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tnaE peflOQ Wnen the early church in It's
crusade against pagan literature outlaw
ed the theatre. He dwells fondly on the
| glories OF the Elizsbethan period, when
Shakespeare lived and drew his in
SEPARATION from the Learned men
OF that time, and looks hopefully
to future for the legitimate drama in
the growing education and culture Of this
nation. X actors and dramstists are
keenly alive to the hopes that inspire true
lovers OF dramatic entertainment, the
prejudice that has so long existed must
give place to enlarged feTs, and ere long
will be seen the drama becoming, as il
should be, the hsndmaiden of culture, re-
tnement and elevated morals.
"Serpent Myths" may prove prof liable
reading to those who are pleased to sneer
at the snake story in Genesis; at least, it
will tax theiNingenuitY to account for the
traditions that are not limited to nny land,
race or people, but are found in Morse
legend as well as African mysticism, and
to explain the "whY" of serpent SYMBOL
ism among all nations of whate yer re-
ligious belief.
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The ACCESSIBILITY OF signed editorials is
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and the majority will doubtless agree
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REV. AARON CLEvELAND-By Benjam
Rand, Phi. d. David Clapp & Son, Printers, 80
Bedford street, Boston.
Believing with DR.. Holmes, that 70
man is the worse for having five genera
tons Of gentlemen behind him, this
Cambridge doctor Of philosophy has
hunted up the forbears of our worthy |
President, and in the great great-grand- |
father Of Grover Cleveland finds coed |
premise for his belief. This short &C.
count of the busy life Of . primitive home |
abounds in interesting facts
relative to early colonial history, and is |
by no means an exclusive biography of |
the Presidents justly honored ancestor. |
1t the close OF e useful life he died on |
August IL, 1857, st the house of Bepia-
min Franklin, in Plilsdelphis, who be- |
slows upon him this noble tribute:
"He was 8 g ntleman of humane and |
pious disposition, indefatigable in his |
ministry, easy and affable in his CONVEX
satioD, open and sincere in his friendship
and erove every species Of meanness snd |
His death is greatly lament
ed by all who knew him, as loss to the
public, loss to the Cnurch Of Christ in
general, and In particular to that congre-
CATION who had proposed to themselves
SO much satisfaction from his late ap-
peintment among them, agreeable to their !
own request"
OUR LITTLE MEN AND WOMEN-D. Lothrop |
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to the epicurean tastes Of the youngsters |
who are SO greedy for stories and have |
so little relishsfor knowledge.
In the story of Captain John Smith as |
given in this number there Is bit OF |
colonial history. "A Wise Dog" ard |
"Little People of the Plaza" shows some |
of the trsits peculiar to the dog, emphat- |
ically mau's closest friend among AMI |
mails, while "Tiny Folk in Armor" car
ries the reader into that realm of natural |
history devoted to the study Of entomol- |
ogy.
The illustrations are captivating to sn |
older eye than the children's, and many |
3 boy will laugh at the perplexity of the |
lads, each OF whom failed to count him |
self and could not make the number |
twelve but eleven, and will not marvel |
that such boys become afterwards "the |
wise men OF Gotham"
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