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...paper in the California series appears as usual and in it a description of a Sunday in Coloma is given, a picture which gives prominence to the rougher life of mines,- the auctioneering, racing, gambling, thimble-rigging, etc. The usual sheaf of short stories charmingly told, and poems delicate in flavor is not wanting...
...perfect proportions.' Early in the history of their civilization we find that they bestowed great care upon the culture of the physical organism, for they knew that if the soil were not well tilled, ploughed and regenerated by fertilizers it could not produce the golden ear and the luxuriant sheaf. Both Homer and Pindar manifested great enthusiasm in singing the praises of bodily strength and skill. The laws of Lycurgus provided free training-schools for the thorough physical education of both sexes. Four different localities were consecrated to the Panhellenic games,' at which the athletes of all the Hellenic tribes...
...under the title of "The Quest for the Grail of Ancient Art;" a second paper of Madame Mohl's Salon; and an article on "Vernon Lee," by Harriet W. Preston. Dr. Holmes's charming papers are continued. Bradford Torrey contributes a pleasant paper on "Winter Birds about Boston." "A Sheaf of Sonnets," by Helen Gray Cone, and verses by Edith Thomas, and E. R. Sill, complete the poetry, while a criticism of "Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife," reviews of Montcalm and Wofe, and the other usual matter complete the number...
...ripe golden sheaf, a wealth...
...time be deposited with the Assistant Treasurer for safe keeping." And again, we can almost see some former Professor of History, as he writes down this sententious little piece of wisdom, "Matches must be struck on the match-vases only, and, after being used, must be carefully extinguished," Another sheaf of garnered wisdom is instructively presented thus: "Great care must be taken not to let pins, pencils, or other small articles drop into the pianos." But right here this leads us to remark the strange oversight of the writers of these bright sayings. For instance, in this last the articles...