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...rather turgid sonnet on "Evangline" begins the number; then, after the editorials, a rather powerful story, the treatment of which is new, though the phraseology is somewhat stiff and threadbare. Following are three sweet, dreamy stanzas, entitled "Homeward." They improve on second reading, and with the couplets headed "Another Answer," bring the verse of this issue much above the average. Between the these two intervenes a not very pointed and somewhat cynical story, "Broen's Mistake." It has one fatal fault that it is not true to nature; now who does write truely cannot act truely, and his work...
...have become more and more dramatic, come to a blood-curdling conclusion. In this, the last chapter, the outlines are very strongly drawn, but there is too little detail. The memory of the story is better than the reading for that reason. Next are some verses entitled "Valentine;" very sweet, though the subject is not of yesterday...
...would go to ??? ton or wherever else there dwelt ??? maidens and serenade them. T ??? were the days of chivalry, and ??? players were amply rewarded by the rustling of a blind or the raising of a sash. Not infrequently the Sodality serenaded the wrong house, as when they uttered their sweet music to the attentive ears of Judge X's servant-maids while his fair daughters were at Judge Y's dance...
...University band will discourse sweet strains at the winter meeting of the Athletic Association. - Cornell...
...Country Frolic" is a jolly life-like sketch, almost making one see the party at the "Forge." There would have been no diminution of the general effect of the sketch, if the conclusion had not contained the almost inevitable and common reference to a marriage. "Uncle Joe" is a sweet little story on a rather threadbare theme. However, it has the merit of not containing mechanical sentimentality and stilted dialogue, which are the common characteristics of college literature of this kind. The daily themes do not seem so well selected as those in the last number, although they are interesting...