Word: authorized
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...prominent lawyer and an active Democrat. In the municipal elections in the fall of 1901 he was against and was defeated by Mr. Seth Low h. '90, for the mayoralty of New York City. He is a director in numerous railways and other corporations and is the author of two books. "The Memoirs of Dugdale," and "Martin Van Buren," in the American Statesmen Series...
...Peters of Boston, who has been appointed lecturer in the metallurgical department, will give during the second half of this year, a series of twenty-five lectures on "The Metallurgy of Copper." These lectures will constitute a part of a course in general metallurgy. Dr. Peters is an eminent authority on the subject of the science of copper smelting and has had for many years a wide practical experience in metallurgical work. He is the author of a publications on "Modern Copper Smelting," which is considered the best existent treatise on the subject...
...Lerom-Beaulieu is a distinguished member of the Institute of France, a member of the Academie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, and professor of History and Eastern Affairs at the Ecole libre des Sciences Politiques. He is the author of a number of books, among which are "L'Empire des Tsars, et les et Russes," "Un Empereur un Roi, un Pape et une Restauration," "Un Homme d'Etat Russe," "Les Catholiques Liberaux; L'Eglise et la Liberalisme," "La France La Russie, et L'Europe," "La Revolution et la Liberalisme...
...fine thing to be brave." Professor Van Dyke, in speaking of the precision in the choice of words which is to manifest in all of Stevenson's works, said: "The willingness to be satisfied with the wrong word, the wrong color, is the sign of an inferior author. A brilliant writer is the last one who can afford to be false or fatuous." He read several extracts from different works of Stevenson, including the dueling scene between the brothers in "The Master of Ballantrae," and characterized Stevenson as the writer of "the burning-glass style." He admitted that several...
...stories are better. In "The Elixir" O. Bates has a weird idea, which he handles with rapidity and effect. H. Hagedorn's story is interesting, and would have deserved more space if the author had been ambitious to tell us more of the internal processes of the mind of the villain...