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Robert Burns, said Mr. Copeland in his lecture last evening, was born on a farm in Scotland in the year 1759 and, with the exception of two long visits and one short visit to Edinburgh, spent in the country by far the greater part of his short life of thirty-seven years. He was induced to publish his poems in Kilmarnock in 1786 with the hope of raising money to pay his passage to Jamaica, and the success of an enlarged edition of this volume was such that he was not only the lion of the winter in Edinburgh...
...large number of men availed themselves of the opportunity of meeting the United States Civil Service Commission at the reception given at the Colonial Club Saturday afternoon. The president of the club introduced the chairman of the commission, Hon. John R. Procter, who said...
...have issued the works of Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in a uniform edition, will undoubtedly gratify the authoress's many admirers. Mrs. Ward has long since been accorded an exhalted position in American literature, and she has merited it in every way. Her latest book, "A Singular Life," is said to be the best American novel since the days of "Uncle Tom's Cabin." It is already in its fifteenth edition and the demand for it is still very great...
...athletic season may now be said to have fairly commenced. In a day or so the 'varsity crew and most of the class crews will be on the river; today the baseball nine begins outdoor practice on Soldiers Field; and probably before the end of the week all the athletic teams will have abandoned the gymnasium for outdoor work. Three weeks from today the nine will play its first regular game...
...GARRISON, JR.ST. PAUL'S SOCIETY.- Evening prayer is said each evening during Lent from 7.00-7.20 p. m., in 17 Grays. All members of the University are invited...