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The undergraduates' share in the performance last night, as in the one the night before was pleasing. Shortly after 8 o'clock the Elizabethan audience made a very picturesque impression as it gathered for the play. The rush strewn pit was gradually enlivened by apprentices and citizens, burghers with their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HAMLET AGAIN GIVEN | 4/7/1904 | See Source »

Of the three pieces of fiction in the number, the story entitled "'Yaller' Igo," is the most skilful; the narrator knows his subject and presents his situation picturesquely. "Carter, Correspondent," if not permanently significant, is clever and within its limits, entertaining. The interest in "The Hunger of Phocides" does not...

Author: By Carleton Noyks., | Title: The February Monthly. | 2/6/1904 | See Source »

A quartet from the Florida Academy, Jacksonville, Florida, gave a pleasing concert in the Living Room of the Union last night. They sang a number of plantation melodies and religious songs, ending with a patriotic song written by a former instructor in the Academy. Mr. A. C. Crooms also read...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Concert by Florida Academy Quartet. | 11/17/1903 | See Source »

The drawings are less successful than the reading matter. The centre-page illustration is certainly striking; but it does not make good. There are excellent details; much character is expressed in the energetic drawing of the figures crowding through the doorways. But the picture does not compose as a whole...

Author: By Carleton Noyes., | Title: Lampoon Criticism by Mr. Noyes. | 11/13/1903 | See Source »

Of the acting, scarcely too much can be said. Graceful, and charming, appealing alike in moments of seriousness and gaiety. Miss Matthison gave a portrayal of Rosalind that satisfied one's desires and ideas for the character, even while it enlarged the consciousness of what these ideals might be. Mr...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHARMINGLY PRESENTED PLAYS. | 6/2/1903 | See Source »

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