Word: booked
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...university have edited a pamphlet compiled from the writings of three of her most, brilliant and loyal alumni. It includes "Soldiers Field," by Major Higginson, "Habit," by Professor James, and "The Mistakes of College Life," by Dean Briggs, and "Master Fortissima." The Freshman cannot read this little book without gaining encouragement and new strength for the fight to maintain high ideals. There is no reason why the advice and inspiration contained in this generous gift should be limited to the Freshmen. anyone who buys the book will find something helpful, something which will make the world seem brighter...
...Fritz Kreisler, the world's foremost violinist, will be the soloist for the evening. This is his second season after his return from the trenches with the Austrian Army, where he was wounded and afterwards honorably dismissed from service. From these experiences he derived the material for his book, "Six Weeks in the Trenches." Mr. Kreister will probably give two or three concerts this season at Symphony Hall. The following program has been arranged...
...Cuthbert Wright contributes under the title "The Gospel According to George Moore," a brief discussion of the novelist's daring "The Brook Kerith." The world is probably divided into two groups: the people who are bound to be shocked by the book and the people who are naturally disposed to be deeply interested by it. Mr. Wright is of the latter group. His praise is nevertheless discriminating, and he deals sympathetically with the qualities in the author that enable him to see ancient Syria through modern eyes...
...editorials and the book reviews are readable and sane. Altogether, this number of the Monthly goes toward justifying its rather ambitious "Foreword"; perhaps future numbers will be less slender...
...Century Company has just published and placed on sale "Trenching in Gallipoli," by A. J. Gallishaw Sp. The book, which is dedicated to Professor Copeland, tells of the experiences with the First Newfoundland Regiment in Gallipoli. Gallishaw was studying at the University in the fall of 1914 when he joined the Canadian Cyclists, but when he discovered that they were not going to the front at once, he changed to the Newfoundland Regiment, being a native of that province. In July, 1914, he was transferred to the Record Office at London to take charge of his battalion records. He tired...