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There stands beneath my window an antiquated piece of furniture with which I have had the most familiar acquaintance from my very earliest recollection. It is a sofa, in the correct acceptance of the term. It is not a "lounge." Its framework is of some dark wood, well begrimed with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: My Sofa. | 3/26/1885 | See Source »

His letters grow less and less frequent after his marriage, and he seems to settle down with only an occasional bit of love-making. So his life drifts along until his wife dies. Then he is plunged into bitter grief-a grief so honest that we are forced to respect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/26/1885 | See Source »

The CRIMSON gives Mr. Bowen its best wishes for the issue of the venture on which he is so soon to start off. The "Count" deserves success; and, if it only depended on the number of his friends, he would certainly get it. With all the faults which are laid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/26/1885 | See Source »

"In the Spring," sings the poet, "a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." Boswell's fancy was fixed on love during the whole twelve-month. His letters, unfortunately, do not begin until he is twenty, so that we are precluded from any view of his real...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: On the Amorous Disposition of Mr. James Boswell. | 3/26/1885 | See Source »

Let us consider a single case; suppose a student, while a mere boy, has consented to take his father in with him to the paternal business, but that the wisdom which comes with long continued meditation shows him his mistake. He has learned the fallacy of his early reasoning. The...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What Shall We Do With Our Parents? | 3/26/1885 | See Source »