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FAMILIAR as most of us presumably are with Tennyson's "Idyls of the King," it is probable that few have either read the original legends or are acquainted with their history...
...have all read in Political Economy of "efficient labor," and the means by which this condition is arrived at. But none of us have read that one of the devices for making labor efficient is that the wages of the laborer should be paid by a person other than the one for whom the labor is done. The laborer is impelled to do his work thoroughly by the fear of dismissal at the hands of his employer; but if the work is done for a person other than the employer, and the latter is indifferent to the manner in which...
...Committee appointed to read the Bowdoin Prize Dissertations have awarded the following prizes...
...English, does not prove that he was a great poet, or deserves to be classed with Hafiz, Firdansi, or Nizami. On the contrary, Mr. Emerson, it would seem, shows commendable tact and judgment in not citing more of this astrologer who dabbled in poetry. However, being unable myself to read Persian, it is impossible to judge the accuracy of Mr. Fitzgerald's translation; but certainly in its English garb it approaches, with some notable exceptions, about as near to the boundary of stuff and nonsense as any poetry ever written. I have attentively read Mr. Fitzgerald's translation of Khayyam...
...wind is high and night approaching - we fancy issue cries and moanings of a distressed maiden, as the wind rushes through the loopholes or rattles loose shingles about the roof. This old tower has, like all its brethren, a legend, which romantic visitors would do well to read...