Word: books
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...LECTURES ON BOOKS. "The Book Beautiful." II. Technical Lecture. Mr. T. J. Cobden-Sanderson. Robinson Hall...
...Cobden-Sanderson, of the Doves Bindery and the Doves Press, London, will give the second of a series of four public lectures on the printing, binding and decoration of books, in the Lecture Room of Robinson Hall this evening at 8 o'clock. The lecture this evening will be of a technical character and illustrative of "The Forwarding and Binding of the Book Beautiful." It will be informal in character, and members of the audience are invited to ask questions freely and to discuss points of interest...
...connection with these lectures, a small collection of books handsomely bound in colored leather and vellum, printed and decorated under Mr. Cobden-Sanderson's personal supervision, are on public exhibition in the Treasure Room of Gore Hall, together with a few select works on book-binding and its history. This room will be open every afternoon during the next ten days from 2 until 5.30 o'clock...
Even without the distinction of these tributes to Professor Norton, the present number of the Graduates' Magazine would be of special interest. Besides the reports of college affairs, news from the classes, and book reviews, one may find here topics ranging from the Law School Library and the efficient services of the Appointments Bureau to the ten thousand guinea pigs which are quartered in Lawrence Hall and have all unwittingly contributed much to science and the fame of Harvard. A valuable article on Charles Chauncey makes clear that aristocracy as well as democracy presided over the inception of the University...
...allowance of $1.00 will be made to all members of the Harvard Dining Association who are absent during the whole of the Christmas recess, provided they give notice of such absence on the book in the Auditor's office before leaving. Those who sign off within two weeks before or after the Christmas recess will receive no allowance...