Word: tragically
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...however, to be commended for the vivacity of their action. This quality, and a certain unpretentious sincerity of style makes "Ike Peavey, a Bushwhacker," by G. H. Scull, decidedly pleasant reading in spite of its length and of its touches of improbability. Two other tales of a highly tragic nature are "As Told by the First Mate," and "The Dread of the Deep...
...Strange Story," by D. Winter, seems to have been rightly named, for it is unreal in the extreme. The author, after leading his readers through a mass of unreality to a tragic climax, leaves off abruptly, offering no clue of any kind to the mystery. The stroy is ineffective largely on this account...
...acts. The third act shows a scene in Drury Lane Theatre, with a distant view of the stage, where may be seen Trilby and the orchestra leader. The tumult aroused by her failure to sing and the subsequent death of Svengali end this act. The fourth act depicts the tragic death of Trilby...
...have received a word of praise from Henry James. He is as dangerous a model for young writers to follow as could well be found. He has so many subtle things to say that he often becomes deeply involved in the saying of them. In "The Tragic Muse," Mr. James's best known novel, he divides himself from the rest of the literary fraternity by his enthusiasm for the art of acting. In this work he has not only given us a comment on the theatre, but also a living character in the person of the actress heroine...
...among Harvard men today. The sad accident of last week came like a shock to the whole University, and the days that followed were filled with anxious forebodings. Now that the last hope has gone, there is universal mourning both by the faculty and the students. Nothing is more tragic than that a life should be cut off just as it was growing into its full vigor, when the powers that had been gathering for a score of years were making ready for actual work in the life of the world, when all had promise and the fulfillment seemed just...