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Prof. Francis William Newman has recently published a Latin translation of Robinson Cruso, under the title "Rebelius Crusoe; a book to lighten tedium to the learner of Latin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/24/1885 | See Source »

Professor Shaler of the Natural History department has written a First Book in Geology. Ginn, Heath and Co. are the publishers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 1/24/1885 | See Source »

...Pall Mall Gazette: "I can vouch for the boba-fides of the following, which I have met with during the last two or three years as examiner in the Cambridge local examinations: 1. 'Pitt was a great statesman; Fox was a ditto, he wrote a very good book of martyrs. Pitt and Fox both died a month after each other.' 2. 'The Gordian knot was a very difficult knot which Nero tied, and by means of which he kept the empire of Rome in subjection...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 1/24/1885 | See Source »

...ECON. L.-A lecture in two parts will be given on this course at 17 Divinity Hall, on Friday, January 30, beginning at 10 A. M. and 3 P. M. The chapters of the book will be taken up in order, with an epitome and explanation of each section, and a full discussion of the more important and difficult points. Gentlemen intending to be present will confer a favor by notifying me. F. Coggeshall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 1/23/1885 | See Source »

...fine collection of engravings, while many a fine piece of statuary can be found in its halls. The Senate House, dreaded by the incoming freshman, and the University Library, with its half million volumes, among them an original MSS on vellum of the four Gospels and the book of Acts of the Apostles, next meet one's attention. The largest, if not the finest college is Trinity, which claims to be the largest in Europe. Ex tending on both sides of the street it is entered through the fine King's Gateway, near which stands the statue of Henry VIII...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Colleges of Cambridge. | 1/22/1885 | See Source »