Word: macauley
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Among the most charming of Macauley's works for light reading are his celebrated "Lays of Ancient Rome." These scattered bits of verse have been collected and published together in a most attractive form by G. P. Putnam's Sons. The book is a small pocket edition, very tastefully bound, with clear print, and is profusely illustrated. Each of the lays is prefaced by a brief history of the event to which the poem refers. In addition to the lays. a few of Macauley's shorter poems have been appended, such as the "Battle of Ivory," the "Armada" and others...
...Lucas, Jesus, succeeded in running 100 yards in 10 secs., thus beating the previous English amateur best on record held by Junker by one-fifth of a second, and placing the English and American amateur records at the same figure. On the same occasion, Mr. R. H. Macauley, King's, cleared 5 ft. 9 in. in the Running High Jump, which is better, by three-quarters of an inch, than the record of Conover, of Columbia, made at the last American Intercollegiate Sports, held May 9, 1879. On March 4, Mr. M. Shearman, St. Johns, ran 120 yards...