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...first appointed to the position in 1898, the library was in the old Gore Hall which stood on the site of the present Widener Library. The total number of volumes over which Mr. Lane then had charge was some 200,000. Under his supervision the library has grown to its present size, containing at present about 2,500,000 volumes and ranking as the third largest collection in the United States, being surpassed only by the Congressional Library at Washington, and the New York Public Library...
...jealous of the birds, though he has already learned to fly many times faster. Determined to learn their secret, Leonard W. Bonney, wealthy pioneer of the air, grown middle-aged since his first flight with Orville Wright in 1910, caught two seagulls in a steel trap padded with cloth at Mastic, L. I. For three years he studied them, scrutinizing every feather on their bodies...
...wide and merited fame. In contrast to the frothy fare typical of so much of the stage, they have both chosen substantial material. Isben is no easy author to interpret, but Mr. Hampden has not stinted his labor, and represents Shakespeare with a Hamlet over whom cynical reviewers have grown enthusiastic...
...system of presenting a repertory of plays, not unified in being of one type or by one author, which both these companies employ, has grown immensely in favor during recent years. Perhaps its most conspicuous devotee is the Theatre Guild of New York, with a long record of successful revivals, and presentations of important new plays. But while New York lias sat at a feast of dramatic good things, Boston has had lean fare. The Repertory Theater here is but a shade of what it might have been. Henry Jewett's company struggled valiantly but some spark of public interest...
...only 140 miles distant, and arrested by the Austrian police. Among his effects were found documents and pamphlets suggesting that he was again being employed by the Third International of Moscow to foment Communist uprisings in Hungary. When arrested Propagandist Kun was found to have put on weight and grown a mustache; but he was dressed characteristically in the height of fashion and reeked of his favorite perfume, wood violet...