New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-07
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
LECTURE SERIES Ply NJ HENRI DE REGNrER
IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO L1BRART
AND ART MUSEUM

Cam bridge Mass Oc+ s-Reris+ra+,o7 a, stud
ents and enrolment IN courses ~ Harvard has con-
tnred during the past week The col eye class -
1875 IS the largest record and The total nen-
al The Law School VIII be about six hundred an
Increase Of fifty over last year The graduate
school has an increased registration and the ill.,
coming class IN the Lawrence Scientific School s
also larger than Usual The extraordinary enrol
ment IN few 81 the standard courses this year
Illustrates 70 what extent the elective system
has been carried. Professor CoondeA's course ir
nediaval history was compelled 70 seek larger &C.
commoiations than the Fogg lecture room afforded
although II had FIVE hundred then The courses
IN political economy by Professor Tausse and gov
eminent by Professor Macvane. each have ar
rolment Of about SIX hundred. and are crowded IN
Msssa chusetts Hall These three courses are the
largest IN the university
The annual series = lectures ~ the CerCie
Francslse will be given this year by Henri De
Regnier. well known French literary critic. His
general subject will be Modern French Poetry
and the subjects and dates Of the eight lectures
as follows March LES Psrnassienues Of les SYM
bolistes" March 8 'Nie-s d lIsla Adam er les
Poetes ~ Prose. March c. Paul verlaine". March
S "Stephane Mailarne' . March 10 la NouveHe
Ecole Politiquo'. March l.. Les Poetes d'Auiourl
hui-Moreas. Khan. Laforgue Stuart Merrill
Francis Viels Griffin. etc." March "a. lie SYN
boiisme N Belgique." and Mach Z. Les Jeunes-
lAvenir Ia Poesle.
Two interesting collections have recently been
ACQUIRED by the university nbrarv. TIE first was
presented by The widow Of George 4. Sonmttt 0 no
was an instructor ID German ia tie lt4iVe- .!
Thar Of p scholar and man ~ broad culture
The second collection T. lareer and more l0Ifrfs
INK ana vas purchased. The lorar! ~ hayes
Schefer French editor and writer was SOLO le-I
Nav in Paris and the college library purcna-e1 by
volumes through the kindness o. hanlol-l
Coolidge u is rich In books on the llstaTN ID
Turkey and forms excellent nucleus ~ a
collection the Eastern cues tion. Vil-n imam
q Lane The Librarian, intends ?. MAKE a. con-
olete a. possible The books Of TIE sixteenth ana
Seventeenth centuries on tho contemporary wars
OF The Turks are go rare.
The Child Memorial Library and the in'a'Ir-
or The French German. and Romano la,lA -
Departments and the San-crlt and ln1r-ii MN
Libraries have been removed from ne 'la--i '"ii-
IN S-ye~ Hall 20 the residence ~ 80. 70 t(unc
which was heQueaf he'd 20 Tho university ns i' lf"
HENRI g. Warren -. There ere 90" No5Nn'S.
.re ---t5avre 90 Professor Heck who Wa ~ tAe
1ati- Department So harvard from So ~ ~.
= " Forbes -. has recently given 10 inc = oss
A. Museum number ~ original WORKS or OF.
which are considered Of in.orfance- ne. al.
three creek marbles and folr Italian gallli-e
ola schools Tn. marbles are a sila-l Aplio
ned three parts # later Creek sarc'i u.s. -.
,n4 head and torso Of the fourth century. Is e.. a
hattie of Amazous Tie paintings arr
f-ior.rtire taler-la ,ie Madonna. ~ i.. ''-. 10
II Giovanni and Two works perhaps uy -ll'. 'e-'o
and Lorenzo Costa. .,.-.-1 --e.,-
dent Of the Board o. Oyer-eers tol iis -''''''s