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...experience and mature philosophy, Mr. D. M. Cheney wisely chooses to deal with incidents and emotions which, though not commonplace are well within his power. In "The Wizard of the Garden," he has a simple plot,--merely the growth of friendship between a lonely old man and an imaginative boy. Perhaps he has not always made the latter's talk sufficiently childlike, but possibly he was afraid thus to disturb the charming atmosphere of romanticism in which his characters dwell. His story has truth to human nature and beauty of expression. For publishing work of this quality, the editors...
...Townsend's "Fishing" and Mr. Bowles' "A Course in Journalism" are perfectly commonplace stories, unenlivened by anything in the style of their telling. Better far is Mr. Whitman's "Morning with the Army." Though if one remembers aright, it is not so good as some of his other "small-boy" stories. Mr. Biddle's "His Last Resort" is cleverly conceived and told, but too improb- able even though laid in a land broader-minded than...
...Little Boy, centre, played fullback on last year's team. He is 22 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, and weights 181 pounds...
...Theodore Roosevelt, the Boy and the Man," by Morgan...
...referred to. It is an example of a type of article of which we might well have more in college periodicals, and is specific enough in its information to be extremely useful. Mr. von Kaltenborn appears again with a well-executed translation of Daudet's telling short story, "The Boy Spy." A sonnet on William Ernest Henley by W. G. Tinckom-Fernandez betrays an enthusiastic admiration for its subject, and uses in the sextet a phrase that finely recalls one of Henley's most exquisite productions...