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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Davis left guard Van Huyck...
...most interesting articles in the number discusses the tendencies past and present, of architecture in the west. Mr. Van Brunt is hopeful of a rational and artistic architectural development in the western states. He admits that "the prejudices and desires of the most impartial observer must necessarily color his deductions;" but he says, "I venture to believe, however, that the forward movement has gone far enough to enable us to appreciate the spirit of it, if not to comprehend the general direction of its progress." This spirit he conceives to be the change coming about by natural growth...
...crew made up of candidates for the university has been for the past few days rowing in the cedar shell in which the race at New London was rowed last year. On Monday the crew was made up of, bow, Van Renssalaer, 2, Vaughan; 3. Parker, '91; 4, Perkins, '91; 5, Finaly; 6, Watriss; 7, F. Winthrop; stroke, Longworth. The crew was made up on Tuesday of, 1, Parker, '91; 2, Lothrop; 3, F. Winthrop; 4, Vaughan; 5, Perkins, '91; 6, Longworth; 7, Goddard; stroke, Watriss...
...Barr. The history of Abraham Lincoln by Nicolay and Hay is rapidly drawing to a close. The present number describes the second inaugural and the last battle of the war. The other articles in the number are "Adventures in Eastern Siberia," by George Kennan; "The Case of John Van Arsdale," by Ernest Crosby, and "The Newness," by Robert Carter...
During 1890 The Century Magazine (whose recent successes have included the famous "War Papers.' the Lincoln History and George Kennan's series n "Siberia and the Exile System") will publish the long looked for Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson, whose "Rip Van Winkle" has made his name a household word. No more interesting record of a life upon the stage could be laid before the public. Mr. Jefferson is the fourth in a generation of actors, and, with his wife and grandchildren, there are six generations of actors among the Jeffersons. His story of the early days of the American stage...