The present number of the Advocate is marked by the great variety in the style and subjects of the articles. With one exception the pieces are short, and as all are entertaining, the number is a very interesting one. In the editorial column are discussed the value and scope of the work done by the various technical societies, the CRIMSON'S petition for electric lights for the library, and a quotation from Mr. Joseph Lee's letter to the Boston Herald, which has aroused so much comment recently. The last editorial is a little unfair in its anxiety to be candid. It says, speaking of the social standing of real students: "Little distinction is made between a man who studies hard and at the same time develops other sides of his life, and the man who does nothing but study. The same semiopprobrium attaches to each. Because a man does any work he apt to become 'non-fashionable' and there is generally an end to him." This may be true during the first two years of the college course, but we venture to assert that later in the course the society men fall and the grinds and the semi-grinds rise in the estimation of the college world. The writer also forgets the existence of several popular senior and junior societies, membership in which demands either literary work or high scholarship.

"The Reverend Richard Richards," by Mr. Sears is a bright description of a queer old Welsh minister. It is out of the usual line of Advocate stories, and as such is quite refreshing

Fidelia is a not very successful attempt to imitate the old English "Spectator" style of two centuries ago. The most interesting article in the number is Mr. Warren's "Oxford to a Harvard Man." It is merely a sketch of a ramble through the old university town but it contains an entertaining account of the boating life of the university and a charming description of Magdalen College with its quaint old buildings and curious customs The college feeling at Oxford is well contrasted with the class and university feeling here. The article is brightly written, but is marred by errors in composition, due evidently, to haste in writing.

Under "Topics of the Day" there are two short sketches-"Moods and Music," and "At the Harvard Assembly." The first savours of that quality which the examiners of freshman third hour themes call "fine writing;" the second is a lively description of an assembly as seen through the eyes of a "solemn, disgruntled little man."

The number is enlivened by several bright little poems, the best of which is Mr. Brackett's "Rustica." Several book notices and the usual "Brief" complete the number.