In spite of much harsh treatment, we must confess that we have always had a kind spot in our heart for the Vassar Miss, (we refer to the magazine of that name). The standard of this journal is always of the highest, and its pages are always interesting. It very seldom attempts the well-known heavy article that is so prominent a feature of so many of our ambitious exchanges, and at the same time its light articles are at least readable. All in all, the journal is a credit to its editors, and does much to establish our belief in the fitness of women for journalistic pursuits. Taking all these points into consideration, an article in a late number of the Miscellany strikes us as being very important, shedding as it does, new light on a very old subject-the higher education of women. That there were objections to being a "higher educated" woman, we were always ready to admit, but how important these objections are we never comprehended until we read the article in question. The article which we consider such an important contribution to the literature of the subject has the seemingly innocent title "jottings from the journal of an A. B." But instead of this article being a sort of second edition of the lucubration's of Mr. Robert Grant's "Frivolous Girl," it is in reality a plaintive wail sent forth into the world by an almost despairing alumna-we suppose we must call her-of the Poughkeepsie institution of learning.

"It is the fate of all," wails our fair A. B., "at one period or another, to pass under the microscope of criticism, and the quivering A. B. seems to be allotted an unusual length of time under the "object-glass." How sad! "A three-horned dilemma presents itself at this juncture: First, the new A. B. signally lacks that very perfection in detail which is breath to the nostrils of society. Finesse of manner can be acquired, but the college-bred have an aversion to artificial veneer. "Are you sound at the core" is their text. Second, the new A. B. is placed in a quasi electric light of criticism which magnifies imperfections and leaves beauties normal size. Third, the A. B. herself possesses some of the characteristics of an unsatisfied molecule, and as a result of special training, exacts from the world in general something more stimulating than mediocrity."

One would think that if all this were true our poor "unsatisfied molecule" would be sunk in the depths of despair. But no, there is a grain of consolation, and although we don't exactly understand, the next paragraph evidently contains this consolation. "But the world in general is mediocre-in fact an indifferently clever A. B. is not a rare occurrence. In the case of most people, the boundary line of attainment has an extremely short radius. Tearing intellects do not grow wild, and the dilution of the essence of intelligence may be attributed as the result of dividing it among an increasing population."

Our A. B. offers a refuge to those unfortunate Vassar girls who are quizzed in regard to the gum chewing and balustrade stories. That refuge is silence accompanied by a "supercilious elevation of the Vassar eyebrow."

It is evident from this article that the question of higher education is still unsettled. We hope the Vassar Miscellany will give a thorough discussion of the question it has opened up and will not treat it with silence accompanied by a "supercilious elevation of the Vassar eyebrow."