Word: authorities
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...book of the play, which is being published by the Cercle, will be out in three weeks. It contains the text as adapted for the performance by H. B. Stanton '00, together with a sketch of the life of the author, Cyrano de Bergerac, and a short notice on the play...
...Philosophy. He received his doctor's degree for special study in comparative philology, and his is the only Ph.D. ever given by Harvard for work in this branch of study. A traveling scholarship was awarded to him, and he went to Leipsic for a year. He is the author of several articles on comparative philology which have appeared from time to time in Harvard classical papers...
...have difficulty in keeping up with. It is to be regretted, however, that the subject matter in many of the articles strays so far from Cambridge. Thus there are, dealing with a different hemisphere: a noble sonnet "Rhine," a sketch, "The Symphony," whose technique leads one to believe its author a virtuoso with his fingers rather than with his pen; and an excellent Irish story told in the author's very human style...
...abrupt, rather arbitrary. Still, the story runs brisk and strong, and is filled with genuine love of windy skies and high seas. "Dolls," though anonymous, is plainly the work of some one with a trained dramatic sense and a gift for clever dialogue. One would like to see the author try his hand at an out-and-out comedy...
...versions. The course, in outline, will be a study of the rise and development of Greek tragedy and comedy, and of the theatre so far as a knowledge of these subjects is necessary to an appreciative understanding of a Greek play; the known facts in the life of the author; his plays in chronological order, as far as possible, with attention to the historical background and to the social and intellectual movements of the times; the poet's relations with contemporary and rival poets, his characteristic merits and defects as a poet, and his attitude towards the problems of life...