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...authoress possesses a remarkable faculty of sketching upon the page the pleasant characteristics of New England life, and the stories are the more interesting for the degree to which they appeal to one's own experience. In point of literary workmanship, the tales vary to some extent. The second is one of really weird pathos, and so placed as to gain in power by contrast. No. 4 is very ingeniously contrived and very amusing. The last is "A Bit of Shore-Life," and is refreshingly "salt." It consists of a series of rapid descriptions of shore-life, as vivid...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOK NOTICE. | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

...Captain of the University Crew desires all heavy men to try for the second eight. Whether they have had experience in rowing or not, they may be sure of careful coaching and attention...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

First prize won by Mr. R. D. Sears, '83; second prize won by F. L. Eldridge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAWN TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP, 1879-80. | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

...Arion Quartette has been reorganized as follows: First Tenor, Brigham, '80; Second Tenor, Tuckerman, '82; First Bass, Keene, '80; Second Bass, Brackett, '80; Pianist, William Richardson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SNODKINS'S VISION. | 10/24/1879 | See Source »

YALE held her Fall Regatta October 2. The first event was a barge race between '80, '81, and '82; '80 won, with '81 second. Another barge race followed between a picked Dunham Six and '83. The Freshmen pulled well and steadily the whole distance, winning easily by five lengths...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTING COLUMN. | 10/24/1879 | See Source »