The morning call., 1894-11-25

the choral odes, they give but crude i'm
preston TO modern ears of the rhyihmus of
the Greek. Take the following antistrophe
as a specimen:
The muses. of olden refrains will cease singing u.s.
Hymning our famed fathlessnesS unto the shell.
Nor unto woman hath Ph9bus, the minstrel,
Granted divine voice of his Tyre;
AS know. or l would reply TO mans song with
song OF mans guile.
Mutual relations of master and woman,
Lips OF long life have gained wisdom TO choir.
At times, too, the English is inaccur-
ate, as
Thine ear doth tremble with
l ne threats. they tell thou hurest at my head,
" no give; at his the groom, and hers, the bride.
For the rest the translation is close
one, and 1t may avail to many as guide
10 he poetry of Euripldes in his own in
Die tongue. Louisville: John T.
Morton Company
MATTER, ETHER AND MoTIoN.-The
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pear was published more than two years
ago and at once attained degree of popu-
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CT writing clearly and entertaiuiagly upon
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phenomena. The third in the Relation
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ma was read as paper before the Psv-
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the latter chapter Professor Dolbear shows
how energy is involved in the phenomena
In spiritual seances and points out that
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THE BLUE AND THE GRAY.-This is the
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incidents and adventures of this new Sc
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