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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...evening lectures on art are to be given this winter, the aim being to add to the historical treatment of art the finished treatment of professional experts. The lecturers will be Messrs. Edwin H. Blashfield, artist and master of decorative art in its highest sense; Thomas Hastings, of the firm of Carrere and Hastings, architects, who are designers-among other large building-of the hotels at St. Augustine, Florida; F. Hopkinson Smith, a noted illustrator for the magazines, and Professor John C. Van Dyke, the art critic and lecturer, of Rutgers College...
CALENDARS FOR 1894.- Size, 11x14 in., envelope to fit. Beautiful "process" picture of the Harvard Football Team, large engraved pad. Very neat. Price, 25 cents. Issued by firm of McCarter and Kneeland (Crimson Printing Co.). For Sale at Leavitt and Peirce's, Thurston's, Amee Bros.' and Memorial Hall...
Colonel Higginson began his lecture by a definition of what was characterized as the "Boston Style" before the rebellion, and showed how this had become florid, almost turgid, because of its origin and developement from the firm belief of the Boston public in the literary superiority of Dr. Johnson, and because of its foundation in the Latin. It had an easy flow of eloquent words, but was absolutely lacking in conciseness and brevity. This style was the personification of that inflated diction which required translation by inverse ratio and which Dr. Johnson, Rufus Choate, and Carlyle to a certain extent...
...more than expenses was cleared. The most valuable feature of the editions, however, was the experience gained. The thanks of the board are due for courtesies shown by the Springfield and Cambridge city officials and for the excellent work done by the Western Union operators, and especially by the firm of McCarter and Kneeland-the Crimson Printing Company-who supervised the printing of both extras...
...above outfit, with two or three pairs of extra trousers, will fit one out for the winter in good shape, and if selected carefully, will prove truly economical. Being in the business, it would be in bad taste to recommend my own firm. But put yourself in the hands of any one of the five or six first-class city tailors, one in whom you have confidence as to what is proper, artistic, and in good proportions...