The piece de resistance in the last Advocate is "The Saving of Bridgeman" by Mr. M. O. Wilcox. Its characteristic features are similar to those of most of the stories by the same author. It describes college life and the incident dealt with is treated in the same minute and carefully studied method. As a piece of literary composition, it is creditable; the proportions are well preserved throughout and the descriptive passages contribute satisfactorily to the general effect of the narrative. The subject of the story is not as praiseworthy. It deals with a feature of life here which is too easily seized upon by our enemies as a basis for their carping criticisms of Harvard life. It is therefore a question whether the publication of such a story, even though it may be meritorious in itself, can make up for the exaggerations and false impressions to which it can so easily give rise.

"A Case of Polarity," by Mr. J. W. Rankin, is a well-written character sketch. The person described is a student living under the curse of polarity. When others around him are happy he becomes miserable, and when others are sad and gloomy his spirits rise even against his will. This characteristic in a person might furnish the motif of a long and elaborate piece of work, in which the workings of such a disposition could be studied.

"Tangarines" partakes of the characteristics of a fable and of a description. It lacks the moral of a fable; or at any rate the moral, in so far as implied, is one which could hardly be recommended for universal adoption.

"Contrariwise" is a mixture of the fantastic and grotesque.

The verses, "To Mistress Delia," "In Winter Time" and "To a Humming Bird" are, on the whole, satisfactory, the latter deserving considerable praise on account of its easy flow.

The editorials deal with various matters of interest to the college at large. Particular attention is devoted to the refusal of the athletic committee to appoint Colonel Bancroft as coach for the crew; to the plans as announced by Professor Harper for the new university at Chicago and to the discussion of the three years plan. The Advocate continues to support the proposed reduction.

On the whole the number is very satisfactory. The individual articles are perhaps in some cases of less merit than has been the instance in some numbers of the Advocate. It is, however, up to the usual good standard of the paper. From one particular point of view it deserves praise, in that most of the contributions, both of fact and fiction, deal with college topics. If undergraduates would more closely follow this principle in their writings, they would avoid the criticism so frequently brought against them of attempting to discuss matters beyond their experience, not to say above their comprehension.