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...Poems. Miss Lowell treats as a skilled gardener does a rosebush he is transplanting: what the world sees ?leaf, thorn, flower?she deftly appraises; what few can see?the seed that springs in mystery, the slow roots thrusting through the dark of the mind to flower in beauty?she reveals with psychology for her spade. By this method, she puts the whole of Endymion through psychological reconstruction; explains why the Ode to a Grecian Urn is a "flawless example of clear, unvexed, wide-eyed beauty"; the Ode to a Nightingale "a no less perfect presentation of absolute magic...
...From the Dark Continent comes a gleam of light, along the Capetown cable. The Union of South Africa has requested the King of England to refrain in the future from conferring orders and distinctions upon its citizens...
...Dark Angel. Michael Aden's first play sustains that singular Armenian's record for tart diversion. For The Dark Angel was obviously written by Michael Arlen, despite the credit of the playbill to H. B. Trevelyan. The technic may be Guy Bolton's (who wove the structure, we are told) but lines such as "She always liked small hats," no one would write but Author Arlen...
...blind soldier and his old love. The authors have not entirely evaded its treacherous softnesses. Yet they have found a sound solution and filled the evening with tense moments cut by keen-edged lines. These circumstances added to exceptionally able performances by Patricia Collinge and Reginald Mason, put The Dark Angel among the finely flavored few that should be tasted...
...four animals of splendid family, physique and decorum. To gain entrance into that final class, a dog must have been recognized as superior to all other dogs of his kind. The four were: Governor Moscow, pointer, owned by Robert F. Maloney-a lean, piebald dog, massive-boned, with dark shelves under his eyes indicating his aristocratic birth. His tail stood out behind him like a dandy's cane, lacquered in black and white...