Word: courting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Signor Paul Rosso for several years court interpreter in New Haven is the first Italian to enter the Yale Law school...
...Miss Susan N. Carter contributes a paper on "Street Life in Madrid," with several picturesque illustrations. Another of Frank R. Stockton's amusing stories is begun in this number, called "The Merry Chanter." Mark Twain publishes some extracts from his new book, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," which have all of his old humor. The new serial is "Friend Olivia," by Mrs. Amelia E. Barr. The history of Abraham Lincoln by Nicolay and Hay is rapidly drawing to a close. The present number describes the second inaugural and the last battle of the war. The other articles...
...subscription agent takes subscriptions to The Century, ($4.00 a year), or remittance may be made directly to the publishers, The Century Co., of New York. Begin new subscriptions with November (the first issue of the volume) and get Mark Twain's story, "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court," in that number...
...third set Lockett and Wrenn braced up and took the first three games. Lockett placed well and drove Lee and Tallant from the net back to the end of the court. Lee won the fourth game on his service. The next five games and the set and match went to Tallant and Lee by very poor play ont eir opponents' part and by accurate placing. The score by games was as follows...
...thus winning the championship of the college. The game was won by Tallant's good returns of Lee's lobbing. Lee played on the back line and lobbed into Tallant's hands continually. This kind of play gave Tallant many chances to keep Lee running across the courts, and Lee showed great skill in recovering himself. In starting Tallant took service, but as there was some wind and a strong sunlight they changed courts after each game. Both players were a little careless in the first set and there was little play of interest except in the fourth game when...