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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...October number of the Hamilton Lit. is too heavy, as usual. Here are the titles of some of the articles: "An Ancient and Modern Battle as Typical of the Old and the New Civilization," "Humanity in Poetry," "True Partisanship," "A Criticism on the Representative Orators of the American Bar." How long will it be before the average college student finds out that he cannot write much that is worth reading on such subjects? He evidently has not found...
GENERAL LISTER intends to give a lecture in a few months on "The Military Art in Ancient and Modern Times." In it he will give an account of many of his personal experiences...
...Oberlin Review is principally taken up with two four-column articles on "Conscience in History" and "Coleridge and Modern Thought." We confess that we were unable to finish either of them. A prize essay, however, is promised for next time, and we look forward to this with great interest...
...Hill's Elements of Rhetoric lies in its practical nature. Designed for use as a text-book, it omits theoretical speculations, gives particular rules rather than vague generalizations, and puts everything in a form that can be readily grasped and easily remembered. An abundance of examples and passages from modern authors illustrate each statement, and numerous references on each page make it possible for the student, if he wishes, to pursue the subject beyond the limits of the book. We wish, however, that the book had a fuller index, so that it might be used for a handy work...
...evening in a drawing-room, - barter these for 80 per cent in Greek and the approbation of Spider? I cannot afford to do so. No! Let Spider spend all his evenings with Socrates and Plato, if he will. I am content to give a few of mine to some modern dramatist at the Museum, or to a little philosophy which might puzzle Socrates himself...