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...loan to the Museum from Mr. Pierre la Rose's collection. They are all artists's proofs, with the exception of a few original drawings. The selection of prints embraces the various types of ex-libris, from book-piles and library interiors to portraits and armorials. Of especial local interest are the plates which were engraved for the Harvard Library and for several of the Harvard undergraduate clubs, and an unpublished print of the Harvard College Yard...
...Harvard Press is for the publication of books. It is to carry on the small publishing work done by the Publication Office of that University, and it will care for more. The Press will give the public the books by Harvard professors, who can now have the advantage of local and efficient publishers. But this is the least of the Press. To undergraduates its books may not always be interesting; but they will be of use in the realm of thought. The Oxford Press has gained a vast influence in the outside world; it has brought prestige to its University...
...Museum from Mr. la Rose's collection; and, as they are all artist's proofs, they will afford the amateur of book-plates a better opportunity of studying Mr. French's work than has ever been offered since the Grolier Club's exhibition several years ago. Of special local interest will be the plates which French engraved for the Harvard Library and for several of the Harvard undergraduate clubs. The selection of prints embraces the various types of exlibris, from book-piles and library interiors to portraits and armorials. The collection also includes an unpublished print of the Harvard College...
...Scholarship Number" of the Illustrated which has just appeared, contains much interesting information regarding local Harvard affairs and several valuable discussions of general academic problems. The articles on "Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard," "Chess Club," "Wireless Club" and "Hockey as a Major Sport" should receive attention from undergraduates, who may also note. Dean Yeoman's betrayal of "the secret of entering the examination period with confidence," and ponder his words: "Searching for truth, and applying truth to practical affairs, is the most interesting thing in life." But many besides undergraduates might read with profit the suggestive remarks of Professor Legouis...
...Seminary of Economics. "Recent Discussion of Local Taxation in the United States," by Professor Bullock, in Upper Dane...