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...Jessie Conrad (With a preface by Joseph Conrad)-Doubleday ($1.75). Joseph Conrad offers himself "modestly and gratefully as a Living Example" of his wife's art. Her style, lacking the richer beauties of his, has a toothsome directness. The following excerpt is characteristic: "The best plan is to soak the head in a bowl of cold water and a little salt all night, previously removing the brains." The quotation is from a fanciful essay entitled "Calf's Head...
...these events lead to a degree of proficiency that will enable him to be of use to the team. And yet there are dozens of men with the requisite brawn who are content to do nothing but make their C 's and D's and soak up the heat in College dormitories. Is Captain Bingham's team to suffer, like its predecessors, not from want of stars but from lack of enough men with the proper spirit...
They enter a bath-room, say at half-past four; after carefully wasting about nine tenths of the hot water in the boilers, they proceed to soak, and enjoy life for an hour. Then leaving the tub with evident regret, they dress with a masterly leisure that is only acquired by constant practice. If fortune smiles, the bath-room is well rid of them by six o'clock; if she frowns, the rows of shivering men waiting for their turn, are lucky if it comes at half past...
...wrath to come, if they persist in their greedy ways. However, we have not the heart to deprive them altogether of a pleasure apparently so much sought by them. We would suggest that they petition for the use of the tubs all night; and then they may sit and soak in peace, undisturbed by the maledictions of the men waiting without...
...attention of the proctors to a few practical matters connected with the examinations. Let each man of you make sure, the day before the examinations begin, that both his shoes are quite free from squeak. If there is the least suspicion that the soles are stiff-jointed, pray soak them every night in oil or water, so that your presence in the room next morning may be as unsubstantial as possible...