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...shabby five-room cottage at Longwood, on a bleak plateau on the island, the tragi-comedy of Napoleon's exile worked itself out. He adjusted himself to it more readily than anyone else. He romped with the children, teased the pretty, high-spirited 14-year-old Betsy Balcolme, a St. Helena heiress who played tricks on him, pulled his hair, once almost killed him with one of her pranks. Making a great fuss over his rights, Napoleon outsmarted his jailers almost from habit, played on the sympathies of Europe, started such rumors that presently a large body of troops...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Troublemaker's Troubles | 11/30/1936 | See Source »

Opening a strenuous weekend with a dance at Longwood Towers at 8 o'clock Saturday night, the Pierian Sodality will present a concert at the same place Sunday night at 8:30 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pierian Dances Tonight, and Gives Concert Sunday Night | 11/28/1936 | See Source »

...Donald Budge & Gene Mako, Carolin Babcock & Marjorie Gladman Van Ryn, Alice Marble & Gene Mako: U. S. tennis championships at Men's, Women's and Mixed Doubles respectively; at the Longwood Cricket Club, near Boston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Who Won, Sep. 7, 1936 | 9/7/1936 | See Source »

Every Sunday afternoon from January 5 to March 22 free public lectures on medical subjects will be offered by members of the Faculty of Medicine. These talks, held at the Medical School, Longwood Avenue, Boston, will begin at four o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MEDICAL FACULTY GIVE TALKS ON HEART, CANCER | 12/19/1935 | See Source »

Featuring Leonard Bernstein '39 as piano soloist, the Pierian Sodality will present the third concert of its current season on Sunday evening at Longwood Towers under the direction of Malcolm H. Holmes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PIERIAN SODALITY TO GIVE CONCERT SUNDAY | 12/14/1935 | See Source »

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