Word: vividness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...organization, not to mention heroism, involved in the maintenance of the medical service at the front. If for this alone the book should be read. Dr. Derby has, however, done much more than tell us of his own arm of the service; he has given a very vital and vivid picture of the 2nd Division...
...Erasmus Montanus" is a much older play than the other, and as such is de- pendent for its effect largely upon a vivid portrayal of character. Erasmus, the principal character, is a young man who has been educated out of his station, and returned, priggish and conceited to his humble parents. The fall of his pride and his final humility are the themes around which the play is built. V. P. Williamson Unc., as Peer, who is a pretentious deacon, also plays an important role. Jeppe, Nille, and Jacob, in the parts of rustic country people, take a large share...
...comedies, require entirely different types of acting. The former, by Lord Dunsany, requires almost no strong delineation of character, but the subtlety of dialogue demands a nice rendition of the lines. "Erasmus Montanus," on the other hand, being an old comedy, is dependent for its effect almost entirely on vivid portrayal of character...
...Yankee ruggedness and good humor, which neither the former nor the latter could have achieved. His drawing is at once broad and sure; his characterization is, excellent. In "The Territorial", in Veterans of the Marne", and in "The Family With Whom I Lived in Soissons", it is the vivid rendering of types,--be they Yanks, Zouaves, Moroccans, Poilus or peasants,--which gives the book charm and significance. It is a high-hearted book, both verse and pictures making the best of a bad business...
...Second Shot," Mr. Gavit has painted a vivid war scene, a picture so realistic in its dialogue; so skillfully drawn, as to make the story perhaps the issue's best. Mr. Slingerland's "Fifty Below," except for a few spots of rather stilted conversation, is estimable. Interesting, but at times slightly artificial and overdone, is the third story of the number, Mr. Cutler's highly-colored "A Respectable Girl...