Word: letterpress
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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From Williams comes the unpronouncably entitled Gulielmensian, more familiarly known as the "Girl,"which is published in December, and as most of its species, by the junior class. It is on the whole disappointing, not so much in its iliustrations, which are however pretly bad, but in its letterpress. Every class has its editorial, presumably funny, while there are the usual painful witticisms perpetrated upon the unfortunate class-mates of the editors, or such as have rendered themselves open to their attacks...
...Those who remember the Lampoon of the past will recognize in this number a return of its former greatness, with all its inimitable drollery and taking wit. The illustrations have gained much finish and character, although in this respect there is still much room for improvement, but in his letterpress, from editorial to "Bubbles," Lampy's himself again. We congratulate our contemporary upon its gratifying success...