It has been the custom for several years past for Professor Norton to entertain on Christmas eve those of us who are obliged for one reason or another to remain in Cambridge during the recess. It is needless to say that all who can have hitherto availed themselves of this rare treat. There are too few opportunities for personal intercourse between scholar and preceptor in the course of our studies for any one to neglect such an opportunity. The pity is that such chances are so rare. The size and unwieldiness of this institution of learning is such as to prevent any but the slightest acquaintance from existing between student and instructor. The converse is the exception, not the rule. Therefore no persuasion of ours is necessary to prevail upon any one to seize this opportunity of coming in personal contact with one whom we so admire and esteem in the lecture room. The sole cause for regret is that the absence from Cambridge of so many of us prevents us from availing ourselves of this valuable privilege.