Word: franco
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Very different is Edward Richard's tale of the Franco-Prussian War, a straight-forward, vigorous story, with a refreshing roughness about it. "Pursuit," by W. Stevens '01, and "A Friend's Privileges," by Lewis D. Humphrey '01, are of the daily theme type. The most interesting contribution to the number is a short and "chatty" tale, "My Uncle, the Ghost," by A. H. Gilbert '01. It contains a touch of wit, which is rarely found in the Advocate's stories...
Baron de Couberlin, president of the Franco-American Union, has founded two medals for students at Harvard and Johns Hopkins. The medals will be given annually, and will bear the names of De Tocqueville and Pasteur. The subjects to be treated in the competition for the medals relate to contemporary France...
...first attempt, but as a picture of modern French society it is extremely interesting. An intensely Puritanical New England girl, left a rich widow, marries a French nobleman, chiefly for his title and later discovers that he is more or less of a blackguard. Some incidents of the Franco-Prussian war are woven into the plot in an interesting way, although there is no actual fighting. The characters are not as clearly drawn as some in her earlier works, being rather conventional, but the plot is carefully constructed, although the ending is rather unsatisfactory and suggests the "Prisoner of Zenda...
Another blow to bimetallism was the action of Germany in 1873 when, as a result of the Franco-Prussian war, the united German states demonetized silver...
Besides these men, the Comite Franco-Americain includes the Rector of the University of Paris, and the heads of many of the leading schools...