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This review of the exhibit of French paintings now on display at the Fogg Museum was written by a member of the Staff of the Museum...
...alleged military agreement is a lie and an audacious falsehood! It was the work of a criminal!" A similar disclaimer was soon issued by French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand. None the less the responsible Dutch press of Rotterdam, Amsterdam and The Hague continued to display alarm. The extreme view was taken by Amsterdam's potent Socialist daily Volk. After graphically prophesying the "Violation of Limburg" by English troops, its editor sarcastically observed: "And this is the same England which in 1914 declared war because of the violation of Belgium's neutrality...
...exhibition of etchings by Piranesi is now on display at the Fogg Art Museum. The show contains many ancient etchings of interest and was arranged primarily for the students enrolled in the Ancient Civilization classes at Harvard and Radcliffe. However, the public is invited to view the exhibition at any time...
...Catholica" by Joannes Balbus, an edition of the "Book of Ruth"; and the "Nurnberg Chronicle." Gutenberg's Bible though not dated, is fairly well established as being printed in about 1450. "Catholica" is an encyclopedic dictionary printed in 1460, probably by Gutenberg. The "Book of Ruth" which is on display was published at Mainz in 1462 by Peter Fust and John Schoeffer, the former being the man who financed Gutenberg's edition of the Bible. The "Nurnberg Chronicle" is an illustrated universal history printed...
...addition to the display of the Elizabethan books given the library by the family of W. A. White '63 and other friends of Harvard is an English version of Ariosto's "Satyres in Seven Famous Discourses, shewing the State of the Court and Courtiers; of Libertie and the Clergie in generall; of the Romane Clergie; of Marriage; of Soldiers, Musicians, and Lovers; of Schoolmasters and Scholers; of Honour and the happiest life." This work was printed...