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...more reverentially loyal among the countless admirers of Sir Thomas Mallory and his delightful tales of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table may almost be shocked by the ruthless way in which their heroes have been descrated in Mark Twain's last production "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." There is a tone about the book which grates harshly upon the sensibilities of the reader-a tone which calls forth the feeling that the author would have succeeded far better had he displayed half the good taste that he has the humor. This last characteristic...
...Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (S. L. Clemens). Chas. L. Webster and Co., New York...
...undersigned. Send for our illustrated catalogue, and if you wish ate just when you will be ready to condnence work and how long you can continue at it we will guarantee to make you an acceptable proposition. Charles L. Webster and Co., puplishers of the Grant and Sheridan Memorrs, Mark Twain's Looks, and other standard works, No. 3 East 14 street. New York...
...meeting having been called to order by President Ames, Mr. Woodworth, the secretary, read the minutes for the preceding meeting. The report of the committee on nomination was then read and the following officers elected by acclamation: Professor F. W. Taussig, president; A. V. Woodworth, secretary; Professor E. S. Mark, treasurer; Professor A. B. Hart from the faculty; Mr. M. Chamberlain, representing the university at large, and the following directors: from '90, R. Tyson; from '91, H. A. Davis; from '92, T. W. Lamont; from '93, C. H. Slade; from the Law School, J. A. Bailey and G. H. Holliday...
There seems still to be doubt in the minds of several instructors as to the advisability of giving out the mid-year marks in their courses. We cannot see why this hesitation should exist. It is only just that men should be given a chance to know how they stand. Often a student finds it quite impossible to tell whether he is doing satisfactory work in lines of study entirely new to him. A man trying for honors, or a scholarship, also, is greatly handicapped by not knowing how an instructor regards his work. He may have failed to understand...