The current number of the Advocate which appeared yesterday, is much better than those immediately preceding it. The editorial department in particular is good. The management of the finances of the varions athletic organizations is criticised in a candid, and on the whole, just manner, and the reforms suggested are both necessary and timely. The matter of the proposed three-cornered freshman race has been already pretty thoroughly discussed, so the editorial on that subject does little more than sum up the argument in a forcible way. The old subject of the formation of a second sophomore society is again brought out. It is to be hoped that the matter will not be dropped. The greater part of the number is taken up by Mr. Charles Warren's story, "Sour Grapes." The merit of the piece consists mainly in the working out of the character of Henry Waring, in whom the plot centres. The air of mystery which pervades his character and life holds the attention and interest to the end. Though a little drawn out, the style is effective and interesting, and the story is the best that has recently appeared in the Advocate.

"College Arrogance" under Topics of the Day is a discussion of one aspect of "Harvard snobbishness," which though not strikingly original is worth a careful reading.

"The Peasant Rebellion" is a brief sketch of an incident of the serf insurrection of 1525, by Mr. Prescott F. Hall. The description is delicately and pathetically written. There is no poetry in the number. It is completed by the usual Brief, which has at last come down nearly to date.