He sat him boldly down,

And

When all around him rose to pray

The stranger did not rise,

And who afterwards invaded the college commons and ate so voraciously - is irresistibly funny.

It is said in one place of a man who was expelled: "He carried away with him all the good wishes and good opinions of his fellow classmates; if we may infer it from the fact that he left none of these commodities behind!"

A stanza of Holmes' "Graduates' Song," on page 282, may be quoted:

"It's I that is a bachelor, though married to the Muse,

I talks with all the gentle folks, and flirts with all the blues;

It's I that looks as knowing now as any body can,

For once I was a sophomore, but now I am a man.

I keeps a little puppy dog, I has a little cane" -

But this may be getting almost a little too personal, so let us cease.

"Momenta Lankiana," a series of biographical papers, afford some very creditable specimens of Yankee humor, and are very readable; indeed, the entire volume is readable, and, spiced throughout as it is by Dr. Holmes' wit, is very enjoyable. Solid articles have their due share of space, however. The volume is ended by a poetical "Tail Piece" by Holmes.