Word: misses
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...addition to the $2550 mentioned in the last annual report, and the curator was authorized to expend the same for the continuation of explorations under his direction. The curator, in presenting his report, stated that he had also received $775 for special purposes, of which $550 were for Miss Fletcher's researches among the Indians. Twenty-five free lectures were given at the museum during the past year. Numerous gifts were made to the library, and the additions to the museum had been larger than in any preceding year, the large increase being chiefly due to the special explorations made...
...George Riddle will play Romeo to Miss Mary Anderson's Juliet at the Boston Theatre this evening...
GLOBE THEATRE. - Miss Kate Claxton in "The Two Orphans." Performance...
...recent work upon "The Myths of the Odyssey," by an Englishwoman, Miss Harrison, is meeting with a great success in England. "We are indebted to Miss Harrison for laying down the lines upon which the Greek myths can be studied," says the Academy; and the Athenoeum declares that "it is only just to say that we are not acquainted with any book produced by any man at either university which does so much for the popular knowledge of ancient art as this work by a student from one of the Cambridge colleges for women." The author of this book...
...SOLOIST, MISS HENRIETTA BEEBE.Every number was thoroughly enjoyable, but the singing of Miss Beebe was especially noteworthy. The aria from "Figaro" was well fitted to display the flexible and mellow qualities of the singer's voice, and was rendered with a richness of expression that held the attention of every listener. The orchestral accompaniment was, in one or two passages, a little too heavy for the voice, but this fault was barely noticeable. The rendering of the two songs to Mr. Henschel's accompaniment was exquisite, and the audience responded with enthusiasm, calling Miss Beebe out four times - a thing...