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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...
...number is taken up by two stories, an essay, and the editorial,- the usual verse being wanting. The first story, "Elsie's Paladin," is a fanciful tale of a boy and a girl, two playmates,-a half-fairy-story in which there is a touch of the weird and fantastic German folk-lore. The first page of the story reminds one of Hawthorne's "Ethan Brand." While the scene of the tale is faid in New England, the names of the characters, the incidents and peculiarities of treatment are entirely German, and bring to the mind's eye the "Black...
...stories have weird and harrowing touches. Both are well written, but "The Last Waltz of the late Joseph Merrihew," has a greater claim to originality. The plot of this and the dialogue are both effective. The last paragraph, however, is not necessary for completeness, and might better have been omitted, as it tends to an anticlimax...
...Agnes Repplier, a thoughtful article on politics entitled "The Spirit of American Politics as shown in the Late Election," by Charles W. Clark, and "Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries." The poetry of the number is "Brianda de Bardaxi," by Henry C. Lea, which is a weird description of the fate of Circe's victims...
...Scherzo capriccioso by Dvorak was given in Boston four weeks ago and was well received. It has the effect of a weird dance, and is very characteristic. The waltz movement is very strongly marked, while the harp obligato gives it a flowing effect. The work of the fluters in duett was very fine in this number...