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Both from the standpoint of workmanship and plot, "Bess," by R. T. French, takes first place among the stories in the last Advocate. The style is careful, great attention being paid to little points and delicate touches, and yet the whole story is complete and well-rounded...
...Ethel and Grace," however, is unsuccessful. Two childish students and a flirt don't make a pretty combination in themselves, and when they are introduced into a story with a common-place plot, and written carelessly, they have no excuse for existence. The author of "Ethel and Grace" can do much better work...
...Philosophy of the Unconscious" is trite in its plot and is rather long drawn...
...tersely designates Duluth - should take an expelled Yale junior for the Republican candidate for Governor of the State, and a Colonel at that certainly reflects small credit on the people of that city. The comedy of errors which ensues is amusing but the extreme incongruousness of the plot rather vitiates the effect of the whole...
...Wicked Flee When no Man Pursueth" is a character sketch of country life, rather clever in its plot, and naturally related...