Word: houghton
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Houghton, Mifflin & Co., have recently published a book by Colonel T. W. Higginson '41, entitled "Contemporaries." The volume is a valuable series of sketches, most of which have been previously published in magazines, of famous men and women contemporary with Colonel Higginson. Among the best known names are those of Emerson, Whittier, Grant, Wendell Phillips, Charles Sumner, and Theodore Parker. Colonel Higginson, in his simple and graceful style, has treated his subjects not as historical figures, but as living men and women. The sketches of Ulysses S. Grant, Wendell Phillips, and Theodore Parker are thoughtful and appreciative, and the reminiscences...
...Century of Science" is the title of a new book published for John Fiske '65, by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. It is dedicated to Thomas Sergeant Perry, Professor of English Literature in the Keio Gijuku at Tokyo. The book contains fourteen articles, some of them addresses and others reviews. Among the subjects treated are the following: "Cambridge as Village and City," "Francis Parkman," "Sir Harry Vane," and "The Bacon-Shakespeare Folly...
From 1903--P. Bancroft, G. Bettman, H. Bishop, J. Browne, S. Burton, R. W. Child, L. B. Cummings, H. Dana, J. A. Field, G. S. Foster, J. F. Gough, L. P. Hill, W. M. Houghton, A. King, F. C. Lindsley, W. M. Lloyd, G. L. Lorillard, A. E. Lunt, L. L. McLean, H. Mann, M. Moore, F. M. Murphy, A. S. Nazro, C. L. Perkins H. A. Rich, H. L. Riker, E. D. Roberts, H. Saint-Gaudens, A. H. Schefer, R. M. Senior, G. W. South, H. P. Stevens, S. A. Storer, L. E. Swartz, T. H. Thomas...
...Door Opened," a collection of sermons by Alexander McKenzie, has been published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Dr. McKenzie presents in these sermons a pleasant and beautiful religion with no suggestion of the wrath of God. He does not ask us to be perfect, but to do our best, and his suggestions to this end are practical and sensible...
...Elusive Lover," by Virna Woods (Houghton, Mifflin and Co.) is a short, interesting love story with a clever plot. The characters are few and almost without exception essential to the plot. The scene is laid in California, in and about Los Angeles...