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...Moon Mist" is a weird and mystic tale in verse which in incomprehensible fantasy would stand alone in a collected volume of Advocate verse. The influence of Coleridge's "Ancient Mariner" is apparent, but unlike that masterpiece the melody and perfection of form are wanting...
There was a very large attendance at the foot ball practice yesterday afternoon. The grand stand at the entrance was fairly well filled and the field was lined with spectators on both sides...
...afternoon to watch the practice of the team. Last year there was a very large crowd on the field every afternoon during the closing days of the practice, and we can all remember the splendid enthusiasm of those days. The men gathered in a solid mass on the grand stand, and for every good play a great cheer went up. There was some slight cheering Tuesday afternoon, but it was half-hearted and only faintly recalled the enthusiasm of last year. There must be an improvement in this. There is no doubt whatever that the team was greatly benefited...
...poetry of the number seems to us to be below the Monthly's usual standard. Of the two poems, "The Answer" is the better. But it is decidedly inferior to what its author has done before and certainly cannot stand comparison with its author's most lately published poem, "Dolarosa," - although the diction is simple and natural and certain lines are very good. "The Builder - Science" has the double fault of extreme vagueness of thought and inaptitude of diction...
...wish peace and happiness, but how can we secure it. The conflict between the good and the bad is torture, and Christ's pure life is a terrible reproach to us. Too often a man can't stand the struggle, and sinks himself deeper in his lusts to stifle conscience. This is the true killing of Christ...