Word: mrs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...visit Harvard and Radcliffe under guidance of the history clubs of the two colleges. At 3.30, the President and Corporation of Radcliffe will give the ladies who attend the convention a tea in Fay House. Miss Alice Longfellow will then hold a reception at Craigie House. At the tea, Mrs. Louis Agassiz, president of Radcliffe, and Miss Longfellow will read papers, the former an "Address of Welcome," and the latter the "History of the Craigie House...
...subjects not as historical figures, but as living men and women. The sketches of Ulysses S. Grant, Wendell Phillips, and Theodore Parker are thoughtful and appreciative, and the reminiscences of John Holmes are written in a happy vein. Two articles of exceptional interest are those entitled, "An Evening with Mrs. Hawthorne" and "A Visit to John Brown's Household...
...interpretation was of an order rarely seen on a Boston stage. Mr. Blair's conception of Robert Fergan was virile and not unsympathetic, and his acting was finished to the highest degree. His support was of exceptional strength and evenness. Miss Kahn resembles Mrs. Fiske in the naturalness of her method; Mr. Lewis, as Michael Daverines, though a trifle stiff, and not altogether convincing, made the most of a thankless and difficult part; and Miss Harrington and Mr. Anderson played the colorless sister and brother-in-law with excellent taste. But, on the whole, the cast failed in only...
...large audience listened yesterday afternoon to Mr. Copeland's lecture on Dickens. He contrasted Dickens to Fielding and Thackeray, and compared him with Smollet. He also spoke of Dickens' individual qualities, and took up in some detail the characteristics of Mrs. Gamp, the Micawbers, Dick Swiveller and Captain Cuttle...
...Copeland will give a reading from Thackeray this afternoon in Sever 11 at four o'clock. This is the fourth of the series of readings and lectures given by Mr. Copeland for the benefit of the Prospect Union. The reading will include selections from "Henry Esmond," "Music at Mrs. Ponto's from "The Book of Snobs," and a number of Thackeray's poems including the "Ballad of Bouillabaisse." Tickets for fifty cents may be obtained at the door...