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...University Press has recently published several extremely timely and interesting volumes. The subjects include Thomas Jefferson's drawings for his home, Monticello, a history of Scientific Management, an account of the German teacher in the secondary schools, and a work on a little known source of English realism, the history af Mary Carleton...
...this time, when the government is considering the purchase of Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, peculiar interest is lent to the publishing in the Harvard Architectural Quarterly of the original drawings for this place by Thomas Jefferson himself. These drawings were only recently discovered among the papers of the late T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr. By means of them it becomes possible to study the position held by Jefferson in the American revival of classical architecture. There are also published with this article plans and elevations, which show great community of thought and feeling with Jefferson's drawing. The article...
Raymond Mirick Sandhouse, Monticello...
...revolutionary period, Jefferson's life is more that of a farmer and a country gentleman, than of the politician. From his boyhood up he exhibited a fondness for nature, for horses of all sorts, etc. Like Webster, too, he was fond of hunting and fishing, and in the season, Monticello never wanted for game while its master was at home. Monticello was not the home of his boyhood, but was inherited by him in his early manhood. The care of the estate was a pleasure to the young man and he showed the liveliest interest in the cultivation...
...town of Monticello, La., has been wholly destroyed by a tornado. Ten persons were killed and many injured...