Word: books
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Fogg Art Museum the so-called Fairfax Murray (or Seddon) portrait of Chaucer, which, next to the illumination by this disciple Occleve in a manuscript of the early fifteenth century, is probably the best likeness of the poet in existence. Alongside it in the Museum has been placed a book describing all extant portraits of Chaucer, with a photographic reproduction of each...
...Hagedorn, Jr., '07; Mr. Kipling's Latest," by G. E. Fuller '05; "The Voyagers," by H. A. Bellows '06; "April," by H. H. S. H.; "The Elective System," by T. H. T.; "The Sovereign Spoiler," by S. Hale '05; "The Mermaid," by E. Royce '07; editorials and book notices...
...last installment of Senior class buttons has been put on sale at Leavitt & Peirce's. If this supply proves insufficient, men may secure further buttons to signing a blue-book which will be provided for the purpose...
Closely associated with Petrarch is Boccaccio. Like the Florentine, he was early attracted by Latin and Greek literature. He especially admired Livy and Tacitus, whom he frequently quoted in his epistles. His most famous work is a "Follo on Mythology," the earliest book on the subject. As with Petrarch, Boccaccio's greatest service to literature was his preservation of ancient manuscripts...
...opinions of others. This consciousness of self asserts itself in our thoughts as well as in our actions. "We experience nervousness, for instance, when we are called upon to speak in public; we read a literary criticism in a magazine before we form an opinion about a new book; we ask the opinion of an intellectual scientist before we express our views upon religion." Again, in our social relationships in college life we are influenced too much by the opinions of others: perhaps we treat our friend with a certain condescension when we are in the company of those whom...