Word: authority
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...conviction in the foot-ball editorial of the last Record for which we have the deepest admiration. We have eyed it askance, from this side and that, until we feel that it were indeed vandalism to tamper with anything so sublime. We bow with grave deference to its author, the complaisant editor who chuckles with delight at seeing in print more than a column of his nicely turned, choicely worded, carefully revised manuscript. We recognize in him a brother member of the press who sits high aloft beyond the pale of criticism, and casts his blunt weapons down...
...what they want, unless they apply to one of the two assistants who understand the subject catalogue. As an example: suppose one wished to find a translation of a French play, which appears in English under a new title and with the translator's name in place of the author's. The student does not know this new title or the name of the translator. It is almost certain that his search will be in vain. The subject catalogue should be scheduled minutely enough to enable common people to use it, or it should be abandoned. Why spend so much...
...names of noble authors stand in the catalogue as on the title-pages of their books. If it is absolutely necessary for students to be acquainted with the titles of English or French nobility, why not put the author's family name at the bottom of the card, followed by a "vide Burke...
...Princetonian and the Beloit Round Table amuse themselves with speculations on - the Devil! College papers have long enjoyed publishing three-column biographies and criticisms of famous authors, and it is not unnatural that the author of all evil should have his place in their pages; perhaps it is nothing new, either...
...position of Librarian, it may be well to call the attention of students to a little pamphlet published by him several years ago while in the Boston Library, entitled "Chronological Index of Historical Fiction, including Prose Fiction, Plays, and Poems." In the preface are numerous quotations from prominent authors, substantiating Mr. Winsor's views as to the value of fiction in supplementing historical studies of different periods. The different subjects treated are American, English, Scottish, Irish, French, Spanish and Portuguese, Germanic, Scandinavian, Sclavic, Turkish, Ancient Roman, Roman Imperial, Italian, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Asian, African, Australian History, and, last...