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...British Museum in London, Dr. T. C. Skeat studied the X-ray pictures and agreed that "Diana" had probably been murdered, had certainly been misnamed. Skeat retranslated the inked inscription on the mummy's chest wrappings, announced that the boy's name was Panechates, son of Hatres. Undoubtedly of noble birth, the unlucky child may have been liquidated by an ambitious rival. Burial took place some time in the 3rd century...
...took Kittredge's course in Chaucer; he expressed his indignation at Skeat's edition (which we had to use) because it was expurgated with . . . . etc. Whenever we came to these passages, Kittredge patiently read the words that were not there, never with a leer or a snigger, of course, but like a man talking to men. I won't tell you a line that Skeat left in, though I know it, but at this line Kittredge, with ineffable contempt said "This is the most obscene line in Chancer and Sheat left...
...following sets: Milton's Works, eight volumes, edited by Nutford; Swift's Works, nineteen volumes, edited by Walter Scott; Dryden's Works, eighteen volumes, edited by Scott and Saintsbury; Ben Jonson's Works, nine volumes, edited by Gifford; Bullen's "English Dramatists," sixteen volumes; Chaucer's Works, edited by Skeat, seven volumes; Gardiner's History of England, ten volumes...
...meeting this evening Mr. A. H. Thorndike will read a paper on "Beaumont and Fletcher's Influence on Shakespere," and Mr. W. A. Neilson will give a report upon Skeat's "Chaucerian Pieces...
Modern Language Conference. Papers: Beaumont and Fletcher's Influence on Shakspere. Mr. A. H. Thorndike.- Report on Skeat's "Chaucerian Pieces." Mr. W. A. Neilson. Sever...