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Among the new books by Harvard instructors which are announced by Houghton, Mifflin and Co., are: A Life of Columbus, by Justin Winsor; the seventh of the eight parts of Professor Child's English and Scotch Border Ballads; a prose translation by Professor Norton of the Divina Commedia, and a new edition of the Vita Nuova; The Silva of America by Professor Charles S. Sargent, the first of a series of twelve quarto volumes...
...verses in the number are good. "Invitation" is melodious and fascinating. "By the Shore o' the Blue Water" consists of pretty lines in imitation of a Scotch song...
...with six of the members simultaneously. Messrs. Brown, Sturgis, Irwin, Adams and Burlingham were forced to resign, but Mr. Nicolls won his game by careful play. After this Mr. Cummings played a game against several of the members in consultation. The game was opened by the allies with the Scotch gambit, and after a long and exciting game, Mr. Cummings was mated in a very pretty...
...third and final game for the chess championship of the college was played yesterday afternoon between S. W. Sturgis '90, and F. W. Nicolls '92, at the rooms of the latter. The first move fell by lot to Sturgis, who opened with the "Scotch Gambit" in which the first player sacrifices a pawn for the sake of a strong attack. By the eighth move Sturgis had recovered the pawn, but their positions were nearly equal. For the next few moves each party slowly brought out his pieces, and Nicolls developed a slight attack, which was strengthened by a mistake...
...stock of London street and driving gloves in the mens' furnishing department is good now-much better than it will be after a few weeks. The Society has a good line of knit Scotch wool gloves in various patterns...