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Amusing samples of the wonderful work done by certain members of the university, in translating French and German into English, have recently been given in these columns. It will perhaps be as interesting to read the English which a leading German firm of booksellers has produced in an advertising card. The following is copied verbatim...
...buildings on the college grounds, but marginal sketches of all the other Harvard buildings. Size, 28x38. It is the purpose of the publishers to have the view handsomely engraved on stone, and to publish it at the low price of $3.50 per copy. Mr. Brooks of the firm will be pleased to exhibit the view to all who wish to see it, at Sever's, during the remainder of this week...
...buildings on the college grounds, but marginal sketches of all the other Harvard buildings. Size, 28x38. It is the purpose of the publishers to have the view handsomely engraved on stone, and to publish it at the low price of $3.50 per copy. Mr. Brooks of the firm will be pleased to exhibit the view to all who wish to see it, at Sever's, during the remainder of this week...
...authority in his favorite study. What a lesson his life teaches. The death of such a man cannot pass without remark and honor. We owe to his memory at least a word of appreciation, for he has left to us in his life a high example of firm, unwavering determination to succeed...
...Year is surely come at last; and we have noted with surprise and admiration the evidences of the firm observance of good resolutions of the season. 1886 promises to be a marked year in the history of Fair Harvard. It has been ushered in without sound of clarion, it is true, but could clarion note add celebrity to an introduction so startling and gratifying? The Lampoon - we are overcome with pride in our brother's success - has actually succeeded in keeping, until the time of issuing the first number, a new year's resolution, to dress old jokes...