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Brevities.

Unnumbered lasting aeons echo down

My name, dim-haunted by the ideal frown

That hovers o'er the bard's entranced sight.

The parabolic comet's nucleus blaze

Bursts vastly through thy firmamental maze,

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O Heaven, translucent well!

Thy incandescent glow illumes despair,

Reacting star-gemmed dews of thought most rare,

Which in self-consciousness existent dwell.

WE have been requested by H. U. F. C. to publish the following list of the rules observed at McGill University. Fearing they would not be interesting to a large number of Undergraduates, we have printed them without leads.

PLAYING RULES OF THE McGILL UNIVERSITY FOOT-BALL CLUB.Revised up to April, 1874.

I. Each goal shall consist of two upright posts, 16 feet high and 15 feet apart, with a cross-bar at a distance of 10 feet from the ground. The maximum length of the ground shall be 150 yards; the maximum breadth shall be 75 yards.

II. The number of players on each side shall be not more than twenty, or not less than ten. The definite number to be settled by the Captains before each match.

III. The winners of the toss shall have the option of kick off or choice of goals. The game shall be commenced by a place kick from the centre of the ground, and the opposite side shall not come within ten yards of the ball.

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