Word: notes
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...reference to the recent wetness in Cambridge. After earning the gratitude of its readers in this way, the paper proceeds to make itself more than usually entertaining, both as to stories and illustrations, and even puts some life into its editorials, by way of variety. It is interesting to note, too, that the "keg" in the Sanctum is at last emptied; one wonders how the "By the Way" column will get along in the future without it. As to the drawings, nothing need be said except in commendation. They are either amusing or very cleverly executed, and are well supported...
...Bookman"--"In Youth," by Jonathan Leonard '96; "A Note on Stephen Crane," by J. D. Barry '88; "Drama of the Month," by Norman Hapgood...
With this tendency toward romanticism, Stevenson naturally chose story writing as the first sphere of his literary activity. In his succeeding books Stevenson sounded a more serious note. "It begins to seem to me to be a man's business to leave off his damnable faces and to say his say," he quoted, in one of his letters. He began to turn from romance to reality...
...topographical map made out by the Metropolitan Park Commissioners, the men, in groups of two, have examined the outcrops and the formations of rocks in the sections of the park assigned them, and have made out colored maps to show the geological structures found. Very minute and careful field note-books have been kept, and specimens have been collected of the more important rocks...
...influence upon rural communities of a bank note currency based upon general commercial assets, as distinguished from a system based on deposit of bonds...