Word: childhood
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale Lit. is 50 years old. It as yet shows no sign of an approaching second childhood...
...feeling is not sustained enough, and the situations fail to give their proper effect-the real effect produced on the reader being a slight sense of artificiality, Such a description of Beverly's character as is given in the first chapter by repeating a few stories of his childhood seems not only totally unnecessary, but entirely out of accord with the main tone of the book...
...number. Oliver Wendell Holmes begins a series of papers (to be continued throughout the year) entitled "A New Portfolio," and the first number is full of the old time charm, wit, pathos, and other delightful qualities of the genial Autocrat. Articles of literary interest are a thoughtful study of "Childhood in Greek and Roman Literature," by Horace E. Scudder; and a paper by Richard Grant White on "The H Malady in England." Two pictures of New England life-"A Salem Dame School," and "Winter Days," are of interest; and these, with a short story by Frank R. Stockton; poetry...
...character of some of Judge Turgee's works. The story is divided into two parts; the first represents the unavailing attempts of a Northern man to overcome Southern prejudice, the record shows the impossibility of freeing a Southern man from the bigoted views which he has been taught from childhood. Immediately after the war, characters such as are described in the book undoubtedly existed in large numbers. but the tendency of latter years has been to soften these rabid sectional views. The work, although slightly overdrawn, is full of life and incident, and ranks with the average reconstruction novel...
...general, members are requested to write their genealogy some what in detail, telling all of their relatives that may have been famous, their father's business, mother's maiden name, and the residence of both. Next, stating your birth-place, you are invited to chronicle all precocious traits of childhood; your early school days; place of preparing for college, and all honors received at entrance. Mention the name of your chum; the place you roomed at; the college societies you have belonged to and offices you have held under them, and all athletic contests in which you have participated...