The Harvard Monthly
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217544320
Paperback|9780217544320
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: of humor which is sometimes satiric: but he has neither great comic nor great dramatic power. His strength lies mainly in creating a wonderfully real atmosphere and lifelike characters. The ignobly decent life is spoken of in New Grub Street as being rather depressing. It must be admitted that after reading Mr. Gissing's works, one feels somewhat depressed, somewhat less optimistic, a little less cocksure that we are all on the high road to physical, moral and intellectual perfection. But reflection makes us hopeful that there are forces which will in time ennoble the ignobly decent life; and we believe that not the least of these forces is Mr. Gissing himself. At any rate, he is a great artist; as such his fame is assured. Ernest Bcrnbaum. NIGHT.. There's a crooning in the midnight wind, Lulling all the pains of light. Flickering moonbeams, through the coverts dimmed, Mutely melodize the night. But behind this shadow-skirted maze Distant footprints softly fall. 'Tis a Presence older than the days, And the night is one and all. O. J. Campbell. THE LIMITATIONS OF GRIMES. A dance on ship-board possesses a charm that no ball-room can vie with. The isolation of the joyful little company upon the face of waters gives it a kind of fairyland effect altogether delicious. I was not dancing myself, but I stood watching the glad couples as they glided rhythmically in the gay saloon. On a sudden the band stopped, as hands will, and the hum and chatter of merriment broke out among the dancers as they moved to their seats. One girl in the throng made me regret that I was not dancing; and though I was not acquainted with her I vaguely felt that if need were I should find someone to introduce me. Her partner left her quite near to where I was and menta...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217544320 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217544320 |
| Weight | 0.53 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.37 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 158 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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