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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Lecture I (1725-1796). The XVIII century in Russia. Brief sketch from Peter I to Catherine II. The Academy of Science. Russian pseudo-classicism,- Soumarokov, Trediakovsky. Catherine the Great. French philosophy in Russia. Pseudo-classical literature...
Other features of the issue are "The Country of the Pointed Firs," a short story by Sarah Orne Jewett; "The Johnson Club," being an entertaining description by George Birkbeck Hill of the meetings of Johnson enthusiasts; a sketch of provincial life by Mrs. Catherwood,"A Farm in Marne;" "Children of the Road," a study of child life among vagrants, by Josiah Flynt; and "The Schoolhouse as a Centre," by the editor of the magazine, a paper introducing the discussion of "The Status of the Teacher" in subsequent issues...
...historical sketch of the spread of the doctrine of immunity of private property at sea and a discussion of its tendency to promote peace...
...Cotton has some lines on a "Ghostly Figure of Late Accursed Memory," and R. W. Jennings a sketch called "My Little Friend...
...sketch, "My Little Friend," by R. W. Jennings...