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    October 1990 Issue
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    October 1991 Issue
  • Was the Bard Behind It?

    Old light on the Lincoln assassination

    John F. AndrewsOctober 1990 Issue
  • The Life and Works of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, From the German of Adolf Stahr
    March 1867 Issue
  • Beaumont and Fletcher
    Gamaliel Bradford Jr.January 1908 Issue
  • Why We Celebrate When Copyright Expires

    Every January 1 in the Books department, we like to make an extra toast for a concurrent holiday: Public Domain Day.

    Boris KachkaJanuary 10, 2025
    Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes
  • Teaching: Just Like Performing Magic

    One half of the entertainment duo Penn & Teller explains how performance and discomfort make education come alive.

    Jessica LaheyJanuary 21, 2016
  • Recent Literature on the Elizabethan Drama
    William Allan NeilsonJanuary 1909 Issue
  • The Plea of the Children
    April 1907 Issue
  • All the Galaxy's a Stage
    Austin BaerMay 1993 Issue
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