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MOSES KING'S "HANDBOOK OF PROVIDENCE" seems to contain everything that can be said about that city, and should be called an encyclopaedia rather than a handbook. It devotes about a page to Brown University. The book is well printed, on very heavy paper, too heavy, however for the purposes of the publication...
...following numbers of "Handbook of Developing Exercises" are ready at the gymnasium office...
...announced at the Lowell Institute as follows: A course of twelve lectures by Prof. C. R. Cross on "Electric Lighting;" a course of twelve on "Analytic Geometry," by Prof. J. D. Runkle; two courses of twelve each in French. by Prof. Jules Luquiens; a course of twelve on "Handbook Rules," by Prof. Lanza; "Machine Drawing" (twelve), by Prof. Whitaker; "European History" (twelve), by Prof. W. P. Atkinson; and "Medieval Architecture" (twelve), by Prof. T. M. Clark...
...book uniform in size and style with King's "Handbook of Boston" will appear next month from the publishing department of Moses King's book-store. Its title will be King's "Handbook of Boston Harbor." Its pages are devoted to a careful and thorough description of the beautiful harbor of Boston, the marine park of a great State, and the place of summer recreation for hundreds of thousands of people. It aims to be at once a guide to the localities, a history of their ancient quaintness and modern uses, and an artistic memento of scenes which have become...
...CONVERSATION: Its Faults and its Graces. Compiled by Rev. Andrew P. Peabody, D. D., LL. D." This little "Handbook of Conversation," by Dr. Peabody, comprises in four parts his "Address to Young Ladies," "Francis Trench on Conversation," "A Word to the Wise," and "Mistakes and Improprieties of Conversation and Writing Corrected." The address is a clear and positive exposition of the general laws and rules that should govern conversation, and though originally written for and delivered before young ladies, the principles set forth are applicable alike to all persons. The doctor's wide experience of life and society makes...