Word: sketches
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...planned after the fiftieth anniversary of the class at the suggestion of one of the members. The idea was carried through by private enterprise and in 1895 the three copies of the book were printed in London. It contains photographs of the members of the class and a life sketch of each...
...Copeland gave a biographical sketch of Sheridan, and read Macaulay's famous description of the scene of the trial of Warren Hastings when Sheridan made one of the most brilliant speeches ever made in English, but the body of the lecture was on his qualities as a play-wright. He was characterized as possessing singular dramatic talent and shining wit, but as lacking the imagination and humanity of Goldsmith...
...side of Harvard life, but it is an effort in the right direction and well done. The writer of "A Cuban Romance" might have made more of his subject without making his story any longer. The writing is forcible and compelling, however. An amusing incident is related in "A Sketch...
...little book called "Flowers that Never Fade," by F. B. Wiley (Boston, Bradlee Whidden), gives an account of the Ware collection of glass flowers in the University Museum, the history of their manufacture, and a biographical sketch of their maker...
John Fox, Jr., '83, author of "The Kentuckians," "Hell fer Sartain," and other stories, gave a reading from his works last evening in Sanders Theatre, concluding the series of the Cantabrigia Club. Mr. Fox prefaced his reading with a short sketch of the Kentucky mountaineer in order to make the stories more intelligible to those who were unfamiliar with this unique type of American character. Mr. Fox has portrayed this character in his stories with a clear insight and a fine sense of humore. His complete mastery of the dialect, from having been much among the mountaineers, and his understanding...