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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...point wherein the Oxford student has the advantage, or disadvantage as the reader may think, over the American college student, is the regulation that no one shall pursue separate courses of study until he has been at the university a year. No matter what his knowledge may be every man is obliged to wait a year before trying to pass his "Moderations," as they are called; then if successful, he is allowed to study "The Finals," or elective courses. Thus taking a three year's course instead of one of four years, is scarcely feasible or practicable...
...friend. "Harvard Types Hollis Holworthy" by Flandrau is the first article of the number. It is a piece of clever writing and is not without interest. "The Winner" by John Mack is a story which may be true to life but which at the same time makes the reader grieve for the hero's misplaced generosity. "A Sonnet" by H. H. is very good. The college Kodaks are not so good as usual; two of them are, to say the least, suggestive. The first and second are by far the best...
...very commonplace number, containing no article of special interest, but with plenty of sporting articles of the usual nature. The leading article is "All For a Life," a story of the sea. It is an unnatural and improbable story and though it has a certain interest for the reader in that it is written in an easy and pleasant style, the plot is nothing new or remarkable, and the situation at the end is rather incomprehensible. "Kings of the Trotting Track" is a paper supplementary to "Queens of the Trotting Track' printed in the May number. It is, like...
...pleasing and touching sketch by A. S. Pier. John Green contributes a dialect story entitled "The Brakeman's Story." It is very well done. Two sketches by Chamberlin are only mediocre. The first is the better of the two, for while the second is much the better subject, the reader is perhaps a little tired toward the end of being told "he lay on the desert." G. C. Christian contributes a story entitled "The Fate of Mary B." It is well written, but borders a little, perhaps, on the shady...
...number of Outing is much more interesting to the general reader than usuall. The first article is "How the Major Learned to Fish." It is an interesting and commonplace love story with a little advice as to the best methods of fishing for pike and bass worked in. The heroine is a little stilted but she knows so much about fishing that we can forgive her. "A Jack-Rabbit Chase" by Belle Hunt, is brisk and amusing. The leading article of the number is "Queens of the Trotting Track." It is chiefly statistics and is rather dull reading...