Word: rare
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...sort in America. The present "Fearing Collection" of books on angling was given to the Library, when it first occupied the new Widener Building. It contains over 12,000 volumes in twenty languages, on every subject concerned with anything that lives in the water. Among the books are many rare Americana and incunabula as well as a full representation of editions of Isaak Walton. Both collections are now preserved in the Treasure Room of the Widener Library...
...pitched the first six innings. In five of these he allowed no one to cross the plate, and the four runs scored against him in the sixth inning were due largely to slow fielding. Smith pitched the whole game for the soldiers and was hit only at rare intervals until the eighth inning, when he had a safe lead. His excellent control and headwork were in large part responsible for his effectiveness...
Professor A. Kingsley Porter, of Yale University, has loaned two beautiful Italian primitive paintings to the Fogg Art Museum. One of the works is a Gothic triptych by the rare Simone da Bologna, who painted in the 14th century. The other painting is attributed to Jacob di Cione, brother of Orcagna, and is also very rich in colors...
...Music Building at 7.45 o'clock this evening, Mr. Arthur Whiting will give his third concert in his series of Expositions of Chamber Music. The program will consist of several Gaelic songs as well as various compositions of Debussey, Bizet and others. Miss Fernanda Pratt, a contralto of rare ability, will assist Mr. Whiting in the production of an attractive program...
...committee consisting of Major Henry Lee Higginson '55, W. C. Lane '81, the librarian; Professor A. C. Coolidge '87, Professor W. E. Hocking '01, and E. J. Wendell, member of the Board of Overseers, were waiting to greet him. He was taken first into the Memorial Room, where the rare books and medals of Harry Elkins Widener '07 are kept; then to the reading room, and finally into the stacks. He expressed his admiration at the size and beauty of the structure. After this, M. Viviani left immediately for Boston, the whole visit having occupied scarcely half an hour...