Word: offing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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POEM . . . . . BY ROBERT GRANT, of Boston.
ODE . . . . BY JAMES FREDERICK JACKSON, of Taunton.
AN idea that we do not appreciate the valuable Library from which it is our privilege to draw books seems to have gained credence among some, from the fact that comparatively few books are taken by each student in the course of a year. It is not the number of...
The indiscriminate acquaintance which many feel forced to maintain among "recent publications" deprives reading of its pleasure, and makes it for them a task; and no wonder, for who can feel any pleasure in turning the leaves of a book in which he feels no interest? One should read only...
The Germans, who stand high among nations in literary attainments, tell us that nothing is so prolific as a little known well. It is not necessary that one should confine himself to one book, or class of books, in order to do justice to the subject, for this would be...