If one of the attributes of literature is to give pleasure to the reader--and from much recent writing this might be doubted--then certainly few writers have achieved, in the Vagabond's opinion, a greater right to be called preeminent at least in this department than Mark Twain. From the time he was first able to read, the Vagabond has chuckled, laughed and even been most undignifiedly convulsed by the inimitable stories and essays of this little man with the bushy white hair and fierce moustaches.

So even though he will not perhaps be regaled with the same humor in hearing about his life and position in literature, nevertheless the Vagabond intends to attend Professor Murdock's lecture on Mark Twain at 10 o'clock this morning in Harvard 1.

Two other lectures being given today both of them at 2 o'clock, certainly deserve especial notice. One of these will be given by Professor Hersey in Emerson J and will deal with "Paris in the Works of Great Authors". It will be illustrated. The other, in Harvard 6, will be by Mr. Charles P. Curtis Jr. on "The Working of the Jury System, State and Federal."

Other lectures of interest to be given today and tomorrow are

TODAY

10 O'clock

"Types of Pragmatic Metaphysics," Professor Perry, Emerson A.

"Food," Professor Parker, Geology Lecture Room.

11 O'clock

"German Prose Fiction of the Nine teenth Century," Professor Burkhard, Germanic Museum.

TOMORROW

10 O'clock

"The Republic of Ecuador," Professor Haring, Harvard 3.

"Dollar Diplomacy of the Far East," Professor Baxter, Harvard 2.

12 O'clock

'Sophocios, Antigone," Professor Gullek, Sever 26.

"Richard Strans," Professor Hill, Music Building.

"The Early History of Banking," Professor Usher, Widener U.