Word: authorities
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Lathrop is announced to be the author of "After Glow," in the No-Name Series...
...must decline to publish any communication, however good, that is not accompanied by the name of its author, not necessarily for publication, but as a guaranty of good faith...
...been undertaken by any one. The following story is told in Michigan University: In the year 1854, Prof. Francis Brunnow came from Leipsic to Ann Arbor, to fill the chair of astronomy and to act as director of the observatory. He was a thorough scholar, the author of a valuable work on Spherical Astronomy, and a man whose services were highly esteemed in the scientific world; yet, for a time, he lectured to one student only. Later in life, Prof. Brunnow was accustomed to call these lectures the most important he ever delivered, since his solitary listener was James...
...Yale News announces the following new books, which it says are not issued in the "Seaside Library." "Two Years Behind the Mast, or Life in a Barn." By Oscar Simpson. "Gully's Revenge, or a Tale of the Crossing." Author unknown. "The Drugged Doughnut, or Three Buckets of Blood." By Gasp Hard. "The Mad Butcher, or The Fate of a Yale Tutor." By the author of "Beautiful Snow." "The Dumb Singer or The Warped Tooth Brush." By Hic. Cough...
...know that there may be men in the company who will wonder whether she has read his foulest story ever put into English verse. Delicate lips do not like to repeat the name of a certain innocent but foulscented beast. Much more may they avoid the name of the author of `Charmides...