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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...George Eliot's Ethics" is interesting, if not new, as almost nothing about George Eliot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Monthly | 6/13/1890 | See Source »

...communication published in our columns yesterday deserves the attention of all freshmen. The class ought to give good support to their nine when it goes to New Haven. Many men who will be through or almost through their examinations can give their time, and others can spare a day for the trip. The nine has won the first game against Yale. With proper support there ought to be no question of the second. Judged by the number of university players on the team, no class for years has had so good a prospect of winning. The team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/12/1890 | See Source »

...Almost every member of the faculty has subscribed to the Sawin Memorial Fund. The sum contributed by them amounts to about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 6/6/1890 | See Source »

...yards brought out almost the same men as the shorter sprint did. Sherrill and Cary ran in the first heat, Cary winning in 22 2-5 sec., Sherrill being a good second. The second heat went to Robinson of Yale in 23 sec., Vredenburgh second. The final heat was a grand struggle between Sherrill and Cary, the former winning by two feet in 22 1-5 sec., 1-5 of a second better than the intercollegiate record held by him. Robinson of Yale again took third place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mott Haven Games. | 6/2/1890 | See Source »

...that "fact and fable contend for the field" is successfully treated as the foundation of a novel, yet this book brings out the customs and conditions of Babylon at the time of Nebuchadnezzar and Daniel in a clear and entertaining manner. The story leaves a vivid impression of the almost superhuman hower of the Babylonian kings...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book Notice. | 5/28/1890 | See Source »

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