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...Physiology and Hygiene." Professor James. Special subject: "The Circulation." Sever...
...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 of Oriental scenes, have some good work. Desgoffe, foremost among the Parisian still life painters, is seen in a delicate piece of detail, a pot of azaleas, with a background of rich and elegant draperies...
...activity requires, whereas in well-qualified hands Memorial Hall might be a great boon to the student. At Cambridge, England, in consequence of complaints, some of the fellows of colleges gave the commissariat their most careful personal supervision, and with excellent result. Harvard might take example. It is a subject which, as Frederick the Great proved, is not beneath any one's attention. - [N. Y. Times...
...ventilation of the reading-room of the library has been execrable of late, despite the fact that the warm, pleasant weather outside gives no excuse for such over-careful confinement of the air. It would seem as if enough had been said on this subject already to effect a reform, but the generous advice seems to have made so little impression on the "janitorial" authorities of that building that we can hardly conceive of more insane stupidity on their part or more wilful inattention to the desires of the frequenters of the reading-room...
...other colleges miscellaneous lectures, readings and concerts throughout the year seem to have continual popularity and success. But we seem to be hardly able to muster energy enough to make a single course and some few occasional lectures a success. It is true that in certain subjects voluntary lectures are always popular at Harvard. Thus Dr. Sargent's and Dr. James' courses always secure satisfactory audiences; perhaps for the reason that they treat of thoroughly practical and important subjects, and in this respect afford a certain relief to routine labor in more abstruse branches. The lectures of the Natural History...