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English Literature. Britis Novelists from Richardson to Scott. Last lecture. Walter Scott (continued). Professor A. S. Hill. Sever...
...last lecture in English B will be given by Professor Wendell next Tuesday, May 21. The subject will be the elective courses offered by the English department...
...most interesting lectures delivered in Cambridge this year was that given last night under the auspices of the Natural History society of Harvard, by Professor Carl Lumholtz, of the Royal Academy of Sciences, of Christiana. Although but a short notice of the lecture could be given, the large lecture-room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory was completely filled by an audience which followed with the greatest interest the fascinating recital of the remarkable experiences of Professor Lumholtz among the cannibal aborigines of Australia. The lecture was unusually long, but the attention of the audience was held throughout. The interest...
...What Professor Lumholtz had to say of the natives themselves was, however, the most instructive part of the talk. He is the only European who has ever made this people a study. They are unquestionably the lowest of the human race in the scale of civilization; everything connected with their life proves this. The language is very simple, the vocabulary being extremely limited: there are no general words, as the natives do not make the simplest generalization; whole ideas are expressed by single words, and everything marks a primitive phase of human life. This is even more clearly shown...
...Professor Lumboltz of the Academy of Science of Christina, Norway will give this evening, in the lecture room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory, an account of his most exciting adventures among the cannibal aboriginees of Australia. His experiences have been the subject of several interesting addresses in England and in this country, made doubly so by the illustration of the lecture with Australian views. Although the notice of Professor Lumboltz's address has been made rather suddenly, the variety and peculiarity of his adventures should cause a considerable number of persons to desire to hear him this evening. The lecture...