Word: rare
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With careful and patience guidance Sammy should become one of those rare mortals--an artist...
...rest of this week, the showcases are full of works by Samuel Johnson and his contemporaries. Among the rare first editions on exhibition are the Johnson's "Dictionary of the English Language," his "Life of Pope," all of the "Rambler," Rasselas," "Irene," Fielding's "Tom Jones," and Sterne's "Tristram Shandy." Also there is a document signed by Queen Anne and a letter from Johnson to Sir Joshua Reynolds...
...Advocate, Lampoon, and CRIMSON, the publication of the hitherto jealously guarded list of editors, and "the Harvard Magazine Prize Novel"--these are all of slighter quality than the best the Magazine has offered, in the past. Two great merits the number has. Its editorial on the Lampoon achieves the rare distinction of having something to say and saying it with emphasis and point, and better still, the sudden realization of the humorous side of its own career, marks a triumphant accomplishment in the life of the Magazine. It is almost worth while dying to be able to discover in death...
...since the trial of Warren Hastings for High Crimes and Misdemeanors has any prosecution attracted such wide interest as the trial of Joseph Caillaux. Trials for murder have ceased to interest a public used to violence of all kinds, but a trial for treason is sufficiently rare to greatly excite the public mind. The placing of Joseph Caillaux, former Premier of France, on trial on the charge of conspiracy against his country in time of war is the latest attempt to punish a man whose political career has been so shadowy as to excite grave suspicion...
...collection of 200 volumes of first editions of rare books on philosophy, donated by Professor G. H. Palmer '64, is now on exhibition in the Widener Library. These works will remain on view for two more weeks...