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Midway in time between these two extremes, the ear has brought to Harvard a large collection of eighteenth century English fiction Some of these books have been "collector's items," additions to the shelves devoted to the outstanding literary lights, but by far the more important portion comprises long forgotten novels by equally un known authors, who were none the less the writers who in their own day supplied the reading matter for the larger part of the book buying public. The eighteenth century is the period of English literature where Harvard's position is challenged most dangerously by Yale...
...there are glimpses of the London of the eighteenth century which are alone worth the price of admission. The initial chapter of the book, "On The Art of Walking the Streets of London", is a delightful essay which could well stand by itself in any volume. "The revelations of the court of George I. of Walpole, of the run of speculation which ended in the South Sea Bubble, make excellent reading...
Again in the afternoon Finlay's was the feature match when he lost to Dunlap of Princeton 1 up on the eighteenth. In spite of the extreme difficulty of the Yale course several very good scores were handed...
...works by Abraham Bosse tell much about the manner of life of people in the seventeenth century. Prints by Boucher and Fragonnard, flower designs for wall-paper and textiles after Pillemont, and a reproduction of Hogarth's "Marriage a la Mede" are illustrative of the decorative arts in the eighteenth century...
...Disraeli" is an historical costume drama of the eighteenth century, and, according to the playwright's preface, it "attempts to show a picture of the days in which Disraeli lived, and some of the racial, social, and political prejudices he fought against and conquered." Costumes are being obtained by the Societies from the Repertory Theatre of Boston, which are actually of the period of 1875, at which time the play...