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...Lane, Director of the Harvard University Press, daily 10-12. University...
...Lane, Director of the Harvard University Press, daily 10-12. University...
...fall announcement of the University Press shows very clearly the efficient management and rapid growth of the Press since its foundation in 1913. The plant in the basement of University Hall has been considerably enlarged and will make possible a greater output of books during the winter. In addition to publishing numerous books, the Press has inaugurated a new policy in taking over from other publishers, several editions of "works of a high scholarly character" for which it will now become sole agent...
...Mary Carleton Narratives 1663-1673,--A Missing Chapter in the History of the English Novel." This intrinsically interesting book is significant since it shows that even in the Restoration Period the art of realistic fiction was practiced. Hitherto the narratives were thought to be biographical instead of fictional. The Press also announces a translation by G. W. Robinson, Secretary of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, of "Eugippius: The Life of Saint Severinus," a document of the history and life of the Fifth Century, for the first time translated into English...
...first of the "Harvard Studies in Education," called "The Oberlehrer," is also announced by the Press. It consists of a study of the evolution of the German Schoolmaster by William Setchel Learned, Ph.D., of the Carnegie Foundation. The series aims to include books of political usefulness to teachers, school officers, and others who are trying to win intelligent control over the complex problems of American education...