Word: gossip
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...speculation which the resignation of Goodrich from the captaincy of the 'Varsity crew has aroused, has, thanks to several of the daily papers, taken the form of accusations against the Athletic Committee for arbitrary action in removing Goodrich from his position. It is hardly necessary to say that such gossip is not only entirely unfounded, but exhibits a woeful ignorance of the machlnery of Harvard athletic management. The Athletic Committee, as we have already pointed out several times, exercises a guiding and advisory influence, leaving the execution of details to the captains and coaches of the several teams. A 'Varsity...
...Bookman (New York, Dodd, Mead and Company) for February contains the usual pages of entertaining gossip of writers and books. There is an interesting article, biographical and critical, on the late Alphonse Daudet. The controversy over the hundred best books for a village library is continued in two communications, each holding a different view. Many recent books are reviewed at length by various critics...
...current number of "The Bookman" (Doda, Mead and Company) contains a characteristic portrait of Kipling by W. Nicholson, a poem by James Lane Allen, and twenty pages of interesting literary gossip. There are also articles on miscellaneous literary subjects, London and Paris letters, reviews of new books, and chapters of a serial story. A portrait of C. M. Flandrau is accompanied by a paragraph, which says: "Harvard Episodes is not to be hastily ranked with the college story-book, which, so curiously amusing to insiders, is as curiously deceptive to outsiders...
...forecast of the season. W. B. Curtis contributes an article on "American Amateur Athletes in 1896," which contains portraits, descriptions and performances of the famous men of the year. "Prominent Trotters and Pacers," by E. B. Abercrombie, with portraits of the reigning equine monarchs, is valuable, while "A Gossip on Golf," by Horace G. Hutchinson, author of the Badminton "Golf," will appeal to enthusiasts in the popular sport. The complete story is "The Story of a Penny Pencil," by Sarah Addison Wedderburn, who displays a mastery of the pathetic. "The Canoe Camp at Grindstone," and "Racing Schooners...
...Boston weekly, shows that the miniature magaazine fad is still rampant. The little paper is a purely local affair with a considerable amount of purpose, if one may judge from the first number. Taverner, late of the Boston Post, is assisted by a Booktaster, a Story-teller, a Gossip, a Reformer, a Playgoer, and a Diletante. Beside these regular departments, Number One contains an article by Margaret Deland and poems by Louise Chandler Moulton and Marguerite Merington...