We publish in another column a communication on a recent extraordinary article on Harvard in the Boston Herald. We do not think that the writer of this article deserves all the scorn which our correspondent heaps on his head, but nevertheless, a fellow of his stamp may do incalculable harm if he is only persevering enough, and can find an audience for his productions. Unfortunately this audience is large and constant; colleges and college-bred men are always subjects of ridicule in a country where the majority of the inhabitants have for years been accustomed to look upon "self-made" men and home made educations and cultured men as superfluous things. The newspaper that appeals to the largest and most ignorant audience is sure to fill its columns with just such nonsense as this; and just such nonsense as this is accepted by half its readers as gospel truth, and a reason upon which to most vigorously malign and blaspheme at colleges.

As for the fellow who has written these things about his own college, he probably knows no better, and therefore deserves pity, not scorn and loathing. He probably is some wretched, half-witted being, living in a very musty and unclean garret, tenanted by vermin, who scribbles to order, that he may keep his miserable anatomy alive. He would slander his own grandmother at five dollars a column. Therefore, gentle reader, though you may be inclined to revile him bitterly, - don't; he knows no better. "It's his conception of the part." and he means no offence.