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Prof. John Nichol is preparing a volume of "Essays on English Literature," on, among others, Carlyle, Thackeray, Dickens, Macaulay, Tennynyson and Sidney Dobell...
Lately Sir Stafford Northcote was elected Lord Rector of the University of Edinburgh, over Mr. Otto C. Trevelyan, the author of the Life of Macaulay, and Professor Blackie. This choice of the students is much condemned, as Sir S. Northcote has shown no proofs, during his long career, of striking intellectual power...
...final examinations in English 5 will consist of a theme on some subject taken from the life of Macaulay in the "English Men of Letter" series, or from the recently published life of George Eliot by Mathilde Blind. Members of the section are expected to read one of these books, and, if possible, in addition, the poems, essays or history of Macaulay or some work of George Eliot of an autobiographical nature, such as "Mill on the Floss," or "Scenes from a Clerical Life...
...reading matter is contributed by a number of well known favorites. Among others we notice the names of Wheelwright, J. C. Goodwin, Alden of the Times, and Arthur Penn. We cannot forbear clipping from the "Macaulay-flower Papers...
...second Forensic will be due Dec. 7. Subjects : 1. Is there a decline in real statesmanship in the United States? 2. Is Macaulay's judgment of Bacon just? 3. How far does self-consciousness hinder action? 4. Which function of literature is the more important at the present time, the critical or the creative...