Word: rare
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Slipshod English prevails throughout the number in prose and in verse. Among the contributors the thought of composition as an art seems rare. Such expressions as, "The two lawyers . . . . are unusually realistic, perhaps due to the fact that," etc., such sentences as, "It has novelty, punch, heart interest, and almost all the other ingredients which go to make up a smashing success," should not be printed in a document that is sold for more than one cent. The only story in the number, My Friend of the Smoking Room, should be powerful or nothing. It is not powerful...
Some exceedingly rare and interesting rubbings from brass monuments in mediaeval English churches have been put on exhibition at the Fogg Art Museum. They represent Knights in armor bishops, monks, and ladies. This collection was given the University by Mrs. George Fiske in memory of her husband, a member of the class...
...century Italian prints ever shown in this country, an exhibition made possible by friends of the Museum in Boston, New York, London, and Cambridge. Anyone interested in Italian prints will have an opportunity to see some of the finest works of the great engravers as well as the extremely rare anonymous prints which preceded them, many of a quality as brilliant as can be found anywhere in the world. A catalogue of the engravings has been prepared in which every print is described and reproduced, making it a reference book of real value...
There are just two moods which would make "The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" and "Androcles and the Lion" impossible for the spectator: one is the mood of the "Follies" and the other is the mood possessed by what Cyril Harcourt has termed "Consumptive Puritans." Both plays are rare treats,--but only to those who do not carry the above-mentioned attitudes with them to the Wilbur Theatre. Some may claim that it doesn't take a sick Puritan to turn pale when Shaw's burlesque of early Christianity really gets under way. That would be true...
Professor Coolidge will describe the building, Mr. Lane will speak on the books in the collections owned by the University, and Mr. Winship will describe the Harry Elkins Widener collection. Mr. Winship will also show the rare and valuable books in the collection later in the evening to the members of the society...