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Among Macmillan and Co.'s most popular December books are Matthew Arnold's "Letters," which have already gone into the third edition, and Mrs. Oliphant's "Makers of Modern Rome," which is in a second edition. Lafarge's "Considerations on Painting," and Miss King's "New Orleans," have also proved very popular, both of them having gone into a second edition...
...Until modern times, physical force and intimidation was the only known method of restraining those who prove unable to restrain themselves. Now, however, the purpose of punishmen is more justly to inculcate self-control, the rule of moral force. With this object inview, of calming stubbornness, and appealing to prisoners through hope rather than fear, the Elmira reformatory system has been introduced and bids fair to become a success, so far as may be expected of any remedy for the disease of crime. At Elmira every effort is made to find the weak points of each prisoner and to strengthen...
...Paine Prizes have been established in order to stimulate research in modern social questions, One prize will be assigned for the best original investigation of some form of charity work, with practical conclusions drawn therefrom. The other prize will be assigned for the best original investigation on some special phase of the labor question, with practical conclusions drawn therefrom. These prizes are open to any student of any department of the University...
...meetings of the Modern Language Convention were held at New Haven during Christmas week, the members being entertained by the Yale Classical Club. Officers were elected as follows: President, Charles H. Grandgent; vice-president, Geo. L. Kittredge of Harvard; secretary, Eugene H. Babbitt of Columbia; treasurer, Lewis F. Mott, of New York University...
...most important of the Christmas books is a work on "The Makers of Modern Rom," by Mrs. Oliphant, beautifully illustrated by Joseph Pennell and Briton Riviere. In it Mrs. Oliphant does for Rome what she has already done so successfully for Florence and Venice, and completes a series of striking value and interest...