Word: rare
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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General Walker is widely recognized as an authority on political economy, and he combines with a masterful knowledge of his subject, great personal charm and rare eloquence...
McClure's Magazine for February takes its first grasp of the reader's attention with eight portraits of Lincoln (several of them very rare), some twenty other Lincoln pictures, and an account, abounding in vivid personal details, of Lincoln's misfortunes as a country merchant; of his entrance into the legislature, and the beginning of his acquaintance with Douglas; of his work as a village postmaster and a deputy county surveyor; of his study of Shakespeare and Burnes and a copy of Blackstone found by chance in a barrel of refuse; and of his romantic courtship of Ann Rutledge...
...father's house. The art feature is Mr. Will H. Low's article on the great English painters of the early part of the century, with many splendid engravings of their pictures. To any one interested in art these discriminating articles are invaluable. The illustrations have been chosen with rare taste; they are interesting as pictures, and as examples of the artists, who are critically and biographically presented in the text. The fiction is especially notable, including a charming romance by Anthony Hope, a pathetic and powerful story by Ian Maclaren, and a characteristic tale from the unpublished manuscript...
...Institute of Technology library the past year, making the total more than 50,000. One of the most recent acquisition is 261 volumes, the gift of Thomas Gaffield, a retired Boston merchant. These books treat of the manufacture of glass and porcelain, and are many of them very rare. The volumes date back to 1647. Two of them are valued at $100 each, and the whole collection is worth...
Jesus had the freest spirit and the gladdest heart which has ever rejoiced the world. In his character were blended two rare gifts-the great power for men and service, and the repose shot through with the fire of divine and religious zeal...