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...July Manhattan will have a humorous short story, "Plain Fishing," by Frank R. Stockton, the author of that amusing sketch, the "Lady of the Tiger?" A biographical and critical paper will appear on the Earl of Dufferin, written by J. L. Whittle, the earl's in intimate friend, and one of the staff of the Lord Chancellor of England. J. Parker Norris, so well known as a Shakespearean scholar and collector, is not likely to be lacking in a reverence for Shakespeare, and yet, in discussing the question, "Shall we open Shakespeare's Grave?" he did not hesitate to argue...
...More money was wanted and obtained, as well as various gifts, including two acres of land and a bell weighing eighty pounds for the use of the school, from a gentleman in London. The Indian, Occum, went to England and created a sensation. He preached so effectually that the Earl of Dartmouth L50. About L10,000 was raised...
...twele to England during the coming spring. The game of lacrosse has met with considerable favor in England, and her associations of gentlemen amateurs are very desirous of meeting a team of players from this country. In the north of Ireland, where the association is headed by the Earl of Dufferin, the feeling is much the same. This good feeling ensures a pleasant and successful trip,-and it is to be hoped that victory will fall to the lot of our American team. Nor is this unlikely. The playas in this country have had considerable instruction from old Canadians...
...elevation of James Russell Lowell, our minister to Great Britain, to the lord rector ship of St. Andrew's University. Since 1858 the Scottish universities, however differently organized before that time, have had a uniform constitution, created by the "university act." This act was referred to by Earl Selborne, who, having been asked the other day whether Mr. Lowell was eligible to the rectorship, replied that "nothing in the Scottish University act of 1858 precluded his election." Under the statue each university has three governing bodies-a senates academicus, a university court and a general council. The first regulates...
Even excelling Longfellow's handwriting in beauty is a letter from Robt. Burns to the Earl of Buchanan, Jan. 7, 1794, containing the famous epic lines...