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...following books by Harvard graduates have been recently published: "The German Empire," by B. S. Howard '00; "The Text of Shakespeare," by T. R. Lounsbury h.'93; "A Frontier Town," by H. C. Lodge '71; "The Bible as English Literature," by J. H. Gartliner '85; "Through Man to God," by G. A. Gordon '81; "Tarry at Home Travels," by E. E. Hale '39; "Industrial America," by J. L. Laughlin '73; "Liberty, Union, and Democracy," by B. Wendell '77; "Organized Democracy," by A. Stickney '97; "The Arab Horse," by S. Borden...
...addition to the courses for teachers already announced, a course will be given by Professor Winter in "Oral Reading of English Classics." This course is intended mainly for teachers of English, but others will be admitted. The course will begin on Saturday, meeting at 11 o'clock in Lawrence...
...Henry Arthur Jones, by the invitation of the English Department, lectured yesterday afternoon before a very large audience in Sanders Theatre on "The Corner Stones of Modern Drama...
...last two hundred years, said Mr. Jones, English dramatists have produced only three permanent pieces of literature, "The Rivals," "She Stoops to Conquer," and "The School for Scandal." French dramatists, on the other hand, have been producing and are now producing dramatic works that are a part of the literature of France. This is because their drama and literature are wedded, and the French audiences know that their drama is intended to depict life, and not to amuse them by clownery...
...letters, the absence of pride, the elevation of incompetent "stars," the poor translation of foreign drama, the lack of a national dramatic school and theatre, and the mistaken point of view of the clergy and the public have caused the great lack of permanent dramatic literature. The English people are either amusement seeking, moderately indifferent or religiously hos- tile to the stage. In spite of all opposition the drama will always exist. Why, then, is it not better to enlist the energy of the cultured for its benefits? What antiquarian Oxford ignores. Harvard, through the work of Professor Baker...