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...number of the Advocate is a particularly good one, and contains a number of well written articles, as well as some bright poetry. The Wanderings of Alexis is written in a good, nervous style which shows the influence of modern French prose in its liveliness, and it contains some good thought. An Effigy written by a graduate of '41 relates an amusing incident in early college life, and the Portrait of a Pencil is a very well conceived tale. In Dr. Palmer's Experiment we have another of the double-identity stories which are so frequent in current literature...
...with Saturdays game that one of the spectators is moved to criticise. He was astonished to see a fault in Harvard's playing which in the eleven of a preparatory school would be jeered at. It has been predicted for some years that one of the first lessons a modern foot-ball player was taught is the low tackle. Five years ago when in the preparatory school this was the latest "tip" in the science of the game. However, Harvard's playing Saturday seemed to indicate that the "tip" which was "latest" five years ago, is not "out" yet here...
Ready for courses in elocution: Vol. 5 of Modern Classics, 35 cents. Fletcher's Advanced Readings, 95 cents. Attention is called to some general books recently added to the stock, among which are Emerson's Essay's, first series, 10 cents. Emerson's Works, 11 vole., $12.83. English Men of Letters, 53 cents per vol. Dickens' Works, 30 vols., $30.00. Hawthorne's Works, 12 vols., $16.00. American Statesmen, 84 cents per vol. Colton's new Portfolio Scrap Book, containing 31 envelopes, with index, $1.40. A good line of leather traveling bags. Pizard's La France, in 1789, is ready...
Ready for courses in elocution: Vol. 5 of Modern Classics, 35 cents. Fletcher's Advanced Readings, 95 cents. Attention is called to some general books recently added to the stock, among which are Emerson's Essay's, first series, 10 cents. Emerson's Works, 11 vole., $12.83. English Men of Letters, 53 cents per vol. Dickens' Works, 30 vols., $30.00. Hawthorne's Works, 12 vols., $16.00. American Statesmen, 84 cents per vol. Colton's new Portfolio Scrap Book, containing 31 envelopes, with index, $1.40. A good line of leather traveling bags. Pizard's La France, in 1789, is ready...
...attend this celebration. The Rev. Dr. Ripley, of Concord, of the class of 1776, and the Rev. Dr. Homer, of Newton, of the class of 1777, were followed By the Rev. Dr. Bancroft, of Worcester, and the Rev. Mr. Willis, of Kingston, of the class of 1778; and, as modern times were approached, instead of solitary individuals, twenty or thirty members of a class appeared at the summons...