Webster was an æsthete, because he enthusiastically says in his dictionary that the verb "speak" is too utter.-Ex.

The Boston young lady of culture does not call it the Irish Land Bill. She designates it as the Celtic Real Estate William. -Yale News.

Class in Political Economy: Professor-"Can you give an early instance where men were warned against the evils of paper currency?" Student "Yes, sir. The disciples were warned to take no script for their journey."- Williams Athe

повит.

There are four Egyptian students at Illinois College, and three Brazillians at Cornell.-College Record.

Freshman :-" Action and reaction are equal and opposite, as, for instance, when a cannon jumps as far backward as the ball goes forward."-Yale Record.

At a recent examination in a girls' school the question was put to a class of little ones: "Who makes the laws of our Government?" "Congress," was the ready reply. "How is Congress divided?" was the next question. A little girl in the class raised her hand. "Well," said the examiner, "Miss Sally, what do you say the answer is?" Instantly, with an air of confidence as well as triumph, the answer came: "Civilized, half-civilized, and savage."-Ex.

The loss involved in the burning of Swarthmore College in Philadelphia is $250,000. The fire originated from the explosion of chemicals.-Exonian.

Freshman: Waiter, what time is it, please?

Waiter: Je n' sais pas, M'sieur.

Freshman Oh! is it as late as that? I promised to be home before ten.-Columbia Spectator.

Professor, (looking at his watch): "As we have a few minutes, I should like to have any one ask questions, if so disposed." Student: "What time is it, please?"-Ex.

Four is the æsthetic figure. It is too too.-Ex.

Dr. Porter, of New York, has given $150,000 to Yale College, Hon. Lafayette S. Foster $40,000 to the Law School, and the late Professor Smith $60,000 to the Medical School, all within the past year.-Bowdbin Orient.

Something like the Harvard annex has been organized at Yale College. A class of ladies has been formed to receive lectures and instruction from Professors Williams, Sumner, Brewer and others.-Ex. ·

Recently, one of our Freshmen in the chemistry class, after searching the shelves diligently for a bottle marked H2O, finally gave up in despair, and going to the professor, asked, "What is H2O, anyway, and where can I find some?" He was only a Freshman, anyway. The professor relishes the joke.

-Carletonia.

A WOMAN'S COLLEGE YEAR.
A world of grass, and waving trees,
Of rippling water, cool and clear,
Of gay birds, singing to the breeze,
A College Year.

Of grave grey walls benign and stately

of quiet nooks, and corners dear,
Of Proctors moving by sedately,
A College Year.

A world of music, soft and grand,
A taste of heaven for pilgrims here,
A wandering sailor's glimpse of land,
A College Year.

A world of books and sober thought,
The glorious past brought very near,
Young scholars by dead thinkers taught,
A College Year.

A world of students wise and good,
Of girlish laughter sweet and clear,
A world of budding womanhood,
A College Year.

A world of friends with loving faces,
And hearts all quick to soothe or cheer,
Of struggles, victories, and "Graces,"
A College Year.

What can we say in parting, meet

To show the world we hold you dear? "God bless the place that made so sweet A College Year."

For all the help and all the care,

For memories fond of each dear face,
We say, and say it as a prayer.

God bless the place!"

-London Graphic.

BOOKS RECEIVED.

The Fate of Madame La Tour; A Story of Great Salt Lake. By Mrs. A. G. Paddock. For sale at Flagler's. This book, although in the form of a novel, deals with real characters and actual events. The author traces the rise and growth of the Mormon system; depicts the infamous character of its high-priests, the crimes which it encourages, and the sufferings to which it leads. Herself a resident for ten years in Salt Lake City, she derives her information from her own experience. Her trustworthiness is vouched for by the leading federal officials of Utah.

Aunt Serena. For sale by H. S. Wiltsie. The author of this bright little novel is known to us all, through One Summer. Aunt Serena has its scene laid chiefly in a German pension, and gives graphic descriptions of that sort of life. The book is larger than Miss Howard's first work, but does

not show an equal power. Nevertheless, with its bright fancies. and turns of thought, it makes a pleasant and attractive novel.

We have received from Pach a couple of fine photographs of General Garfield and of the Francklyn cottage.

We acknowledge the receipt of the following exchanges :

Acta Columbiana, Amherst Student, Archangel, Argo, Argus, Ariel, Athenæum, Atlantic Monthly, Bates Student, Beacon, Berkelyan, Boston Times, Bowdoin Orient, Brunonian, Carle tonia, Chronicle, Colby Echo, College Mercury, College Olio, College Rambler, College Record, College Speculum, Collegiate, Columbia Spectator, Concordiensis, Cornell Era, Cornell Review, Cornell Sun, Crimson, Critic, Dartmouth, Denison Collegian, Dickinsonian, Dutchess Farmer, Educational Visitor, Exonian, Good Times, Hamilton Lit., Harvard Advocate, Harvard Echo, Harvard Lampoon, Haverfordian, Hesperian Student, High School Tribune, Hora Scholastica, Illini Institute Index, Lafayette College Journal, Lantern, Lasell Leaves, Lehigh Burr, Madisonensis, Nassau Lit., News Letter, Northwestern, Notre Dame Scholastic, Occident, Philadelphia Evening News, Philosophian, Review, Polytechnic, Poughkeepsie Daily News, Princetonian, Res Academicae, Round Table, Student Life, Sunbeam, Syracusan, Targum, The Old World, Transcript, Trinity Tablet, UnderGraduate, University Herald, University Magazine, Wabash, Willistonian, Woman's Journal, Yale Courant, Yale Lit., Yale News, Yale Record.

The practical Maine people among whom my hero lived, at the time when I knew him, had gradually ceased to think him remarkable, or, perhaps, they had rather ceased to comment upon his remarkableness. At any rate, he slipped in and out of the homes of a hundred different families with the familiarity of a shadow, and only strangers remarked upon the oddity of the little old man's ways. Only strangers marked the restless movements of his slight figure, with its crown of scanty gray hair; his small, bright eyes, the more noticeable because the face about them was clean-shaven, and, most of all, from their manner of glancing up and drooping so suddenly that it was about as easy for Mr. Greenleaf's acute Yankee benefactors to decide upon their color, as to name the precise shade of a trout gleam

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