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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...privilege of publishing each book several hundred dollars, which decreased the earning of the man who really did the work. It was a trick of the most selfish nature-one which it is hard to imagine would be perpetrated by any Harvard man who had known how hard men struggle to gain a livelihood here while they are getting their college education...
...book is one of the most amusing of the year, being filled with a good deal of clever conversation. It is moreover very simply written, and above all, it is not long. The author, a recent graduate of Annapolis, although little known to the reading public, bids fair to acquire a place among our best short story tellers...
Columbia University has received a gift of $12,500 which is to be used to purchase new books for the library. Five thousand of the amount is given by President Low. The name of the donor of the balance is not known...
...Freshman eleven have had several reasons for feeling satisfaction in the victories they won for Harvard last fall. First, they have been able to feel justly that what they gained they gained by good straight football and by hard and faithful work throughout the season. Secondly, they have known that the University appreciated their efforts and rejoiced with them in their successes. The public recognition of this by the Athletic Committee in the gift of the trophies, will assure them that Harvard does not forget those who by their own efforts have added to the list of victories. Such recognition...
After his graduation from Harvard in '46 Professor Norton travelled for several years in Europe and Italy, where he made a special study of Dante. One of his first and best known works was a book on Italian Churches. He was an intimate friend of Ruskin and later edited his works. He also edited the Carlyle correspondence, and the Lowell correspondence. His editing of the Carlyle-Goethe and the Carlyle-Emerson correspondences was most important and valuable in correcting the impression made by Froude. His contributions to the early pages of the North American Review, of which...