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" popular " appeared in a Hamburg paper in 

 May of this year : 



Higher Culture 



Lectures on the writings of Sir John Lubbock are 

 offered from May 18th to June 29th to a limited number 

 of ladies, every Wednesday morning, from 11-12 in the 

 Richardstrasse. 



Mr. Hay, United States Ambassador in Great 

 Britain at that time, and' later Secretary of State 

 in his own country, sent him a " packet of stone 

 implements picked up within sight of the Capitol 

 at Washington." They were found by a Mr. 

 Hallett Phillips, a friend of Mr. Hay's, and Mr, 

 Hay writes : " He was one of your unknown 

 admirers and asked me to bring you these little 

 implements." They were duly placed in the 

 museum of like things at High Elms, where also 

 another American stone implement, a small spear 

 head which I found in California, has the honour 

 of a place. 



At this time Messrs. Harmsworth brought out 

 Sir John's "Best Hundred Books" in a uniform 

 edition. It was very popular, with readers of 

 all classes. A few extracts from the long and 

 excellently drawn up pamphlet by which the 

 publishers advertised the edition will be read with 

 interest : 



Advice from those whose attainments and character 

 justify the giving of it is of value to those whose youth 

 or lack of experience can be wisely aided in the choice of 

 books. The wilderness of printed volumes at the dawn 

 of the twentieth century, more than ever before in the 

 history of the world, requires a guide. A choice has to 

 be made ; it must be the best possible choice, for the 



