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...Hill's Elements of Rhetoric lies in its practical nature. Designed for use as a text-book, it omits theoretical speculations, gives particular rules rather than vague generalizations, and puts everything in a form that can be readily grasped and easily remembered. An abundance of examples and passages from modern authors illustrate each statement, and numerous references on each page make it possible for the student, if he wishes, to pursue the subject beyond the limits of the book. We wish, however, that the book had a fuller index, so that it might be used for a handy work...
...Professor Gurney. Dr. Young's departure for Europe necessitates another change of teachers in the electives Professor Adams formerly had. Such constant change is discouraging, and makes us hope that the rumor of Professor Adams's return may prove to be true. The electives in Oral Discussion and Modern German Literature have already been announced with more or less comment in the College papers. Some disappointment is felt because the former elective is open to Seniors only, and, in fact, we doubt if it would be overcrowded, or its usefulness lessened, if Juniors were allowed to take it, as they...
...evening in a drawing-room, - barter these for 80 per cent in Greek and the approbation of Spider? I cannot afford to do so. No! Let Spider spend all his evenings with Socrates and Plato, if he will. I am content to give a few of mine to some modern dramatist at the Museum, or to a little philosophy which might puzzle Socrates himself...
...etymology of the modern synonyme for these braxe has been the subject of much investigation. The Greek pialphanu and the French talons, which would make pantalons, or all-heels, were once thought to have formed it; but the languages were too foreign to each other to justify the supposition of such a compound...
...mistake, however, to subject Heine's great poem to dramatic or consecutive treatment. It is essentially Iyric in structure and spirit, and the simple touching melody written to it many years ago by Silcher is much better adapted to its character, and will scarcely be superseded by this modern version. In the Scotch Symphony the orchestra was at its best. This tone-poem has all the wild picturesqueness of Highland scenery, and the quaint scherzo, especially, with its bagpipe melody, is very suggestive of its theme. As in the case of Brahms' first symphony, the several movements of this work...