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The prose is on the whole better than the verse. The anonymous "Note on Carlyle," whether its doctrine is acceptable or not, shows competence and vigor. Mr. Fisher's "Lanky" is an unusually good story, exhibiting in a small space some skill in plot, character, setting and surprise. Mr. Scholle...
Barrett Wendell's retirement from active teaching will be regretted by many more than the students who have actually come under his instruction at Harvard. Few educators have made a greater impression as up-to-date thinkers. Professor Wendell's basic belief is that the English language is a living...
Perhaps the most striking thing about the December Monthly is that every bit of it is well written. There is not one bad thing in the number, and the good things show a really surprising command of language. Yet there is nothing very notable in the collection, one receives the...
During his speech in Sanders Theatre, Mr. Ian Hay Beith paid a splendid tribute to the motives of generosity and heroism which have prompted so many Harvard men to devote themselves to the service of the American Ambulance in France. This is good evidence of the impression which the work...
The hypochondriac confuses the insurance agent and his friend, and promises him his daughter under the impression that he is making an insurance contract, "payments quarterly"