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...belief that Alaska is a land of ice and snow, people solely by a few Eskimo tribes is quite incorrect. Many districts are similar to the Eastern part of the United States and compare very favorably in the matter of climate. Moreover, it is a region full of scenic beauties whose variety is probably not surpassed in any other single part of the earth...
...called Holworthy Hall in honor to the memory of Sir Matthew Holworthy, deceased." There was no plan for a dining hall or common room in Holworthy. Your statement that "each building was a separate unit with its own sleeping quarters, kitchen, dining room and in many cases Library is incorrect. That statement was made about 25 years ago, and conclusively disproved by Albert Matthews, in Dialect; Notes, 11, 91-114. In the 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries the so-called "colleges" merely dormitories, with the exception of Harvard Hall, which contained the one college commons, kitchen, buttery, and library...
Under "Books" in your issue of Feb. 1, Trelawny's Adventures of a Younger Son is ably reviewed. You state, "The book is now republished for the first time since 1890." Incorrect. I have in front of me a small two-volume edition of the book published in Bohn's Popular Library by G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., London, 1914. I like TIME...
Perhaps Mr. Farrar's diagnosis of the American frame of mind is incorrect; perhaps he does Americans a great injustice; perhaps he credits them with a virtue which they do not deserve. But if his diagnosis he correct, wherefore be sorrowful? Perhaps the beauties of serene contemplation are lost upon Mr. Farrar completely, but certainly be fails to perceive the possibilities of such contemplation in the particular case of the American people. The present American frame of mind is hardly a thing to be admired; but its future is promising. It is not beyond the limits of the possible that...
...essential that voters follow accurately the Instructions printed on the ballot. In case of an error in the filling out of a ballot, that ballot will be void only as regards the officer for whom the marking is incorrect. The votes for the other officers on that ballot, if they be correct, will still be valid...