It is a fact of special interest to every Harvard man when one of their number has an article in one of the magazines; and certainly the article on "Brunswick and Bowdoin College" in the New England Magazine for December from the pen of Charles Lewis Slattery of last year's senior class reflects credit not only upon the author himself but also upon his Alma Mater. Mr. Slattery has taken old Bowdoin College and Brunswick, as he knows them in their historical past and, with skillful touches has given us vivid pictures of the old town and the famous men who have brought credit upon the college, - Longfellow, Hawthorne, President Pierce, and many others. The article is profusely illustrated.

The Magazine opens with an interesting study of Canadian journalism by Walter Blackburn Harte. It is an article that will attract journalists and laymen in every corner of America, and it will appeal to the former more especially from the fact that the writer is a newspaper man and knows the difficulties of the craft from the inside. Mr. Hart's remarks, "In a Corner at Dodsley's," on the tendencies of contemporary literature to dispense altogether with literary men, are animated and amusing. Mr. Harte says: "The days of literary men in literature is over. It is now the triumphal hour of the imbecile millionaire, the rich society woman, who has nerves, hysteria, a vast deal of impudence, a store of proverbial piatitude, and a continual itch for notoriety; actresses that have more gowns than brains; English lords and ladies, and some assinine royalities. Every fool in the universe, with money enough to pay a printer's bill, has published a book."

A series of papers, "Stories of Salem Witchcraft," by Winfield S. Nevins, is begun in this number. All Harvard men who are studying American History will find this series especially valuable. The first article gives an account of the witchcraft cases in New England previous to 1692; the outbreak in Salem Village; the court and places of trial; a full history of the trials of accused persons, and copious quotations from the remarkable testimony in the court files are given; and the article is embellished with many portraits and drawings now published for the first time, and made specially for the series. The article is particularly interesting at this time, as the anniversary of this remarkable delusion is approaching.

Among some of the shorter contributions, is a clever, artistic story, full of humor and quiet pathos, called "Only an Incident," also a well-written study of impressionism in words by Alfred D. F. Hamlin, entitled "Pen Pictures of the Bosphorus."