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...Locals, Personals, Exchanges, Eclecta, Book Notices, and so forth, though there is an interesting letter from Heidelberg, and a very gushing article, called "A Plea for Nature," in which we learn that, "frantic worshippers of the pen, we cast ourselves before the ruthless car of knowledge, and the love of the natural, the beautiful, is crushed out of us forever." As Mrs. Partington says, "La, that's just what I told my daughter...
...softened hearts in firmer love combine...
...with love's own burning passion...
...this very firmness of purpose that the conception differs from that of Booth, who portrays Hamlet's vacillating character side by side with the impulse and filial love which combats and finally overcomes it. This is "higher" art, and, to us, it is more interesting. The conception is a more difficult one, and it is the skill shown in overcoming the difficulty that gives such pleasure to those...
...library that Mr. Sumner has bequeathed to Harvard has just been received. The number of volumes is nearly 3,000, and the value of some of them is very great. That Mr. Sumner had the true love of a bibliophile for beautiful bindings, rare editions, and exquisite texts, is testified by the Didots, the Foulis, the Pickerings, and the Roger Paynes he has collected; and though our opportunities for seeing really fine typography in this country are so rare that we are not trained to appreciate the delicate finish of these books, yet one cannot help admiring the vellum...