Word: lotus
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...under the management of Dr. Ritter, director of the School of Music, lectures on the following subjects have been given: "Alexander Hamilton," by President Backus, of Packer Institute; "The Heroic Element in History" and "The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day," by Dr. George P. Fisher, of Yale; "The Lotus in the Decorative Art," by Mr. William H. Goodyear, "The Hope of the Prisoner," by Mr. Wm. M. T. Round; "Charity Organization Societies," by the Hon. Seth Low; "A Plea for the Downtrodden People," by the Indian Princess Vuoqua, "Simplicity," by Mr. Charles Dudley Warner...
Already there has been secured from Bubastis, which Heroditus considered the most beautiful of all Egyptian temples, an exquisite colossal face of Hathor, the Egyptian Venus, which will probably be accompanied by a toppiece of the lotus-columns of the temple. As fast as the sculptures are received they will be placed in the Egyptian department of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where they will form the most interesting collection of Egyptian antiquities in America, and will also be of great value from an artistic point of view...
Among the newly-published books added to the library in the last few days are Edwin Arnold's "Lotus and Jewel;" Brete Hart's "Phyllis of the Sierras;" and "On the Track of Ulysses." by W. J. Stillman...
...Chapel" is a bit of verse fairly well translated from the German of Uhland. The article that follows, "The Land of the Lotus-Eater," is a description of a town in the West Indies. The subject is interesting and well-treated...
...glad and blossom as the lotus bloom...