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...Charles Dickens who desired his friends, after his death, in editing his works to strike out here and there a phrase, so as to remove the rhythm and poetic motion of his prose compositions. If that editor of the Yale News who described "Eighty-four's Promenade," should leave such unlimited power to his biographers, we fear that the revised edition of his recent four-column article would suffer severe abridgment. That article is overflowing with poetic sentiments; the rich metaphors of Tom Moore are nowhere in comparison with this brilliant effusion of verbal pyrotechnics. Think, for instance...
Next month will be published the second part of Prof. Francis J. Child's work, "The English and Scottish Popular Ballads," the first of which has just appeared. Each ballad has a carefully prepared preface by the editor, or one of his contributors, excepting in the case of those ballads which the English have in common with other nations. And of these an account is appended of all related traditions. A general introduction, a careful glossary and full indices will be provided. The edition is printed on large paper, and limited to 1000 copies...
...Vassar Miscellany and the Lasell Leaves alone of all our college exchanges affect practical politics, the former writing six-page editorials on Butler and Massachusetts politics, and the latter maintaining a special "political editor." A significant fact...
...Brien, editor of the United Ireland, was yesterday elected to the British Parliament for Mallow, county of Cork, over the government candidate, by 72 majority...
...somewhat astonishing when we consider the comparatively new field of college journalism, with the advantages it gives to undergraduates. Dr. Talmage's approval of this branch of college study has probably been heard by most students and is, in fact, an old story. But, as Dr. Talmage is himself editor of a prominent New York weekly, one naturally inquires what should lead him to approve so highly of college journalism unless graduated editors of college papers are able to command responsible positions on the city press. The next inter-collegiate press convention may find this an interesting topic for discussion...