Word: warring
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...delivered last week on "England and the Transvaal." Beginning with an account of the past relations of the English and the Dutch colonists in South Africa, Professor Macvane will show the present condition of politics and society there, and explain the causes which have led up to the present war. The lecture will be delivered in the Fogg Art Museum at eight o'clock...
...Ropes was widely known as an historical writer. Among his best works are the "Story of the Civil War," "The Army under Pope," "The First Napoleon: A Sketch, Political and Military," "The Campaign of Waterloo" and the "Atlas of Waterloo...
...refused, and the alternative suggestion made by President Kruger was so hampered by conditions as to be impossible of acceptance. Mr. Chamberlin's reply to this suggestion was by no means mild, and from this time on negotiations became more and more strained until President Kruger's ultimatum precipitated war...
Very different is Edward Richard's tale of the Franco-Prussian War, a straight-forward, vigorous story, with a refreshing roughness about it. "Pursuit," by W. Stevens '01, and "A Friend's Privileges," by Lewis D. Humphrey '01, are of the daily theme type. The most interesting contribution to the number is a short and "chatty" tale, "My Uncle, the Ghost," by A. H. Gilbert '01. It contains a touch of wit, which is rarely found in the Advocate's stories...
...Quar. 1899); Roosevelt: Akron Speech, in N. Y. Sun of Sept. 24, 1899; Excerpts in Pub. Opin. XXVI all numbers, XXVII Nos. 1-14, (1898-99); Harper's Monthly XCVIII, pp. 319 and 485 (July and August 1898), Henry C. Lodge's "War with Spain" in same, Vols. XCVIII and XCIX; Documents on Treaty of Paris, Senate Doc., 55th Cong., 3d Session, No. 62; Rev. of Reviews, XX, Nos. 114 and 116 (July and Sept., 1899). McKinley, Boston Speech; in Boston...