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...love; there comes home to him those other feelings and impulses of youth, and so he does not write only of a theme to which college poets have so long devoted their talent and occasional genius, that, despite the universality of the tender sentiment, they have made it pall upon us and caused us to hear with pleasure the other notes that come home to our hearts from "the harp-strings by nature's palm so joyous struck," to use Mr. Hudgens' own words...
...writer in the Pall Mall Gazette, apparently by way of apologizing for Irving's maturity of aspect in the character, sets forth the fact that "Romeo's age is nowhere exactly defined. He is called 'young Romeo,' and no more." But surely that would be enough, even if there were no other indications in the text of Romeo's youthfulness, and there are several. The whole tragedy, indeed, may be described, and even explained, as a story of youthful passion. The same critic objects that the balcony is always so high. Usually, however, the balcony is so low that...
...Lowell, the United States minister, will be one of the pall-bearers at the funeral of Mr. Darwin...
...Oxoniensis" writes to the Pall Mall Gazette: "A fire is everywhere dangerous enough; but in the colleges of our older universities it has risks of its own. Twice within the last few months has a set of rooms at Oxford been burned. In the fire at Baliol College the occupant was, I believe, only saved from a terrible death by the fortunate fact that his bedroom had two doors to it. As you are doubtless aware, according to the general arrangement, the bedroom opens only into the sitting-room. Had he been sleeping in a room on this plan...
...Pall Mall Gazette appeared yesterday as a penny paper...