. Reed, is well done. One wishes to see it acted. F. Curtis contributes a critical essay on "The Supernaturalism of Scott and Colleridge." The comparison is interesting although rather harsh upon Scott...
...article entitled "Napoleon on Himself," to be found in the January number of the Nineteenth Century. This article contains some hitherto unpublished statements, made by Napoleon on the subject of the affair of the Duc D' Enghien. The prize of $150 is offered by Mr. Ropes for the best essay upon "The execution of the Duc d'Enghien...
...carefully written and thoughtfully studied essay on Wordsworth's Ode on Immortality is contributed by Alfred D. Sheffield. It shows Wordsworth's keen appreciation of the significance of the connection between nature and child life. In contemplating childhood, says the writer, Wordsworth drew "an assurance that man's high instincts are then undimmed, that the mist between him and God is then 'a pure transparency...
...memory of Mrs. Sarah Alden Ripley. A new scholarship, just founded, bears the name of the president, Elizabeth Cary Agassiz. The Massachusetts Society of Colonial Dames also offers for the first time a prize of not less than fifty, nor more than one hundred, dollars for the best essay of sufficient merit on some subject connected with the Colonial History of New England...
...founded at the University of Pennsylvania by Henry C. Terry, a prominent member of the Philadelphia bar, in memory of his son, Willis Terry. Four of these prizes are to be awarded for the best standing in each of the four college classes, and the fifth for the best essay by a member of the Senior class...