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...concluding paper of Mrs. Pennell's Account of her adventures among the Austrian gispsies, another is Miss Alice C. Fletcher's "Personal Studies of Indian Life" setting forth the "Politics and Pipe-Dancing" of the tribe of Omaha Indians, and a third is two papers on "The Great Wall of China" giving good pictures in text and illustration of that wonderful wall. Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has an interesting article on Whittier, with a portrait of the poet for the frontispiece. The article is full of a number of amusing anecdotes and many extracts from his letters. One anecdote characteristic...
...most striking thing, said Professor Greenough, in Roman life is the scarcity of houses furniture. The Romans seemed to prefer fine decorations to comfortable rooms. The amount and variety of decorations attract ones attention, especially those on the walls. Usually two rows of columns supported the ceiling, the rows being on either side of the room, and the wall between these rooms was always decorated. Plates or slabs of marble were usually used as an ancient form of decoration. A representation of windows was often resorted to as a mode beautifying a room, while on these windows, which were themselves...
1m.You should see the Piccadilly-Harvard and Wall Street Lasts among the H. S. & H. sample shoes, on Tuesday and Wednesday at 23 Boylston St., opposite Post Office...
...should see the Piccadilly-Harvard and Wall Street Lasts among the H. S. & H. sample shoes, on Tuesday and Wednesday at 23 Boylston St., opposite Post Office...
...pretty race from the Harvard Bridge down to the finish. The crowds along the wall and on the bridge cheered strongly, while the sophomore sympathizers on the grand stand, nearly went wild with joy when Ninety-four was seen to lead by a length. Both juniors and seniors now began to quicken their stroke perceptibly and the freshmen for a while showed a tendency to jab at the water, causing more or less splash, but soon recovered themselves. When the crews reached the stake boat, half way from the bridge to the Union Club, Ninety-two, Ninety-three and Ninety...