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...Harvard," should of itself make the number an interesting one for Harvard men, even if the other articles were less interesting and offered less of a variety than is the fact. Of these other articles perhaps the most interesting to college men will be the "Stories of Salem Witchcraft," by W. S. Nevins, whose writings must always have a peculiar interest to all who are familiar with his charming musical studies and sketches. A short article in "America in Early English Literature," by I. B. Choate, in which the author cites some of the "numberless references to the early colonists...
Professor Barrett Wendell will speak at the 200th anniversary of the witchcraft delusion...
...western men will find an article in the "City of St. Louis" much to their taste, as it is treated by Professor C. M. Woodward. This too abounds in illustrations - points of interest and public buildings in St. Louis. A Mr. Nevins contributes some weird stories of Salem Witchcraft and the "Old Oaken Bucket" is treated of exhaustively in two articles. Towards the end of the volume is printed a sermon on Abraham Lincoln which was preached by Bishop Brooks a quarter of a century ago in Philadelphia...
...addition of great interest to all Harvard men falls within the present college year, The late James Russell Lowell be queathed to Harvard College his copy of Webster on Witchcraft, once the property of Increase Mather, sometime president of Harvard College, together with any of his books of which no copies, or only poorer copies, were owned by the college. Webster on Witchcraft, though made interesting by its its former owner, is by no means the most valuable of the volumes that will come to the college under this clause of Mr. Lowell's will. His collections of modern Spanish...
...series of papers, "Stories of Salem Witchcraft," by Winfield S. Nevins, is begun in this number. All Harvard men who are studying American History will find this series especially valuable. The first article gives an account of the witchcraft cases in New England previous to 1692; the outbreak in Salem Village; the court and places of trial; a full history of the trials of accused persons, and copious quotations from the remarkable testimony in the court files are given; and the article is embellished with many portraits and drawings now published for the first time, and made specially...