There are two things in this number of the Advocate that are distinctly worth while. The first is an article by a Princeton undergraduate upon that university's preceptorial system; the second, a story by Mr. Tinckom-Fernandez called "A Purple Patch," and much better than its name would lead one to expect. The article gives clearly and persuasively an account of the tutorial method used at Princeton, its faults as well as its virtues, and leaves an impression, strengthened by the editorial, that Harvard would do very well to have something of the sort here, which would give the student a sympathetic friend, not too old, to make his work more a part of his life. "The Purple Patch," set effectively during a water-fete at Marseilles, is a story of no little grim strength relieved by an eerie humor which is very effective. The twisted old grandfather might have stepped from one of Arthur Rackham's weird drawings.

The rest of the number is ordinary in comparison with these. "The Taming of the Shrew" is a Robert Chambers tale of a southern man and a college cousin who emerge, like Shadrach and Abednego, from a very vivid forest fire to find themselves engaged. "Idle Thoughts of an Idle Art," is a typical college essay of the lighter sort, pleasant, facile, well-written, and without much significance.

There is little verse, and that too is not as good as the Advocate has published. "To Peggy's Hat" is frankly Lampoon verse; "Kipling on a Spree" is much what its name signifies, a rather good imitation; and "Ecstasy," by Mr. Greene, the best in the number for its sure phrasing of the beauty of night, is a translation from Hugo. Surely the College can offer better and more original verse than any of these three printed. But the feeling of disappointment is overbalanced by the distinctly significant work of Mr. Tinckom-Fernandez and the Princeton writer