Word: portraits
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...nature of a review of his literary work in prose and verse. Mr. Gosse has done his task in a careful, judicial spirit, and the result is an admirable estimate of an author with whom almost every one has become familiar in the past two years. A portrait of Mr. Kipling is the frontispiece of the number...
...frontispiece of the number is a new portrait of Bryant without the familiar beard. This is from an old daguerreotype, and is printed in connection with a historical and illustrated article on the old and well-known Century Club of New York City. The portraits of past and present officers and pictures of the club-house are given...
Finally the college has received a number of material gifts, among which may be mentioned as curiosities a miniature portrait of George Washington, from a member of Parliament from Mid-Worcester, an ancient watch, a bronze bust of George Bancroft (now in the Library), and a portrait of Galileo for the Observatory...
...contributed a couple of papers to the same series; and on "The Discovery of Gold in California," by John S. Hittell. In the department of Californiana there is also an account of the gold discovery by James W. Marshall, the discoverer of gold at Sutter's Mill, and a portrait is given of him in Mr. Hittell's article...
...Moody's "The Portrait" seems at first strained and the effect of a tremendous effect. A second reading improves it distinctly and makes it fascinating enough to be real a third time with unaffected pleasure and appreciation of its merit, which is considerable...