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...Copeland began his varied list of subjects last evening with a brief critical sketch of Mr. Daly's revival of "Two Gentlemen of Verona." This play is one of the earliest, and not one of the best, of Shakespeare's works. The plot is so unreasonable, and one of the characters (Proteus by name) so preposterous, that it is easy to understand the infrequent representations of the piece. The reason for its being seldom given, however, lies more perhaps in the fact that, with the partial exception of Launce, who belongs of course to the low comedian, there...
...lecturer next spoke of Dr. Birkbeck Hill's "Harvard College by an Oxonion." This book, said he, is an admirable account of the college from its earliest days to the present time. The writer has a pleasant, rather old-fashioned, literary quality, which lends itself better to narration and comment than to the making of any lively or complete impressions of our complex academic life at the passing moment. Dr. Birkbeck Hill was evidently deceived in one or two minor traits of college civilization by undergraduates with a taste for the American joke. In the main, this English writer...
...ninety-six baseball nine of Yale College, I desire to make arrangements with you for a game between this nine and the ninety-six ball nine of Harvard to be played at Cambridge on some day during May, a Friday or Saturday if possible. Let me know at your earliest convenience what part of our expenses you will defray, etc. We have a strong team and will promise a good game - a team which has won the class championship for two years and has an excellent show to win again. I sincerely hope you will be able to give...
...best example of the cosmopolitan type of station is situated at Naples. It is one of the earliest stations established and draws students from all over the world. Since the establishment of the French stations, however, the importance of the Naples station has decreased. The equipment of the station at Naples is very extensive. There is an enormous building for the collection of specimens, and the station has control of two steam launches and materials of the highest order. Everything is done on a strictly business-like basis, with a view to making both ends meet. In fact this...