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...would be worth the while of all Harvard men to read a character sketch of President Eliot, by George P. Morris, which appears in the March number of the Review of Reviews. The author reviews, with what is evidently sympathetic and admiring appreciation, the position of President Eliot among American educators. his character as a man, his early career, his work as president of Harvard, and finally, his opinions and expressions on some present educational, social and religious problems. One who reads this article will gain new understanding of the far-reaching and enduring service to Harvard and the general...
...miniature portrait of the heroine on the frontispiece, to the triumphant end. Its story, opening in the wild Indian country near the great lakes, is developed in colonial Boston during the early days of the Revolution. The great men of the day appear upon the scene, though he author has been singularly temperate in the parts which they are made to play. A love story of no great power runs through the book, but the most striking features depend upon the number and the depravity of the villains, the great mortality among the characters and the stage-setting afforded...
...print of Harvard College gives a view of the three buildings, Harvard, Stoughton and Massachusetts, in 1726. Massachusetts is the only one of the three that is still standing. The plot of Cambridge Common was drawn by Joshua Green of the class of 1784, the grandfather of the author, and is understood to have been an exercise in connection with his first college degree. It is a plan of Cambridge Common, with the adjacent roads and buildings, together with some sketches of College buildings...
...Library of Congress has recently completed arrangements with the College Library and with five of the larger American Public Libraries, whereby a system of co-operative library catalogueing has been established. Each library may obtain, for about four cents each, printed cards classifying under author and subject, any volume in the Congressional Library, which they may desire to catalogue. In return they are to send to the Congressional Library information of all purchases proposed by them; which enables the former to keep in touch with the work of other libraries and to regulate its own selections for purchase. All these...
...formerly Legislative Librarian of the New York State Library, but left that position to accept a position on the Stanford University faculty. Upon the organization of the United States Industrial Commission he was made secretary to that body, a position which he has since held. He is the author of a work on the finances of New York City. He will give Economics 9 and 9a during the second half year...