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...best poems and the poet became a man about town. Society everywhere was intriguing for place or power. But the influence of the times on literature was not wholly bad, for the wits corrected many gross faults that had come in with restoration, and brought infinite good sense with grace and terseness of expression...
...choirs of Appleton Chapel. St. Pauls Church, Boston and Grace Church, Newton, will give a concert in Tremont Temple tomorrow evening in aid of the Free Hospital for women. Beside giving the pleasure of hearing fine church music, the concert will have a distinct educational value. The growth of English church music since the time of Christopher Tye will be illustrated by a programme of ten pieces arranged in chronological order. The solo parts will be sung by Masters Macdonald, Hill and Wilcox, trebles, Mr. C. N. Sladen counter tenor, Mr. George J. Parker, tenor and Mr. Heinrich Meyn, bass...
...discussion of the question of sculpture. Besides this there are the ordinary expository articles which one meets so often in magazines, such as "The Republic of Peru," and "A Birds-Eye View of the Sahara." There is but little fiction in the number, a rather conventional story by Grace Blanchard, a sketch called "Pretty Miss Barneveld," and the conclusion of "One of a Thousand." The "curiosities." so to speak, are the fac-sim-iles of Whittier's first two printed poems, or Longfelow's sonnets to Whittier and Tennyson, and Tennyson's acknowledgment of Longfellow's sonnet...
...Ethel and Grace," however, is unsuccessful. Two childish students and a flirt don't make a pretty combination in themselves, and when they are introduced into a story with a common-place plot, and written carelessly, they have no excuse for existence. The author of "Ethel and Grace" can do much better work...
...second. The only other entry was C. R. Bardeen '93, whose work compared very favorably with McNear's. Moore was certainly entitled to first place. His giant swings, forward and back, ending with fly aways, were the features of the event and were executed with skill and grace. At the close of the contest, Bardeen, McNear and Macallister '93 gave a very difficult combination...