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...Richard H. Dana delivered a very interesting lecture last night at the College Conference meeting on "Reforms in Political Methods." He first showed in what quarters these reforms are necessary, and then gave a short sketch of the best methods to be adopted to bring them about...
...leading article in the Century for November is the first part of the Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson. As might be expected it is extremely interesting, containing, besides a sketch of his remarkable career on the stage, many anecdotes of Power, Wallack, Macready, and in fact all the great American actors of the last half century. The first of the Present Day Papers is written by William Chauncy Langdon, the subject being "The Problems of Modern Society." Seven of the most sociological critics of America have formed a group for the purpose of discussing social problems, in a series of essays...
...Class Day Tribune will contain about fifty illustrations, including a large reproduction of the historic copper plate of Harvard in 1774, engraved by Paul Revere, together with the complete programme of the day, a list of spreads, words and music of the class song, a historic sketch of the university and views of the buildings...
...less than three of the articles in the Atlantic Monthly for June are from the pen of Harvard professors. Professor Charles Eliot Norton contributes a charming sketch entitled "Rawdon Brown and the Gravestone of 'Banished Norfolk,' " in which he describes Mr. Brown's antiquarian works in Venice. Professor C. H. Toy has an article on the origin and history of "The Thousand and One Nights." The mixed Indian and Persian and Arabian character of the stories is traced. Professor Royce publishes his second paper of "Reflections after a Wandering Life in Australasia" which is fully as thoughtful and interesting...
...group of pen and ink sketches by Mr. Papanti of Boston, cousin of the well-known dancing teacher, has just been published in a large engraving. The central piece is a sketch of the quadrangle from in front of Grays, together with University, Harvard, and a corner of Massachusetts Halls. The view is unusually complete, and is a difficult one to secure. Around this are grouped two rows of single views of the various halls and buildings, including the dormitories outside of the yard, the recitation halls, Memorial Hall, the two gymnasiums, the Law and Medical school buildings, the observatory...