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Poor Butterfield was not in his element at the reception given by Mrs. De Sorosis. Although the variety of costume worn on that occasion made his double-breasted jacket less conspicuous than it would have been at most evening entertainments of a like character, still he began to feel that...
...forget the world, are in a forced and unnatural state, is obvious." A thought that might seem startling, if one did not reflect that the same objection has stood for two centuries, and Harvard has not yet seen fit to abandon her theory of college organization. The writer characterizes the "dig" or "hard student, with absorbed look and unelastic step, the probable consequence of his labors and his watching," and then the sport, "the neglecter of his lesson, with his fine clothes, his gay air, and genteel manners, and the fame of his merry-makings." Dismal are his conclusions drawn...
A writer in the Pall Mall Gazette, apparently by way of apologizing for Irving's maturity of aspect in the character, sets forth the fact that "Romeo's age is nowhere exactly defined. He is called 'young Romeo,' and no more." But surely that would be enough, even if there...
The long-awaited piano-forte recitals by Prof. Paine are at last announced. The first recital will be given in Boylston Hall next Friday; the next is announced for May 12. It is to be feared lest Boylston Hall will prove too small to accommodate the audience that these entertainments...
A long satirical poem, curiously called "The Ad," which runs throughout the volume and which is credited to Everett, is conducted with much spirit through its long course. I cannot describe it; it is rambling and incoherent and professedly a local satire. It is in heroic couplets, and Mr. J...