Word: books
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Tonight, the second of the 1919-20 series of the Boston Symphony Orchestra Concerts will be given in Sanders Theatre at 8 o'clock. The soloist for this concert will be Vera Janacopulos, soprano. Single tickets may be purchased at Kent's Book Store. The program follows...
...Murdock, the new director, is a banker, book collector, and historian. He is the author of "The Reconstruction of Europe," "Earl Percy's Dinner Table," and a historical sketch of the great Boston fire. In addition he is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a former president of the Club of Odd Volumes. In recognition of his distinction as a book collector, he received an Honorary Degree as Master of Arts from the University in 1916. He will begin his new work in January...
...novelist is the son of the Bishop of Edinburgh, and was educated at King's College, Canterbury, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. In 1909, while only 25 he published his first novel, "The Wooden Horse," which met with considerable popularity. Every year since he has produced another book, each of which has been very successful. His latest books are "The Dark Forest," "The Secret City," and the most recent, "Jeremy...
With the drive for clothing is coupled a special request for text books, which will be placed in the Text Book Loan Library of Phillips Brooks House. Every year several thousand books are lent at the rate of 10 cents a volume for the year, and many more are required if this important branch of Phillips Brooks House is to flourish. The following organizations will take care of the old clothing collected and distribute it among the poor of their districts: Associated Charities of Cambridge, Associated Charities of Boston, and the Red Cross...
...achieved. His drawing is at once broad and sure; his characterization is, excellent. In "The Territorial", in Veterans of the Marne", and in "The Family With Whom I Lived in Soissons", it is the vivid rendering of types,--be they Yanks, Zouaves, Moroccans, Poilus or peasants,--which gives the book charm and significance. It is a high-hearted book, both verse and pictures making the best of a bad business...