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...ground as possible, and this he manages to do without losing speed in his return. In fact on the other side the return volley is immensely harder than it is in America. The advantage of this is obvious to anyone who has studied the game. In the American style of volleying, on the other hand, as the ball is seldom allowed to drop below the level of the net, the 'shaping' of the racket tells the receiver at once at what angle the ball is coming, and he is there to meet it. The low volley always keeps the ball...
Considerable interest was manifested in the tennis games played last summer in England between the famous Renshaw brothers and the Clarks, because these games seemed to be a fair teat of two distinct styles of play, which may be said to be fairly representative. Mr. Evelegh, who was referee in these matches, recently expressed himself in the most unprejudiced manner as very much pleased with the play of the Americans, which, of its style, was the best he had ever seen. But he also said "that the style was entirely wrong. Against men of the Renshaw 'calibre,' they played...
...word on the 'double game' and I an done. The style here has to be completely changed in matches between good players. Against poor or even medium players, the near-net game is apt to pay very well, but against first-class exponents of the game it is simple suicide. Each player should stand on the service line (excepting the server, of course, and he gets up as soon as possible) and if they are up to the mark nothing except a smash will get past them. This is always done in England, and even allowing for the difference...
...Thermopylae. This called out various answers, to Which he replied by a shake of his head; but when one hopeless freshman replied that he did not know, he answered: "That is right; nobody knows." These anecdotes, with a thousand others, both historical and mythical, are very characteristic of his style of teaching, which did not always follow strictly scientific methods...
...work on Egyptian art by Georges Perrot and Charles Chipiez, which was published last year. A new work by the same authors on "The History of Art in Chaldea and Assyria," will be ready in few days. It will contain over five hundred illustrations and comprise two volumes, the style being uniform with that of last year's volumes on Egypt...