We publish today the concluding portion of a brief review of Mr. Hurd's book on the athletics and athletes of Yale. There is much in the book that he extremely interesting, but nothing so much so as the graphic picture that is given of the endless rivalry between the sister institutions-Yale and Harvard. We lose sight of that other field-the intellectual-in which the two universities are brought together in competition, and we see two great bodies of students perpetually preparing for the struggle that is never decided. Every winter the long process of training is undergone cheerfully and perseveringly, and every spring and fall the representative teams meet to add one more victory or defeat to the records. Yet, notwithstanding the intense rivalry, the jubilation that follows victory and the deep chagrin that follows defeat, the relations between Harvard and Yale continue always cordial. There is behind the firm resolution to win, a feeling of mutual respect and hearty admiration that we think could hardly exist were not the colleges drawn together as they now are. The athletic life which every-where engages lively interest, and which affords endless opportunity for competition, comes surely to the surface, while the intellectual life in which competition is uncertain and unsatisfactory sinks beneath, but still exerts a far reaching and, we believe, an unimpaired influence on the community at large. We see in these contests which arouse ambition and which render the existence of a large number of physically perfect men absolutely necessary, advantages before which the disadvantages sink in insignificance, and among the first of these benefits we are induced to place the feelings of cordiality and respect that are bound to rise between such honorable rivals as Yale and Harvard. That future contests between the universities will manifest the same spirit we have noted in the past, we cannot doubt. We should be sorry indeed to have the rivalry brought to an end by the adoption of any mistaken policy.