Excerpt from Memorials of Willard Fiske, Vol. 2: The TravellerThis journalistic activity was continued in a desultory and sporadic but effective fashion during the remainder of Mr. Fiske's life, and extended to a great variety Of subjects. Many and valuable were his contributions to the collegiate and outside press during the initial years of Cornell University, when that youthful institution needed the establish ment of literary traditions and required interpreta tion to an uninformed public. Those other topics also which were dear to his heart, civil service reform, chess in its various ramifications, Iceland in many aspects of its civilization, were treated in numerous and suggestive communications.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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