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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...LECTURE. "Popular Fallacies regarding Insanity and the Treatment of the Insane." Dr. Henry R. Stedman. Medical School, Longwood Avenue, Boston...
...societies and even periodicals, except those that are kept in the periodical alcove in the Reading Room. These will remain on exhibition for a week, so that anyone interested may readily keep himself informed in regard to the Library's acquisitions. It should be noted, however, that the more popular new books will be placed as heretofore on the "new book shelves" in the Delivery Room, and that books which have been ordered in haste at the request of individuals will be delivered to the persons who ordered them without delay...
...Bartholomew Fair" was first presented in London in 1614, and for several years afterward was one of the popular places of the London stage. It is characteristic of Jonson's style, both in its realism and its character portrayal, in which it is especially strong. Its aim is to present in humorous and burlesque fashion the life and customs of the people. Like many other plays of the period, "Bartholomew Fair", contains many references to contemporary writers and playwrights, and the customary humorous flings at the Puritans and other strict sects. Though there is a fair plot to the play...
...assume that some competitive system is desirable, for popular election or direct appointment are open to much greater abuses than the existing practice. But the qualifications required of a manager give rise to one serious objection. No defeated candidate can feel dissatisfied if he is beaten by a man who has proved more efficient, but if he himself has been clearly in the lead in the actual competition and is defeated because he is not the sort of a man who would be popular with the players or represent the University creditably, his work seems worse than useless...
...Popular--"The Pride of a Man," by A. S. M. Chisholm...