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...that it gave nothing for its contributions, barely paid expenses; and never before the present year has it been a paying investment. But, however unsuccessful from a business point of view the Review may have been, its pages have ever exhibited the highest scholarship this country possessed, and its list of contributors includes the name of almost every American writer who has attained any enduring distinction...
...difficulty of such an undertaking becomes apparent when we remember that the articles in the first seventy-seven volumes were published anonymously, and that it was owing entirely to the diligence of Mr. Cutter, Mr. Sibley, and Mr. Bowen, that the volumes in our Library alone contain a list of the writers who appeared in the early pages of the Review...
...catalogue prepared by Mr. Cushing is brought down to 1878, and is both a subject and an author's catalogue. A glance over the list of contributors reveals some interesting facts in regard to the authorship of the Review articles. The Adams family are well represented; John Adams has two articles; Charles Francis Adams, sixteen; Charles Francis Adams, Jr., thirteen; and Henry Adams, eighteen. John Quincy Adams appears to have written nothing for the Review. The one who contributed the greatest number of articles was Edward Everett, who wrote no less than one hundred and sixteen. This number becomes more...
Professor Bowen, who has written just one hundred articles, stands second on the list, and he is followed by Dr. Peabody, whose contributions amount to seventy-seven. Those who have contributed more than fifty articles are Presidents Felton and Sparks, A. H. Everett, and W. B. O. Peabody. Caleb Cushing, William Tudor, and J. G. Palfrey stand among the thirties; and Professors Norton and Lowell, and W. H. Prescott, among the twenties. Of the members of the present Faculty, H. W. Torrey has seven; John Fiske and Asa Gray, six each; A. S. Hill and C. F. Dunbar five each...
...Lafayette College Journal, in an editorial, publishes a list of tradesmen who have advertised in its columns, saying: "Preserve this list for reference, and when you can, help those who help the Journal." Here follows the list, consisting of clothiers, stationers, and so forth, and at the end, in the lowest and most humble position, a preparatory school! O Knowledge, where art thou fallen...