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Professor Whitney was for forty years a Professor of Sanskrit at Yale, during which time he did a great deal to further the prestige of that university. He was the author of a great many books on philology, besides works in his particular field of Sanskrit, he composed French and German grammars and translated several foreign books, among them being Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell." He had the general supervision of the publication of the "Century International Dictionary" and was the author of numerous writings on word derivations...
...Colonel Roosevelt "average"? Not a bit. He is a real chip of the old block, combative, honest, direct--not to say blunt--like his father before him. His war record was first rate; his book is a good deal better than might be expected from an author of little literary experience. There is lots of the Roosevelt personality in the book, and lots of the First Division spirit. For some, and let us hope many readers, that should be sufficient recommendation...
Lord Dunsany, author of "Fame and the Poet," who is at present making an extensive lecture tour of the United States, was present at the performance last night...
...Morosco offers a prize of $500 for the prose dramatic composition of at least three acts adjudged by a committee of three to be the best suited for professional production. Plays submitted must be the absolute property of the author and not subject to any copyright or other claim by or in favor of a third person...
...meeting of the Harvard Dames will be held tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock in Phillips Brooks House. Mrs. Eleanor R. Porter, author of "Pollyanna," will read selections from her own works. The Harvard Dames will entertain as their guests the Harvard Woman's Club...