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...following is a synopsis of the plot of Le Pedant Joue...
...tells Corbineli, Charlot Granger's servant, to arrange a comedy for the celebration. Corbineli is also told to make Charlot Granger drunk in order to keep him out of the way until Genevote and Granger are married. Corbineli, who is still in league with his young master, arranges a plot by which Charlot is to feign death, as though he had been killed in a drunken brawl. Genevote is to agree to marry Granger on condition of being allowed to go through the marriage ceremony with a supposed corpse first, and at the proper time Charlot is to resuscitate. Paquier...
...phrasing used is slightly precocious, but this--if anything--adds to the charm of the story. In style, "In the Study" is the equal of any story which has appeared in the Advocate this year. "Seven Hours," by M. Seasongood '00, is not a very clever tale. Its plot is weak, and the dialect which is sprinkled through it is hardly successful. In "The Hangers -On," by L. D. Humphrey, is seen that much over worked form of the short story,--the expanded daily theme...
...clever imitation of Conan Doyle's style, the writer narrates an incident which has no part in the memoirs of the "great detective." Throughout, the story is well sustained, and, moreover, it shows a sureness of touch and a power over detail. The movement is swift and the plot is seemingly original. "A Journey's End," by C.F.C. Arensberg '01 is a conventional love story which contains some rather skilfully arranged dialogue. In "The Policeman," A. H. Gilbert '01, attempts a sympathetic treatment of low life, and, in seeking to accomplish this, he makes frequent use of cheaply sentimental phrases...
...current number of the Saturday Evening Post, Mr. Charles Macomb Flandrau '95 contributes a story of Harvard entitled "Prince Protococoff and the Press Club." Although the plot is fantastical the author has worked it up with enough probability to be very amusing. The tale is preceded by a slight introduction which brings the reader into the spirit of Harvard life which the story depicts. Mr. Flandrau has admirably pictured the careless, fun-loving type of Harvard student...