Word: william
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...William Henry Rawle of Philadelphia has accepted an invitation to deliver the oration at the annual meet of the Phi Beta Kappa this year...
Prof. Francis William Newman has recently published a Latin translation of Robinson Cruso, under the title "Rebelius Crusoe; a book to lighten tedium to the learner of Latin...
...chapel among the colleges of Cambridge. The stained glass of this chapel is remarkably fine, and has been renowned for its beauty ever since the days of Henry VII. Caius College (pronounced Keys), is third in size and may be called a Medical College, since a court physician to William and Mary founded it. The alterations in this college are many, but it still retains three old gateways called respectively those of Humility, of Virtue, and of Honor. Trinity Hall is the legal college, and is more celebrated for its gardens than its buildings. While the partisans...
...three serials. "A Marsh Island," "Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," and the "Country Gentleman" all increase in interest. Among the articles of a more solid nature are an account of the revival of interest in antique sculpture after the neglect of the Dark Ages, by William Shields Liscomb, under the title of "The Quest for the Grail of Ancient Art;" a second paper of Madame Mohl's Salon; and an article on "Vernon Lee," by Harriet W. Preston. Dr. Holmes's charming papers are continued. Bradford Torrey contributes a pleasant paper on "Winter Birds about Boston." "A Sheaf...
...William G. Gibbons of the Pusey and Jones Company. Ship Builders, Wilmington, Del: "The Effect of the Tariff upon American Shipping...