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...addition to the literature on New England Puritans through the considerable study it shows on the subject and the many noteworthy points of interest it brings to bear. Mr. Wendell brings out especially the characteristic of self curiosity which possessed the Puritans to a large degree. "The Earl of Surrey" by W. G. Howard is an interesting review of Surrey in the two aspects of cavalier and author. Surrey was by means a great poet, but he wrote some charming sonnets, noted chiefly for their mastery of form. He is especially interesting because, as the writer says...
...programme of the present trip includes games with the four strongest gentlemen counties-Surrey, Sussex, Kent and Gloucestershire. The last game will be played either at Lord's against Oxford or Cambridge, or at the Oval against an I Zingari eleven...
...same city, against Gentlemen of Ireland; July 8 and 9, at Edinburgh, against Gentlemen of Scotland; July 11 and 12, at Liverpool, vs. Gentlemen of Liverpool; July 15 and 16, at either Clifton or Cheltenham, against the Gentlemen of Gloucestershire; on July 18 and 19, at Oral, Gentlemen of Surrey; July 22 and 23, at historical Lords, against the Marylebone Cricket Club; July 25 and 26, at Maidstone, Gentlemen of Kent; July 29 and 30, Southampton, Gentlemen of Hampshire; August 1 and 2, Portsmouth. United Service; August 5 and 6, Brighton, Gentlemen of Sussex; August 8 and 9, Oval...
...there is any truth in the proverb that the smell of the bullock's blood is apt to beget a savagery in the slayer, the sweet voice of our Katharine may not have been without avail in mollifying the asperities of temper - if he had any - in that young Surrey butcher, Robert Harvard...
...great metropolis should be so near. Harrow is by nature admirably suited for either recreation or study. The school buildings are located on the brow and slope of a high hill, commanding an extensive prospect on all sides. From the summit, part of six counties are visible, and the Surrey Hills, the Thames, Windsor Castle, and part of London meet the spectator's eye. Some of the buildings are very old, built in a massive style of architecture. They are filled with reminiscences, carved in wood, of many generations of youths, some of them destined to become the pride...