Word: america
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...life of Christopher Columbus by Dr. Justin Winsor, Librarian of the university, deals with the discoverer of America in a manner essentially different from that of any other author on the subject. The aim seems to have been to present carefully collected facts in a way which will enable the reader to form the most real and accurate idea possible of Columbus as a man. Few men have been more written about and had more romances invented to fill out what they ought to have been, but in this work, special pains have been taken to separate the legends from...
...great interest of Columbus and his companions in the discovery of America was to find gold in the new land. It was this excessive desire for money and for recognition of his services to Spain which disclosed to the court that he was an insincere man and not capable of following out to advantage the discoveries he had made. This is the reason why he was not treated with more consideration by Ferdinand and Isabella. Speaking of his weaknesses Dr. Winsor says: "When we view the character of Columbus in its influence upon the minds of men, we find some...
...know less perhaps than we do about any other, is piling up results with the same tireless energy that characterizes the work of every other department of the University. The story of the work being done at the observatory here in Cambridge and at the one in South America is full of interest for those engaged in scientific study. During the past year considerable progress has been made along several lines of special investigation and interesting results are announced...
Latham, the raquet champion, has defeated every opponent in America and will return to England with a clean record...
...subject of Ornithology has been treated in not a few books, but the latest edition by Mr. Montague Chamberlain is easily placed among the best of them. Mr., Chamberlain bases his book on "Nuttall's Manual of Ornithology of the United States of America." This book itself was published in 1832, and being the first handbook of the subject ever published it came into instant favor. But there is evidently much original work in Mr. Chamberlain's book, which is very comprehensive and includes every known bird of today in this part of the country. No bird that...