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Apropos of Mr. Winsor's succession to the position of Librarian, it may be well to call the attention of students to a little pamphlet published by him several years ago while in the Boston Library, entitled "Chronological Index of Historical Fiction, including Prose Fiction, Plays, and Poems." In the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A VALUABLE PAMPHLET. | 11/9/1877 | See Source »

THE first game of the fall on Wednesday last opened very encouragingly, and tested well the nerve of the new players. Each man in his position had something to do. Holden's assist from the out field, Dow's capture of a difficult fly, after a hard run, Howe's...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE-BALL. | 10/12/1877 | See Source »

ALL action respecting Yale's challenge was delayed till Professor Agassiz could be conferred with; and accordingly the matter now stands substantially the same as it was left last week. Professor Agassiz has now returned to Cambridge; and after consulting him, steps will be taken to ascertain what position Yale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/12/1877 | See Source »

This rapid and systematic growth of the Library to the position of third in America is owing undoubtedly to Mr. Sibley's conscientious, untiring efforts: he has done a good work, and has his reward, if in nothing else, in the high esteem and veneration of his fellow-men.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHANGE IN LIBRARIANS. | 9/27/1877 | See Source »

"He was a graduate of Harvard, and he got a position on one of the Philadelphia dailies last week. 'Cut that stuff of yours down,' said the city editor as the new man came in with a column where a stick only was required. 'Do you desire a judicious elimination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS vs. HARVARD STUDENTS. | 9/27/1877 | See Source »