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...presence of the Congreve comedies, however, and of minor delicacies of the seventeenth century such as the pastoral ruminations of Cowley and the sundry writings of the Marquis of Halifax make English 50b not only informative but oftentimes entertaining. Professor Greenough, possessing a very human insight into what appears at time to be a mouldy enough age, is an excellent guide. With him the student may enjoy the brilliance of Restoration Comedy and even come to appreciate the state of mind which finds Dryden exhilarating...
...some of the rarest books in the priceless Widener collection are on exhibition this week in the Memorial Room at the Library. These include the early English chronicles of the New World across the sea written by Holingshead, Hardyng, and Purchas, all printed before the first half of the seventeenth century; and also a copy of Chapman's first translation of Homer, inscribed by the author...
...November 30 "Gothie Architecture in Germany, its Derivation from France and its Particular German Forms": December 7 "North German Brick Architecture and its Decoration": December 14 "The Hall-Church and its Transition to the Renaissance Building": December 21. "Architecture and Decoration of the Baroque Churches in Germany in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries...
Among the halls which have led long and checked careers in the service of the University, few have served a greater diversity of purposes than Harvard Hall, noted for its bell which acts as an alarm clock to the seniors. From the time of its construction in the seventeenth century it has been used as general University headquarters, Revolutionary barracks, grocery store and wine shop...
...Treasure Room is exhibiting this week a collection of plates of seventeenth-century. Broadsides and non-Broadsides, and a modern series of Broadsides which are the work of the Dun Emer Press of Dublin, Ireland...