Word: classics
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Yale faculty has decided to drop the popular course in "modern novels" which has been given during the last few years by Dr. W. L. Phelps. It is the largest course in college and the reason given for its withdrawal is that it takes too much time from the classic and history courses...
...year ago the Delta Upsilon discussed the scheme of giving instead of an original play, some English classic, but when it was learned that the English department would present "Epicoene" or "The Silent Woman," the society let the matter rest for the time. But this year it was decided to give "The Good Natured Man," by Goldsmith. This comedy, though not as well known as "She Stoops to Conquer," abounds in witty dialogue and humorous situations. For six weeks the men have been at work on their parts, and for a fortnight daily rehearsals have been held...
There are three important sources of the fables of the Middle Ages, said Professor Marsh; the fables of classic times; the mass of Northern or Germanic stories which came early in the 12th century into Europe; and the various additions which were made to the original tales in popular use. The mingling of these three caused many diversities, so that the limit of each source cannot be certainly determined...
...classic fables have come down from early times under the name of Esop's fables; but Esop, like Homer, is an unknown person. The first known collections of Greek fables was made about 300 B. C., by a certain Demetrius. Upon his version succeeding collections were made, with additions of tales from the East. From Greece the fables spread to Rome and thence over Europe, until in the Middle Ages several collections of tales were made in England and France, notably by Romulus Imperator and Marie de France...
...Shelley's Prometheus Unbound classic...