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...frontispiece is from Dagnan-Bouveret's painting of the "Madonna and Child." After this is an article by Mrs. Van Rennselaer, bearing the somewhat surprising title of "Picturesque New York." The surprise wears off, however, when one looks at the etchings accompanying the article...
...century was a kind of classic period of German poetry; then poetry was treated seriously, as an art to be practised by persons of influence; and the heroic legends of the Germans were the result. This classic period was succeeded by a time when the Germans lost somewhat their national feeling, - the time of Charle magne and universal Empire. At this time, also, there was a revival of interest in the Latin writers and in philosophy. Accordingly, poetic creation languished; and during the 8th and 9th centuries we may say that classical and Christian culture was everywhere penetrating and changing...
...work of the various squads is somewhat as follows. They first go through a short, sharp dumb-bell exercise, which is intended to liven them up and get their muscles into a pliable condition. Immediately after this they go to the rowing room, where they are put to work on the machines for about half an hour. Particular attention is paid to their body positions and to making them row together. Work on the machines is followed by a run, always in the open air unless the weather is particularly bad. The crews are taking rather longer runs than usual...
...carrying out the details. However, much of the work can be delegated to other men, as has to some extent been done, I believe, in the present case, and thus a good deal of the labor will be taken off the hands of the management. It may be somewhat more expensive, but to the college it means an infinite blessing...
...Brown, L. S., upheld the Democratic side of the question about the Elections Bill and spoke somewhat as follows: The bill is simply a party measure, a scheme to give work to some 250,000 Re-publicans, and to place elections in the hands of the Republicans, for the appointing of all eanvassers and supervisors is to be in the power of the District Court judges, who are mostly Republicans. The bill provides that where three are to constitute a board of supervisors, not more than two shall belong to one party, but this allows a Republican majority. The reports...