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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Hopkinson Smith, the author, painter, and engineer, will read under the auspices of the Cambridge Social Union at Brattle Hall next Friday evening at eight o'clock. Among the selections will be the short stories. "The Other Fellow," "One of Bob's Tramps;" "Five Meals for a Dollar." Reserved seat tickets at $1.00 may be obtained at the rooms of the Union at 42 Brattle street. (Telephone 55-4) Teachers may obtain tickets at half price...
...Straus, a native of Bavaria, is a graduate of Columbia College and Law School. In 1887 he was appointed Minister to Turkey by President Cleveland. He is a close student of American history and has been connected with various movements for reform in politics. He is the author of "The origin of the Republican form of government in the United States," "A Life of Roger Williams," and "The Reform of the Diplomatic Service...
...Life of Franklin, by Paul E. More, A. M. '93, covers ground more threshed out, and tells a more practical and less romantic story. It is ably and comprehensively written, and is also marked by generosity of treatment. The public side of Franklin is made prominent, but the author also discusses his religion at some length. The cavils against his character he considers are refuted by the eulogy of Washington. It is pleasant to find two books on much criticized men of the past which express such liberal views...
...author's conception of the New England movement as renascent is very illuminating. It helps one to understand what, at a superficial glance, is very puzzling:--that is,--why the great writers of America should have been all New Englanders and of about the same generation. This and kindred topics are treated in a manner wonderful for its fine sanity...
Professor Wendell has no author or group of authors that he is especially bent on praising or dispraising. Some individuals, as is natural, he handles better than others. His estimate of Edgar Allen Poe is excellent for its swift comprehension. And it is quite in contrast with the treatment that Poe has received from many impressionistic critics. This chapter and Professor Gates's essay supplement each other...