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Robert Louis Stevenson was first heard of, Mr. Copeland said, through "Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde," though a few had known him before as the author of "An Inland Voyage." He was a neoromantic writer and cared nothing for the affairs of the day. Mr. Stevenson was not a great novelist. This is attributable partly to the fact that he did not write of women or for women. Although women appear in his stories, it was not until "David Balfour" that he introduces a woman who interests us. To be a really great novelist, a writer must deal with more...
...exaggeration to say that their playing last night surpassed all that they have done before. Both of the Mandolin Club's selections were played with admirable expression and the "Darktown Patrol" of the Banjo Club was as clever a piece of banjo work as is often heard...
...tackled him, both of us being on the dead run. I made a diving tackle, jumping and tackling him about the knees. He fell on his side, falling towards Harvard's goal. It was a hard tackle, Wrightington striking the ground heavily. Before I made the tackle I heard Hinkey some distance behind me shouting to me to tackle Wrightington. Wrightington got up almost immediately, working his shoulder. I had heard the umpire's whistle for Harvard's off-side play and when I looked back I saw Hinkey for the first time during that play fully 10 yards back...
...large as last year and vastly more enthusiastic, and for once Harvard outdid Yale in cheering. The Yale side was strangely quiet, and only came to life when one of those streaks of luck appeared, and it was then only that it had any call to make itself heard...
...College in the team's ability to win. The daily papers have contained startling accounts of Yale's strength, while by reason of the strict secrecy to which all the Harvard players have been bound, no rumors of wonderful plays, such as were current last year, have been heard. And so already a few of the fainter hearted have begun to tell their friends confidentially that Harvard has not a ghost of a chance...