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A stanza of Holmes' "Graduates' Song," on page 282, may be quoted:
Among all the journals now dead and gone, but once published by Harvard students, the Collegian retains to this day a certain posthumous fame because of the honor it had of first publishing some of Dr. Holmes' most celebrated verses. Dr. Holmes was not the editor of the Collegian as...
Dr. Holmes' account of the "Mysterious Visitor" who entered into chapel one morning and
"Momenta Lankiana," a series of biographical papers, afford some very creditable specimens of Yankee humor, and are very readable; indeed, the entire volume is readable, and, spiced throughout as it is by Dr. Holmes' wit, is very enjoyable. Solid articles have their due share of space, however. The volume is...
The cricket team will play the "Graduates" of Boston on Holmes field at 1.30 P. M. today.