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...first American production of the very earliest of the English folk comedies. "Gammer Gurton's Needle," is to be presented next fall by Stuart Walker, creater of the Portmanteau Theatre. That Mr. Walker contemplates several performances of this rollicking, jovial, and wholly delightful comedy, brought back from that almost forgotten time of Christ's College, Cambridge (1575), during the coming Portmanteau tour is a matter for congratulation and there will be many who will wish to see it, partly for the memories it will revive and partly for the opportunity to see just what sort of an evening's entertainment...
...valuable collection of English and American eighteenth century periodicals has been placed on exhibition in the Treasure Room of the Widener Library. The collection, which has been arranged for exhibition by Professor C. N. Greenough, shows the development of the periodical in England, and contains news pamphlets, the earliest of which dates from 1630, as well as a number of political periodicals, which are the immediate predecessors of the Tatler and the Spectator...
...manifest; that we can retain our valuable Territory of Alaska in its isolated position against an enemy with any military power by placing there a garrison of less than 500 men verges on the ridiculous, unless we have ample forces at home to occupy that territory in the very earliest stages of an impending conflict. As regards the Hawaiian Islands, all military persons will recognize that the proposed garrison in this possession is far below what it should be to meet a serious attack unless, in this case again, we have an adequate force on the Pacific coast ready...
Applications for rooms in the Senior Dormitories (Hollis, Holworthy, Matthews, Stoughton, Thayer) will close January 19, two weeks from today, therefore all Juniors are urged to form their groups and hand in their applications at the earliest possible moment. Application blanks have been placed at Leavitt & Peirce's, the Union and Phillips Brooks House. Return postal cards have also been sent out to all Juniors in order to ascertain the number of men who intend to room in the Yard next year. Every one is requested to fill out and return these cards at once. The Committee will keep office...
...pence were worth $60 in 1847 and in 1889 their value has risen to $225. The high-wate mark was reached in 1907, however, when one of these first editions sold for $6,450. The library also contains a Flemish work published in 1492, which is the earliest known treatise on fishing. the original manuscript of the English translation, together with corrected proofs, are also contained in the collection...