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There will be four judges--a member of the Faculty from each of the three Universities, and a noted writer or critic who is in no way connected with any of the universities. While the length of the manuscripts is in no way restricted, 5000 words is suggested as a reasonable limit for the short story. The winning contributions are to be published as nearly simultaneously as possible in the literary magazines of the three Universities...
...Review" contains also a short but eloquent appreciation of the life and labors of Mr. William F. Apthorp '69, long a distinguished musical critic of Boston; an excellent likeness of the late Professor John K. Paine, founder of the Department of Music in this University; a compilation by Professor Spalding of the names of Harvard graduates engaged in various musical activities; a short poem to Edwin Grasse, the blind violinist who gave a concert here not long ago; two songs by Mr. S. F. Damon '14. "To Blossoms" and "A Quoi Bon Entendre," the first preferable in mood and workmanship...
...literary criticism in the Monthly has always been one of its most distinguished features. From its beginning there have appeared in its pages from time to time critical articles of astonishing maturity and insight, more than once bearing a promise that has since been fulfilled. Of the three articles of this nature in the present issue that of Mr. C. V. Wright belongs to the best tradition. His review of Mr. Wheelock's recent volume is courageous and discriminating, and remarkably well written. It makes Mr. J. C. Macdonough's article on Emerson, itself a creditable piece of work, seem...
...graduation in 1907, he accepted a position with the Bobbs-Merrill Publishing Company as a book-reviewer. He resigned this post to edit a humorous column for the Boston Traveller, in which capacity he was so successful that at the end of a year he was appointed dramatic critic for the paper. Last year he was a prize-winner in a short-story contest conducted by one of the prominent magazines. He recently completed his first novel, entitled "Seven Keys to Baldpate," which is in the hands of the publishers now and will appear in January...
...four lectures on "Types of Modern Drama" in the Lecture Hall of the Boston Public Library this winter. The lectures are a part of the free public lectures which are given each year at the Library. A series of six lectures on "The Opera", by Mr. Olin Downes, musical critic of the Boston Post, two of which have already been given, will complete this year's series. The lectures will be practical rather than theoretical, and frequent references to current plays in Boston will add local interest...