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...kingdom, mysteriously disappeared when but a child at the time when his uncle usurped the throne. No sooner have the rajah and people retired than Punjab himself, now a wandering sailor who is unaware of his royal rights, abruptly enters and is shortly accosted by John Cass, an antiquarian and phrenologist from the British Museum. Cass tells Punjab that the right ear of the idol is the key to the kingdom, so together they break it off, and each takes half. Sthu Pid, the Chinese guardian of the idol, at once discovers the theft, and greatly frightened, is about...
...cast follows: The Rajah of Mandalay, I. T. Cutter '03 Sthu Pid, Guardian of the Idol, J. C. Miller 2L Punjab, a Sailor, T. A. Whidden '05 John Cass, an Antiquarian, R. Wellman '03 Eben Roger, Mayor of Unity, Maine, C. P. Whorf '05 Captain Kahn, of the Rajah's Guard, R. c. Paige '03 Kahran Kehoorbad, a Hindoo Priest, C. Dill '04 Princess Gara, Daughter of the Rajah, A. S. Proudfoot '03 Lily Roger, Daughter of Eben Roger, G. H. Wise '03 Sue Brett, Her Maid, D. P. Cook...
...Rome. The collection is called "Ble Marous-Saule auf Piazza Colonna in Rom." Another recent purchase is a miscellaneous collection of leaflets and pamphlets belonging to Sir Thomas Phillips, issued by the Middle Hill Press in England. The collection relates to matters of interest from a historical and antiquarian point of view. The correspondence of Sir Frederic Madden, relating to his edition of the old English poem, "Havelock, the Dane," has also been purchased...
...years, is beyond price, for it comprises relics which, owing to the spread of civilization or other causes, can never be replaced. In addition to the specimens collected by the Museum are invaluable collections held in trust, as those from the Boston Marine Society, the Boston Athenaeum, the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester, the Hemenway Southwestern Expedition and the Boston Museum. These should not be allowed to suffer from lack of care and accommodations...
...Edward E. Hale, D. D., representing the American Antiquarian Society...