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...first periodical published at Harvard was "The Lyceum," which appeared in July, 1810. It was a bi-weekly magazine of about twenty-four pages, which lasted through eighteen numbers. Among its principal contributors were Edward Everett, Samuel Gilman, author of "Fair Harvard," and Nathaniel Frothingham. The contributions consisted of poetry, short essays and criticisms...
...sixteen years after the last publication of the "Lyceum," three Seniors founded the "Register." Its motto was "I won't philosophize and I will be read." It contained thirty-two pages and was issued monthly for seven numbers. Although this magazine was more readable than its predecessor, it, too, lost its force by imitation of the great English magazines...
...following Harvard men will give lectures in the Fifth Annual Series of Conferences, which are being held this winter by the Comparative Literature Society at the Carnegie Lyceum, New York: February 3, "The Kalevala," by Professor G. L. Kittredge, illustrating the Finnish Epic; February 17, "Epic Poems of the Heroic Age of India," and March 3, "Stories of the Mahabharata and the Ramayana," by Professor Charles R. Lanman, illustrating the Sanskrit Epic; March 17, "The Origin of the French Popular Epics of the Middle Ages," by Professor A. R. Marsh, illustrating the Mediaeval French Epic; and April 14, a paper...
...books and stationery. The basement is occupied by the gentlemen's furnishing department, to which have been added departments of boots, shoes, hats and caps; these departments are in the immediate charge of Mr. Bestwick, formerly with A. Shuman & Co. Enlarged quarters for the tailoring department were secured in Lyceum Hall. The old arrangement for handling furniture, by piloting customers to different warerooms in Boston, seemed objectionable; and a furniture department with samples was this fall opened in Dane Hall. The number of affiliated dealers was nearly doubled. The board already feels a justification for these changes. From the opening...
Hollis.- Lyceum Theatre Co. of New York in "The Tree of Knowledge...