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...Very much the same thing," replied the Pump. "Young man, I preach temperance in all things. Take my advice. Give up working late at night, and play lawn tennis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN ANNUAL ILLUSION. | 6/13/1879 | See Source »

...most clever adaptation of the cartoons to the spirit of the "tragedies." And in the attitudes of the "Little Tin Gods," and especially in the bored and supercilious expression in their faces, Mr. Attwood has left little wanting that might give a perfect representation of the typical society man in "Our Modern Athens." In spite of the fact that the kind of man represented is everywhere the same, Mr. Attwood seems never to repeat himself either in attitudes or in faces. We wish to the little book the success which it well deserves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOK NOTICES. | 6/13/1879 | See Source »

...82.THE man who borrowed Harper's Magazine for June from the Reading Room has forgotten to return...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 6/13/1879 | See Source »

From the quarter to the half mile Goddard slowed down to 30, while Livingstone still kept rowing 35; but it was evident that even at this rate the Harvard man was clearly getting the best of his opponent. Goddard turned the upper stake three lengths ahead, having rowed the mile in 6.50, and squared for home 10 seconds later...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SINGLE-SCULL RACE. | 5/16/1879 | See Source »

...different. Goddard with his 14-inch slide pulled a clean and powerful stroke, while he kept his shell on a perfectly even keel. Livingstone's boat rolled, and he had a trick of bending himself up at the catch which was enough to take the wind out of any man. The Yale man looked plump and well-fed, but had evidently had very little of that training which gave the Harvard man his fine and clean-cut figure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SINGLE-SCULL RACE. | 5/16/1879 | See Source »