Word: americanisms
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During the past year professors at Harvard have received the following honorary degrees from American Universities: LeB. R. Briggs '75, Litt.D., from Lafayette College; Professor W. T. Councilman, h.'99, LL.D. from University of Maryland; Professor W. G. Farlow '66, Ph.D. from University of Upsala; Rev. P. S. Grant '83, S.T.D. from Hobart College; Professor A. B. Hart '80, LL.D. from Western Reserve University; Professor G. L. Kittredge '82, Litt.D. from Harvard; Professor H. Munsterberg, Litt.D. from Lafayette College; Professor F. G. Peabody '69, LL.D. from Western Reserve University; Professor W. T. Porter, LL.D. from University of Maryland; Dean...
...following books by Harvard graduates have recently been published: "God Save the Commonwealth," by G. Bradford '49; "Phillips Brooks," by A. V. G. Allen h.'86; "The Mongols," by J. Curtin '86, with a foreword by T. Roosevelt '80; "The American Constitution," by F. J. Stimson '76; "Christian Agnosticism," by E. H. Johnson '03; "Letters to American Boys," by W. H. Carruth '89; "Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter," by T. Roosevelt '80; "Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist," by T. R. Lounsbury h.'93; "Together," by R. Herrick '90; "The Inquisition in the Spanish Dependencies...
...American Nation: A History in 27 Volumes. Edited by Albert Bushnell Hart '80. 1904-1905. Harpers. $2.00 per volume...
...publication of The American Nation, -- a monumental work in twenty seven stout octavo volumes, --under the general editorship of Professor Hart, marks the first very serious attempt to apply the principle of the division of labor to a narrative of the annals of the American people. Despite the elaborate scale on which the undertaking was projected, the whole series has been issued from the press within the comparatively short space of less than four years, an unusual achievement for an enterprise of its kind. Upon the general editor has devolved the task of delimiting the scope of the various numbers...
Among the volumes of the series are the following numbers by Harvard men: Provincial America, by E. B. Greene '90; The Jeffersonian System, by E. Channing '78; The Rise of American Nationality, by K. C. Babcock '95; The Jacksonian Democracy, by W. Macdonald '92; Slavery and Abolition, by A. B. Hart '90; Parties and Slavery, by T. C. Smith '92; The Appeal to Arms, and Outcome of the Civil War, by J. K. Hosmer '55; National Ideals Historically Traced, by A. B. Hart '80; Index to the Series, by D. M. Matteson...