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...PEABODY, D. D., L. L. D.- LITTLE, BROWN, AND CO. The latest work by Dr. Peabody is a masterly translation of Plutarch's essay entitled, to render it literally "Concerning those who are punished slowly by the Divinity." The volume before us is the result of careful labor and research, containing. besides the translation, a full introduction, and elaborate foot notes. The work will be an important addition to the libraries of all interested in the study of Christian ethics...
...popular. Conducted by Prof. Bartlett, it is a great addition to the German department. The new courses, Political Economy 10 and History 20, open only to graduates and other students of advanced standing, are destined to be very valuable. They are both intended for "special advanced study and research," and will doubtless be of great practical worth, requiring as they do original work. Such courses must always be regarded as marks of growth and advance in their departments. Prof. C. J. White's new course, Mathematics 12, comprising "Descriptive and Spherical Astronomy," will be welcomed by the students of astronomy...
...Dean's report, our esteemed contemporary will find that in the year 1883-84, the most popular courses in our college were not by any means the "snaps" or easy courses that appear in our elective pamphlet, but that, on the contrary, the hardest courses, those requiring the greatest research, and the most original thought, the courses in History, Philosophy, Political Economy, the languages and the sciences were elected by a very large number of students. The best system in any department of work can be abused, but the abuses of the elective system at Harvard are the exception...
...nine in 1882, attended by 10.500 students, and with a corps of 710 professors. Being comparatively young they have not till recently exerted a very decided influence on the world of science. Yet in the last twenty-five years wonderful strides have been made in certain branches of scientific research. For example, from 1830-60 not a single special investigation was made by a Russian university professor. From 1863-82 there were more than six hundred and fifty investigations described in scientific journals...
Professor Packard, of Brown University, has gone on a six weeks' tour to Mexico and Central America for purposes of research in regard to matters connected with his department...