Beginning with the admirably illustrated anecdote about "the young man of Laconia," the reader finds something cheerful on nearly every page of this week's Lampoon. The drawing really deserve praise, for instead of attempting the conventional girl engaged in repartee with the usual dress coated man, they are refreshingly funny, and numerous.

As to the editorials, it is hard to recall much to comment upon. Evidently the Lampoon. with commendable industry, prefers four years of work to three fo acquring an A. B.; and it has taken an amusing way of saying so. The "By the Way" column runs short of puns toward the end, but this may be a thoughtful concession to the reader. All the rest of the reading matter, with some slight exceptions, is bright and the episode of the unfortunate CRIMSON candidate is so life-like as to suggest actual experience on the part of the author.