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Silver, Burdett & Company are soon to publish a book by Mr. C. T. Copeland and H. M. Rideout '99, called "Freshman English and Theme Correcting in Harvard College." It is not to be a text book, but an aid to teachers, and for this purpose it will contain specimen themes by students, with the instructor's corrections. The book is expected to be especially valuable as an exposition of the work done in English...
Such a library, if the scheme materializes, will probably be housed in the Rogers Building,--one section of which will be occupied by the text book library of over three thousand volumes, at present in Sever...
...examinations are closing there are probably left on many shelves a large assortment of text-books that will never gain be used. Here, out of sheer inertia, they are allowed to accumulate, or taken for a trifling sum to a second-hand book-store; yet could their owners realize the value of them for the educational work carried on by members of the University, they would perhaps be willing by this slight sacrifice or display of energy to assist the work to which others are giving so much of their time. There is at this time particular need...
...manuscript generally assigned to the twelfth century, containing 172 leaves, which measure 11 1-4 by 8 1-2 inches. It contains only seven plays (Plutus, Clouds, Frogs, Knights, Birtis, Peace, and Wasps), but is held to be superior to the "Ravennas" manuscript in the character of its text and in the importance of the scholia which fill the margins of its pages. These scholia have not been readily accessible to scholars hitherto, and the publication of this facsimile will meet a long felt need. It is proposed to issue two hundred copies of the facsimile, which will probably...
...book containing the Greek text of the Scenes and Choruses in the play, with Kennedy's translation, will be put on sale at Sever's, Amee's and at the Co-operative Society on Saturday, May 4. The price will be 25 cents...