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...SECTION D.- The excursion which was postponed from April 21, will be made on Saturday, May 5, weather permitting. Take the express tram from the O. C. R. R. depot, at 12 o'clock. Hammers not needed...
...Thought Transference" is a clear statement of the present condition of the work done by the Society for Psychical Research. The author does not attempt to express personal views on the subject, but lays the facts before the reader and leaves him largely to his own conclusions. The time has come when intelligent men can no longer close their eyes to such questions...
...first number of the second volume of the Harvard Law Review, which was issued yesterday, contains the opening part of the "History of Assumpsit," by Professor J. B. Ames. The writer treats of "Express Assumpsit" and examines the various theories which have been formed to explain the origin of the doctrine of "consideration" as a part of the law of contracts. The work is very carefully done. Mr. Schofield contributes a paper on the "Principle in Lumley vs. Gye and its Application." The article is a critical examination in its several aspects of the point decided in this noted English...
...candidate. Communications do not help us to judge of a man's style as much as editorials and front page article,- especially the former. What we want is a man who can write good, plain, forcible English, who has opinions of his own and knows how to express them, and who is willing to do a fair amount of good without grumbling. We shall not ask too much. The position is not one to be despised, the practice given is invaluable. To these facts anyone of the past or present editors can testify. We trust that ninety will respond...
...Peabody's paper on "Style" is not only highly interesting reading, but is also high instructive as regards English composition. He first lays down the law that "a liberally educated man ought to be able to express himself correctly, perspicuously, and not inelegantly, in his own language." Going on, he considers the Bible the best type of pure English style, and deprecates the fact that many of our words have lost the original meaning. Finally he closes by pointing out mistakes common to writers of the present time...