The most important contribution to the current number of the Advocate is an Irish dialect story, "A Village Paladin," by J. A. Graydon '01. After briefly picturing the town of Rosslea, on Fair Day, the writer describes the shop of Mickey Doonan, the village blacksmith, and then skilfully introduces upon the scene some of Mickey's "boon companions." In the dialogue which follows there is both vigor and movement, and wherever the writer used exposition or description there is always color and atmosphere. Towards the close of the story there are numerous little touches of humor, of which only a very few sound strained. "There's Just One Girl," by Edward Richard, is a frail story of the expanded daily theme type, which, while it shows a good deal of cleverness of an observant sort, proves beyond doubt that the writer has no knowledge of human nature. In "Old and New," J. H. Cabot, 2nd, '00, undertakes to delineate the character of a Casco Bay "islander," and fails completely. "Perquisites," by John G. Cole sC., and "A Fiasco," by R. W. Gray '01, are sketches of the usual daily theme type.

Of the poetry, "A War Song of the Nez Perces," by Erskine Wood '01, is coherent, fairly rythmical, and seemingly original; a "Sonnet," by Edward Richard, is conventional. A series of "Western Sketches," printed anonymously, are appreciative bits of prose and verse, treating of California life and scenery.

The editorials are pleasant in tone, and are quite good technically. There are a number of book reviews, none of which rise above mediocrity.