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Professor Lyon then explained at some length the decipherment of the inscriptions, and closed the lecture with views of Assyrian ruins, restorations and inscriptions...
Professor Macvane then quoted at some length from the writings of various men of different nationalities on the subject. He showed the many difficulties which will beset the United States commission on account of the great differences in spelling the names of important places and rivers by various authors. All in all, he thought the commissioners would find, when they began to investigate, that they had no easy task...
...other strange reptilian forms that populated the earth at that period. The central attraction is a magnificent cast of an Iguanodon (the only one in this country) after the original in the Brussels Museum. This was a creature of gigantic dimensions, measuring at least thirty-five feet in length. It walked on its hind legs and used its fore feet for grasping prey, while its tail served as a support. The history of these most remarkable creatures shows that they developed from a diminutive type, gradually attained their maximum proportions, and dwindled again to an insignificant size. Their nearest living...
...eighth and last lecture in the course on "Bimetallism" was given by Gen. Walker last evening. He began by reviewing at some length the substance of the ground covered in former lectures. He then traced the effects produced on the industry and trade of oriental nations by the demonetization of silver in other countries. While in other countries silver had fallen to one-half its former value, in the east its value remained almost constant. Oriental countries held silver as their greatest metal. This tended to discourage other nations in their trade with the orient. As a consequence, industry...
...lecturer now compared at length the work of the three great representatives of the Russian naturalistic school-Tourgenev, Dostoyevsky, and Tolstoy. Differing as novelists they also differed as thinkers. Tourgenev pictures evil wherever he sees it-among the peasants or their masters. He unveils humanity by putting the two social classes side by side. He is one of the most striking examples of the power of art, penetrating to the reader's heart by the power of simple beauty. He first gave the name of "nihilists" to those who acknowledged no authority in anything...