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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...simple and graceful style, has treated his subjects not as historical figures, but as living men and women. The sketches of Ulysses S. Grant, Wendell Phillips, and Theodore Parker are thoughtful and appreciative, and the reminiscences of John Holmes are written in a happy vein. Two articles of exceptional interest are those entitled, "An Evening with Mrs. Hawthorne" and "A Visit to John Brown's Household...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book Review. | 12/20/1899 | See Source »

...Blair's course of modern dramas, "Ties" (Les Teuailles), by Paul Hervieu, was given at the Tremont Theatre, yesterday afternoon. The play itself is representative of the tendencies of the modern French drama, and, as in many of its class, the author has been led by the purely psychological interest of his plot to overdraw his principal character, Robert Fergan, and to suit the demands of his climax rather than to fit the climax to his character. With this climax still in view, he has brought in a period of ten years between the second and third acts, which even...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. John Blair's Play. | 12/20/1899 | See Source »

...preliminary plans of the Harvard Union have been prepared in accordance with the suggestions made by a committee which met at Major Higginson's some weeks ago. While these plans embody the ideas of many people interested in the success of the Union, they are subject to change and a description is thought to be of interest, particularly if the graduates and students are willing to write their own ideas for the benefit of the committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD UNION | 12/16/1899 | See Source »

...object of these conventions is to discuss methods of gymnastic instruction and matters of interest regarding physical education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gymnastic Convention | 12/14/1899 | See Source »

...systematized. The debates will also be made as public as possible, not only to make it more worth while to be a representative of a team, but also to give the men more assurance when they speak before large audience. Formality in choosing the men will widen the interest in the clubs. These changes from the policy pursued in previous years are so radical, that a decided revival in debating is expected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Notes. | 12/8/1899 | See Source »

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