In the journal of Longfellow, under the date of November 8. 1841 is the following entry. "This evening it has come into my mind to undertake a long and elaborate poem by the holy name of Christ, the theme of which would be the various aspects of Christendom in the Apostolic, Middle, and Modern Ages."

Perhaps the most successful and interesting part of this work is the second part of the Trilogy, that dealing with Christendom in the Middle Ages, and it is to this portion that Longfellow himself attached the greatest importance.

For the core of his poem, he took the story of "Der Arme Heinrich" a tale led by Hartmann von der Ane, a German nidnnesinger of the twelfth century. It the elaboration of this story says Longfellow. "I have tried to show. . ., among other things, that through the darkness and corruption of the Middle As ran a bright, deep stream of Faith, strong enough for all the exigencies of his and death."

This morning at 11 o'clock in the Germanie Museum Professor Howard in his course German 25 will take up a discussion of "The Golden Legond".

Other lectures of interest are:

9 O'clock

Social Consequences of Business Cycles." Dr. Hexter Emerson A. Social Ethics 6.

11 O'clock

"The Restoration Stage," Professor Murray. Harvard 3. English 39

12 O'clock

"Mephistopheles and the Freshman in Goethe's Fause" Professor Walz, Sever 6. Comparative Literature 8.

"State Control of City Government" Professor Munro. Harvard 6, Government 17a.