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...suggests that their scope be limited and that they merely unfold the mysteries of the animal and vegetable kingdoms viz. the clam and the onion. The latest Pathos Weekly shows the uncomfortable adventures of a Harvard pacifist. In fact the movie number lacks nothing to make it a humorous encyclopedia of the new art. A glance through its pages will give anyone an amusing pass into the forbidden precincts of film land...
...president of the famous publishing house bearing his name, has written and edited many books on various subjects. Some of his most important works are: "Books and Their Makers in the Middle Ages." "Abraham Lincoln--the People's Leader in the Struggle for National Existence," and contributions to the "Encyclopedia Britannica," besides many articles in various publications both here and abroad...
...World Almanac and Encyclopedia...
...later was appointed Professor of Political Science at Yale. He was elected President of Yale in 1899. President Hadley was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by Harvard in 1899, by Columbia in 1900, and by Johns Hopkins University in 1902. He was American editor of the Encyclopedia Britannica in its tenth edition, and is the author of "Economics," "The Education of the American Citizen," and "An Account of the Relations Between Private Property and Public Welfare...
...collection of French drama; the more important dictionaries and the works of the prominent French writers. For French history, there are the works of Michelet, Martin and Godefrey; for reference and research, "Le Dictionarire de l'Academie Francaise," Littre's Dictionary, Larousse's: "Dictionaire Universel" and "La Grande Encyclopedia." Among the complete sets are numbered those of Corneille, La Fontaine, La Rochefoucaud, Molicre, Racine, Madame de Levigne, Montesquieu, Voltaire, Concerdet, Diderot, Rousseau, Buffon, Beaumarchais, Chateaubriand, Mme, de Stael, LaMartine, Hugo, Dumas, Balzac, Taine and Daudet...