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But there are some books that we want to have by us, and in our own libraries, yet are unable to pay the outrageous prices asked for them. It makes little difference if I read Lamb in full Russia, blue and gold, or the abominable yellow cover; in point of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHEAP LITERATURE. | 12/4/1874 | See Source »

In the character of nearly every young man who, dying at an early age, gives promise of future excellence, there is an element of imperfection or of extravagance, - something to hide or to excuse. Mr. Eliot's character was wonderfully complete; his life was remarkable for its consistency and harmony...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/20/1874 | See Source »

WE should be very glad, at the end of this month and a half of the trial of voluntary recitations, to lay before our readers some report relative to the success or failure of the plan. This, unfortunately, is impossible, as several of the instructors have not yet returned their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/20/1874 | See Source »

FIRST and foremost, a word to some half-dozen Exchanges in the West, who have just received our first issue of the year, and think to fill up their attenuated sheets by an attack on the style of matter in ours. Did it never occur to these children of the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 11/20/1874 | See Source »

Still, it must be admitted, that the reports from Vassar give evidence of success, sufficient to rescue from doubt the possibility of training women in the branches of study pursued at our larger Universities.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COLLEGE DIRECTORY. | 11/20/1874 | See Source »