Word: war
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Arthur's Court," which have all of his old humor. The new serial is "Friend Olivia," by Mrs. Amelia E. Barr. The history of Abraham Lincoln by Nicolay and Hay is rapidly drawing to a close. The present number describes the second inaugural and the last battle of the war. The other articles in the number are "Adventures in Eastern Siberia," by George Kennan; "The Case of John Van Arsdale," by Ernest Crosby, and "The Newness," by Robert Carter...
...Right or Wrong" is an episode from the Civil War; although the idea is not new the story is related so charmingly that the reader cannot help enjoying it. "The Adventures of an Evening" is a curious bit of fancy; although well told, somehow or other is unsatisfactory, perhaps because the reader does not know what the pretty young woman said in a low tone. "The Death and Spoiling of Tiresias" it is a story from Thebeau history; as a story it recommends itself to the reader, but the style is rather heavy. "The Siege of Xavier de Chateaufort...
...well being and happiness is not in the actual, but in searching after the ideal; therefore, happy is the man who can look forward to that excellence, but alas for him whose ideas are destroyed. The choir sang the following selections: The Son of God goes forth to war; What are these that are arrayed in white robes-Stainer; And the City had no need of the Sun-Whittington...
...ensuing year are as follows: President, T. C. Thacher; vice-presidents, W. R. Tyler, W. O. Badger, Perry Lawton, F. Warren and H. DeY. Lentz; Sec. and Treas. J. O. Hall. After the alumni meeting the regular fall sports were held and were unusually successful. The tug-of-war was won by the third class...
During 1890 The Century Magazine (whose recent successes have included the famous "War Papers.' the Lincoln History and George Kennan's series n "Siberia and the Exile System") will publish the long looked for Autobiography of Joseph Jefferson, whose "Rip Van Winkle" has made his name a household word. No more interesting record of a life upon the stage could be laid before the public. Mr. Jefferson is the fourth in a generation of actors, and, with his wife and grandchildren, there are six generations of actors among the Jeffersons. His story of the early days of the American stage...