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...GILDER...
Doubles--Davenport and W. K. Porter (H) defeated Fay and Ever (M), 7-5, 9-7; Freeburn and Hariford (H) won from Davis and Roberts (M), 6-1, 2-6, 6-3; Emmett and Mets (H) won from Gilder and Franklin...
Singles--S. E. Davenport (H) defeated Fay (M), 6-2, 6-3; G. H. Hartford (H) defeated Davis (M), 6-0, 6-0; Lawrence Freeburn (H) defeated Gilder (M), 6-2, 3-6, 6-1; W. S. Emmett (H) defeated Roberte (M), 6-4, 6-4; R. E. Metz (H) won from Palmer...
...showed numerous lantern slides, explained his theory: a painting may be identified by magnification of the artist's brushstrokes, which are as characteristic as his handwriting. Like a firecracker came a specific statement: None of the Rembrandts in the Metropolitan Museum is genuine, with the possible exception of The Gilder from the Havemeyer Collection...
...afforded faltering Century honorable refuge from a life which, while eminently respectable, had become in recent years a burden. It was after the death in 1881 of Editor Josiah Gilbert Holland (cofounder with Roswell Smith) that Century reached the zenith of its editorial command. Then, under Editor Richard Watson Gilder, it scored its journalistic triumph with the serial life of Lincoln, by Nicolay & Hay, and a Civil War battle series written by the most important participants. Circulation reached its peak of 150,000 in 1906. Followed a gentle but inexorable decline which not even energetic Editor Glenn Frank (now president...