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...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...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The June Atlantic. | 6/5/1889 | See Source »

Yesterday afternoon in Sever 11 Professor Toy continued his interesting readings from the Koran. He began with selections which give arguments for the existence and unity of God. The line of argument adopted by the Mohammed is very similiar to that used by the Prophets in the old Testament...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Readings from the Koran. | 4/26/1889 | See Source »

Reading from the Koran. Professor Toy. Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Calendar. | 4/25/1889 | See Source »

Professor Toy will continue his readings from the Koran this afternoon at four o'clock in Sever 11. The readings today will be in main from the suras delivered by the prophet while at Medina. the suras of this period form in many respects the most interesting portion of the Koran. The prophet had become firmly established in power, and his utterances are of a more mature character thad those of the Mecca period. The lecture will doubtless be a very interesting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Toy's Second Reading from the Koran. | 4/25/1889 | See Source »

Yesterday afternoon in Sever 11, Professor Toy gave the first of a series of "Readings from the Koran." He spoke first of the history of the book...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Readings from the Koran. | 4/23/1889 | See Source »

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