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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...interesting collections have recently been acquired by the University Library, one by gift, the other by purchase. The first was presented by Mrs. Schmitt, the widow of George A. Schmitt, who was instructor in German in the University from 1856 to 1863. The library of two hundred and fifty volumes which is given in Mr. Schmitt's memory, is that of a scholar and a man of broad culture...
...second collection is a more interesting one, both by reason of its size and of its special object. The library of Charles Schefer, a noted French editor and writer, was sold last May in Paris. It was rich in books on the history of Turkey and on the Eastern question, a subject in which M. Schefer was an acknowledged authority. Through the kindness of Mr. J. Randolph Coolidge, the Library was able to bid at the sale and purchased 529 volumes. These make a notable beginning of a collection on the Eastern question, which Mr. Lane intends to make...
...first number of this year's Monthly not only is a capital one in itself, full of really valuable things, but also promises to be the first of a very successful series. It combines--as College magazines almost never do combine--suggestive treatment of contemporary questions with the furtherance of a distinct literary purpose...
...Foote '97, discusses "The Significance of the International Meet," and shows, in a truly sportsmanlike fashion, just what was meant and brought about by the contest between the Harvard-Yale athletes and those of Oxford and Cambridge. "The Madness of Robert Martin," by R. C. Bolling '00, is hardly one of the writer's best stories. The phrases are now and then a little too robust, sometimes too reminiscent of the interminable Kipling; and though one can understand Martin's rebellion against society, his reconciliation seems rather abrupt, rather arbitrary. Still, the story runs brisk and strong, and is filled...
...number also contains two editorial articles: one dealing with the opening of the year, the other appraising the architecture of our new buildings; and reviews of "From Sea to Sea," Mollock's "Tristram Lacy," and William Vaughn Moody's edition of Milton...