Word: makeing
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...volumes of "American War Ballads" make a valuable addition to the series of Knickerbocker Nuggets. The collection covers a period from the Indian wars of 1725 through the War of the Rebellion. It does not pretend to be complete, but representative, and to include especially the poems which had a marked influence at their time of publication. Many of these poems are nude in construction, but all are full of vigor. They are interesting also, as showing the development of popular feeling, especially in 1860-61. The book would not have been complete without the last four songs "John Brown...
...deal to accomplish, and with this in view we must resolutely set ourselves to work. Aside from the increased sickness which is now prevailing everywhere, the present season is a rare one for our athletic interests. The crew, particularly, will profit by the open winter. We urge them to make the best of their opportunities so long as the river remains free from ice and the weather mild. If we put forth our best energies now some of the more technical work will be early done, and thus the spring training will be of greater avail...