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...choice and plan of grounds and best methods of promoting good style and form; while the editor rehearses the main events of the last season, with a tolerably good account of the college regatta. A directory of the names of all competitors will be found valuable, and we recommend the book as a useful one for reference. The price is one dollar, and the book will be sent to any one on application to the editor, James Watson, Box 678, New York...
...circumambient walls . . . . with alkaloid surcharged." Now, we can understand such an expression as "sepulchral tomb," - indeed, the meaning is only too plain, - but when it comes to "Oreodon" and "Titanotherium," - if this goes on, new metres will have to be devised with special reference to the scientific dictionary. We recommend this poem as a syllabus to all who elect Natural History...
...importance of remedying this defect will be seen by any one who considers the awkward situation of one who sits down to a night's work for a coming examination and finds himself suddenly deprived of light. The purchase of candles would be a serious expense, but we earnestly recommend it unless attention is paid to our remonstrances...
...committee are liberal and far-sighted in their treatment of physical culture, and this, together with the new projects in this regard of late agitated among the students, will undoubtedly lead to a better state of things. They recommend the erection of a new gymnasium, and even go so far as to suggest the purchase of marsh lands on Charles River, to be drained and diked in the interests of out-door sports. It is also proposed that the College, by the erection of boat-houses, encourage this branch of athletic exercise among the many. Before closing this review...
...Charles V. He was the power behind the throne during the reign of Philip III., and played much the same part in Spain that Richelieu did at the court of Louis XIII. of France. This little story of court intrigue would repay the perusal by any one, and I recommend it to the author of "Lord Lytton." Many works of Bulwer's, besides those already spoken of by either Magenta or Advocate, deserve extended mention and praise. But sufficient space has already been devoted to this subject...