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...Grece d' aujourd' hui" (Colin et cie., 1892). "Marivaux" (Hachette et cie., 1897) is a critical literary essay, while "Le malaise de la democratie" (Colin et cie., 1899) is a recent political essay. His most ambitious work is a series of treatises in five volumes, entitled "La vie et les livres" (Colin et cie., 1894-97). M. Deschamps has also written a novel "Champfleury...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cercle Francais Lecturer. | 9/26/1900 | See Source »

...lecture last night was on Mycenae and Tiryns. Mycenae was founded by a son of Zeus, and at the time of Agamemnon its glory was at its height. The two Homeric poems contain the best descriptions of Mycenae. The renowned luxury of Menelaus and Helen in Sparta did not vie with the luxury of Mycenae. In some tombs opened at Mycenae by Dr. Schlieman in 1876, were found numerous coins and gold and silver vessels of great value. One tomb containing the body of a man which had become a fossil, contained gold plate and coins which weighed 100 pounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Goodwin's Lecture. | 4/30/1891 | See Source »

...taken. The students will be graduates of other colleges, and will go to Clark University to take advanced courses in mental and physical science, instead of going to German universities as is the present custom. The object is thus to establish an American university which will be able to vie with European ones...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clark University. | 1/24/1889 | See Source »

...next meeting of the Conference Francaise tomorrow (Wednesday) evening, Mr. C. H. C. Wright will read a paper on "La Vie de College en France...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/8/1889 | See Source »

...tour in every respect satisfied the strongest hopes of all the members. Before houses crowded with the most enthusiastic audiences, the clubs did themselves great credit, and deserve the heartiest thanks of the college for so admirably representing it. The Harvard clubs at the different cities seemed to vie with one another in the manner of receiving their guests, and nothing was wanting in the way of hospitality...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/3/1889 | See Source »

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