Word: antiquarians
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...been suggested that Harvard should have a professorship of Egyptology. The foundation of a professorship of archaeology would, perhaps, be more timely at present, and more to be desired. The University of Pennsylvania has such a professorship; and, in the notable revival in classical and antiquarian studies at Harvard, it would seem that the establishment of a permanent chair in archaeology here would be an especially appropriate outcome of this increased interest. Such a professorship would add greatly to the advantages offered by Harvard for post-graduate students, and in connection with the American Institute of Archaeology its work could...
Henry Adrien, the eminent French antiquarian, is dead...
...Among the accessions is a copy of the Caxton Bible, which was printed from movable type and bound in the short space of twelve hours, on occasion of the Caxton commemoration in 1877, copies of which are also in the libraries of the Massachusetts Historical Society and the American Antiquarian Society...
Having occasion lately to consult this work, I found quite a long description of Cambridge and Boston, a few extracts from which may be of interest to students of an antiquarian turn of mind...
...leave off "wooing his dusky mate" and fire bullets through his Excellency's parlor windows; and how, in a later and more peaceful period, the high-heeled and powdered bevy of colonial beauties, whose memory Copley has perpetuated, filled these parlors. In short, I have become a thoroughgoing antiquarian, and am continually recommending to my friends the attractions of the historic walk...