Word: authoratively
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...beginners, then, writing on historical or similar topics is excellent practice. Doubtless in every year Harvard produces much fairly readable stuff of this kind. In these compositions the author has put enough thought to make the grouping of facts, which are not his own, still so much the expression of his mind, that the essay is sincere and of worth. Yet of such work we see too little in the college papers...
Will contain serial stories by Charles Egbert Craddock, author of "The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains," "In the Tennessee Mountains," etc. Henry James, "The Princess Casomassina" will continue until August, 1886. William H. Bishop, author of "The House of a Merchant Prince." James Russell Lowell will write for the Atlantic Monthly for 1886. John Fiske will contribute papers on United States History. Philip Gilbert Hamerton will furnish a series of articles comparing French and English people, character, opinions, customs, etc. Thomas Bailey Aldrich will contribute some short stories...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - In last Wednesday's issue appeared an article purporting to be a refutation of your admirable remarks on the Anglomaniac tendencies of American colleges. The positions assumed by the author of the reply are such as to merit an indignant protest from any patriotic student of Harvard...
...people and the educated public at large have sustained a double loss in the deaths of John Langdon Sibley and Dr. Elisha Mulford. The latter, a professor in the Cambridge Theological Seminary, is known to all who are interested in the economic literature of the United States, as the author of the "Nation." This book, which appeared in war times, is regarded by many as marking an epoch in our economic study. Others are more familiar with Dr. Mulford's "Republic of God," a religious work of much merit. Although the Theological Seminary is not a part...
...Sibley calls for some comment. He was editor-in-chief of the "American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge." The triennial catalogues since 1840 have been edited by him, and he had charge of the publication of the annual catalogues from 1850 to 1870. He was also author of the "History of Union, Maine," and of three volumes of biographical sketches of Harvard graduates. In 1856, Bowdoin College honored him with the degree of A. M., as a testimonial of appreciation of his literary services...