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...well-done vehicles and it was most disappointing to have the former sing unintelligible tunes well, which were wholly out of place, and have the latter revivify all his old business, which was once pleasing, but might well have been buried long ago. One continually looked for a deus-ex-machina to appear, but he evidently was not so disposed. The settings were attractive and the chorus also, but even these essentials were not sufficient to make one leave the play-house in any frame of mind, but that he had been gulled. Who was to blame was a natural...
...Deus Salvator," (original text, "Ave Maria...
Vidit vir prudentissimus oportere homines non modo corporum viribus silvas arare, bestias opporimere feras, Indos barbaros plane superare et dominari, sed mentes hominum, puerorum praecipue, ad res divinas et optimas instituere. Intellexit quoque homines plurimum valere, si mentibus comprehendissent tum quam sapiens et amabilis esset ipse Deus, tum quam pulchro ordine haec rerum natura ab ipso esset creata. Animorum vi vivida sapientes posse, ordine divino intellecto, terram Americanam imperio suo possidere...
Harvard Hymn--"Deus omnium creator...
...highest praise. The dialogue, also, is handled with admirable directness and naturalness, and the characterization of the principal figures is excellent. Something of the same admirable restraint appears in R. J. Walsh's "Little Wanderers," which treats a difficult situation with delicacy and good taste. K. B. Townsend's "Deus ex Box Car" is marked by vivid and convincing description, and his picture of the brakeman and his wife and the happy-go-lucky youngster who "don't have to work" is skilfully drawn...