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Houghton, Mifflin & Co., have recently published a book by Colonel T. W. Higginson '41, entitled "Contemporaries." The volume is a valuable series of sketches, most of which have been previously published in magazines, of famous men and women contemporary with Colonel Higginson. Among the best known names are those of Emerson, Whittier, Grant, Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner, and Theodore Parker. Colonel Higginson, in his simple and graceful style, has treated his subjects not as historical figures, but as living men and women. The sketches of Ulysses S. Grant, Wendell Phillips, and Theodore Parker are thoughtful and appreciative, and the reminiscences...
Mathematical Conference. Report on Klein's "Famous Problems in Elementary Geometry." Mr. G. H. Albright. Sever...
Mathematical Conference. Report on Klein's "Famous Problems in Elementary Geometry." Mr. G. H. Albright. Sever...
...Professor C. P. Parker, The Rome of St. Paul's Days; December 18, Mr. C. T. Copeland, Readings from the Historical Plays of Shakespeare; January 8, Professor H. K. Schilling, Early Teutonic Life; January 15, Professor F. W. Taussig, The Currency Situation; January 22, Professor J. H. Wright, A Famous Greek Painting (illustrated); January 29, Professor L. E. Gates, Books which are no Books; February 19, Professor G. P. Baker, The Development of Shakespeare as a Dramatist; March 5, Rev. C.C. Everett, Buddha and Buddhism; March 12, Dr. F. N. Robinson (subject to be announced...
...play, and has reduced it in length from five to three acts. The play has probably never been put on the stage before, although large passages have been borrowed from it by Moliere. The fact that it was written by Cyrano de Bergerac, whose name Rostand has made so famous, also adds to its interest...