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In the first place, then, What is it to give up sentiment? Religion, held by some writers to be of first importance, will lose much of its hold on human nature. The Mahometan and the Puritan, it is true, would be little affected, but those large portions of what is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN AVOWAL. | 3/27/1874 | See Source »

FRESHMAN wants to know if the trees have been tarred to prevent the bugs from coming down and eating up the grass.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 3/27/1874 | See Source »

Well, so much for art; but is there no other resource at our command for the enjoyment of a Saturday afternoon? Certainly, there are the old bookstores on Cornhill and Washington Street. "Breathes there a man with soul so dead," that he taketh no delight in delving into a lot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. | 3/13/1874 | See Source »

The writer seems to think that trees "from some forest primeval," if transplanted to the burying-ground to-morrow, would give the same pleasure to the citizens of Boston as the Paddock Elms did. I very much doubt it. Would an elm transplanted from Boston Common give as much pleasure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SENTIMENT IN THE MAGENTA." | 3/13/1874 | See Source »

Looks down upon the radiant sea.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE THREE GRAY SISTERS. | 3/13/1874 | See Source »