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...merely balanced it in his capacious hand and said, "The book is well worth the public reading?" Pray heavens, sir critic, they may read it to better advantage than thee. But tell me, was there not something asinine in that last roar? Did not the patronizing lion show his ears? I hesitate - perhaps there is slight ground for such rude talk - but our trans-Atlantic cousin has blundered elsewhere. May we ask of him, with all deference, in the future to leave American books alone, or to examine their contents more carefully. Who knows but that he might correct certain...
...Times on Saturday said: "The game between the Harvard and Metropolitan nines was far better played than the one between the New Haven men and the "Mets," yesterday. The general opinion was that the Yale Club will have to show better fielding qualities than those displayed on the polo grounds yesterday, in order to compete with the team Harvard has in the field this season. The batting, however, of the Yale men was a trifle better than that of Harvard." Of their second game in New York, the Times says that the nine did not play up to their usual...
...marked paper has been sent to us in which there is the report of a sermon of a celebrated divine. The reverend gentleman undertakes to show that the state of morals of Harvard suffers by comparison with that of colleges where co-education exists. The article is so rabid in its denunciation of Harvard as a school for virtuous young men, and so laudatory of the pure and virgin-like atmosphere of institutions where young women exert their elevating and refining influence on the beatic youths, whom by daily converse they keep from the sins that would condemn them...
Spring seems to be slowly making its appearance, and a few more successive days of sunshine will leave the roads in good condition for bicycling. This spring Harvard should show more interest in this sport, and the bicycle club, one of the largest in the country, should be noted for something besides its inactivity. Besides having races, and making them more important and more frequent than heretofore, the custom of the Boston Bicycle Club might be adopted. The members of this club meet every Sunday, in good weather, for a long run into the country. A long rest is taken...
There is only one small picture by Troyen; but it is large enough to show that impressive solemn evening effect for which he is, among other things, much celebrated. Muncaksy, whose picture of "Christ before Pilate," has been so much heard of lately, has a small woodland scene particularly noticeable for its originality of execution. A real dark green Daubigny, much coveted by connoisseurs, attracts much attention. Hamon, lately deceased, better known in America by engravings of his works, is represented in an idyllic subject, called "L'Amour et les Deux Jeunes Filles aux Bains." Ziem and Frere, the painters...