Word: fawcett
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...poetry of the last number of the Yale Record is unusually good. "Vacation" might have been written by Edgar Fawcett, and the rhythm of "Madelina" is worthy of Poe, if it is not imitated from him. We clip the following, which is not poetry, but fiction...
POLITICAL ECONOMY. Fawcett's Political Economy for Beginners...
...Economy," "McKean's Condensation of Carey's Social Science," "Blanqui's Histoire de l'Economie Politique," "McLeod on Banking." With the great interest shown in Political Economy, it is to be hoped that as many electives will be given as practicable. A "passing" knowledge of our amiable friend Mrs. Fawcett's little primer would prevent many of the ridiculous blunders committed every day by "the powers that be"; and the time may come when a clear comprehension of the vital principles of Political Economy will be of vast importance to us as well as our country...
...course of four months is necessarily of the most elementary description. It is nevertheless practical, for every subject has been illustrated by references to history and by comments upon its working; and there are now two elective courses in Political Science, - the one using the works of Fawcett and Blanqui as text-books; the other that of J. S. Mill. In both courses Bagehot's Lombard Street is studied, and in one of them special attention is paid to the subjects of currency and taxation. These courses are conducted on the very plan which the Post supposes to be unknown...
...course too late to remonstrate against this proceeding: but it is not too late to urge the importance of the studies that have been so disregarded; to advise those who have rushed at lightning speed through the pages of Alden and of Fawcett to pass some of their leisure moments in going over the same path once more, with less expedition and more care; to recommend to their attention the seventh and eighth courses of elective philosophy; nor to suggest to the students who have not yet taken up these subjects the propriety of studying them with attention...