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...English books deserve mention: A small volume of Tennyson's poems, evidently a reprint of the first edition; Early Metrical Tales, containing the autograph of Wadsworth; a costly illustrated quarto edition of Longfellow's Evangeline...
...associated athletic clubs of Columbia College were received last week by our various athletic associations. A call has been issued for a meeting of the general executive committee for Wednesday evening. It is sincerely to be hoped that when that body meets it will decide to send its quarto of representatives to the general council of athletes at New York. For, although the faculty may not be able to guide the faculties of other colleges into the system of regulations which were inaugurated by them, the students of this university can add much useful knowledge and ability to any convention...
...essays must be written upon letter paper, of the quarto size, with a margin of not less than one inch at the top and bottom, and on each side. The sheets on which the essays are written must be securely stitched together...
...idea of having a visitors' book originated with Prof. Webster in 1838, who placed an ordinary blank-book - quarto size - in Harvard Hall, which was then used as the college library. This book was used until 1849. The idea seems not to have been taken up by the library authorities themselves until 1858, when Vol. I. of the "Book for Visitors to Harvard College" was opened...
...publication of the first part of Prof. Child's "English and Scottish Ballads" makes an epoch in the history of Harvard scholarship. As the edition is limited the work will undoubtedly increase rapidly in value. The work is elegantly printed in quarto sheets. It is expected that the second part will appear in about a month...