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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...lecturer. In such a course the first lecture must be more or less introductory, and in proportion as it is so, the hearer has all the more difficulty in becoming interested. Then, too, it is rather hard for us to appreciate the dramatic attempts of the thirteenth century in England, when Noah's Ark and Balaam's Ass were the only plays that had a "run." The next lecture, to be given at the same hour and place Monday, will be in reality the beginning, and we doubt not that those who attend the course will be introduced to much...
PROFESSOR FISKE gave his first lecture in the series on the "History of America," Monday evening, at the Hawthorne Rooms. The second lecture, "Spanish and French Explorers," was given last evening. The others are to be on the following dates: Monday, December 8, "The Struggle between France and England;" Thursday, December 11, "The Thirteen Colonies;" Monday, December 15, "Causes of the Revolution;" Thursday, December 18, "The English Race and its Manifest Destiny...
JOHN KEEN defeated David Stanton in a fifty-mile race in Boston, November 10. Stanton was suffering from a severe fall which he received in England, just before leaving for this country, and could not do himself justice. Keen completed the distance in 3 hrs. 10. min. 1 sec. Keen also defeated Terront in a twenty-mile race. Time: 1 hr. 14 min. 31 sec. William Cann completed a little over fifteen miles...
...WARBURTON, who lately lowered the ten-mile amateur record in England, is willing to take pound 300 to pound 30, that he beats the record at ten, twenty, and thirty miles, commencing with the longer distances...
...following records have been made recently in England...