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Joseph Potter Cotton's "Social Subversion" throws a new and extremely clever light upon the "Summer Girl." The story is told in a series of characteristically bright letters written to a certain mutual friend. Possibly the best bit in any of the letters is the remark of Robert Farrar, who, speaking of his "fiancee," says that "she is able to transcend conversations without crashing through them." Cotton writes in his usual clear, suggestive style, and he draws the three characters with a charming distinctness and originality...
...Soudan was governed by officers sent by the Khedive from Cairo. The Soudan service was looked upon by the officers as punishment and a place at which to live as easily as possible and get rich. Every bit of property the natives had was taxed. The oppression was intolerable. Such was the condition of affairs when Gordon arrived. He succeeded Sir Samuel Baker as governor of the Equatorial Provinces, which extended from the 23rd degree of north latitude to the equator and from the Red Sea westward. In this great tract of country Gordon had absolute power. This condition...
...condescend too far. We will waste no more words in giving the lie to the dirtiest bit of journalistic writing which it has been our misfortune to see in connection with the name of Harvard...
...regions the scenery equals or surpasses the broad grandeur of the coast lands. The numerous ponds and streams in the vicinity of Boston have been protected and the shrubbery at the water's edge left standing. From some of the ponds the Blue Hills can be seen, making a bit of scenery equal to that of the mountains...
...Charles E. Taylor; "Over Ifinger Jock," by Jean Porter Rudd; "A Rondeau Muskallonge," by Ed. W. Sandys; "A Ceylon Tracker," by F. Fitzroy Dixon; "Through an Autumn Gale;" "Banana Land Awhell," by E. M. Aaron; "A Shot at a Shadow," by Paul Pastnor; "Lenz's World Tour Awheel;" "A Bit of Blue Ribbon," by Sara Beaumont Kennedy; "The International Athletic Match," by Wm. B. Curtis; "New Hampshire National Guard," by G. H. Moses; "Football of '95," by Walter Camp, and the usual editorials, poems, records...