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ward 10 q delightful and inspiring place. even 10
the summer student. whose first impressions
may be unfavorable:


the summer student. whose first impressions
may be unfavorable:
But It seems az II something was missing. We
might be boarding and studying in Chicago for all
we get OF Harvard We don't get the<rAditions
the anything. Everything's looked up IN
those red buildings, aud the blinds pulled down
over tho windows so We can't see We can staring
round AZ tho outside, and much good it'll do us.
What do ind Do ind myself studying under
one OF those professors who make Harvard what 1t
is. one OF those professors I am spending time and
money to study undor2 No. am pnt under young
boy. older than myself. a mere dude. Do
you suppose he is competent to teach me snythins2
He sits and talks in his dsndined way and shows
conceit in every word. oonoeit and condesoe nsion
there's no substance 10 him; he's nothing but .
froth-top.
The summer student changed his opinion
OF Harvard by the time he finished his course.
The English Instructor, the chief character in
the book. Mr.. Pier roasts gently. artistically
and thoroughly:
In college he never used to stand high. He always
scorned being bound down by courses. So he took
which he called useful but unattracve. and
then neglected them far possible read things
which pleasant and equally useful. He says 10
has broadened him wonderfully.
The Instructor discourses on athletics:
Athletics Unite; they never interest one
with the broad, speculative soul They ultimately
are reduced to ngnres-hgures Of soore figures of
record And the discussions have heard why
Harvard does not win in athletcs-as III were the
most grievous disaster Athletics-practical arith-
metical To fail in them is glorious; IL indicates
that Harvard men for the mystical. the intsna
ibe. and are impatient and careless Of the absolute
the exact. To make mon impractical. visionary.
theoretical should DO the aim of the great univer-
sity. to unit them for the business of ifc Life 10
sordid: the university man should properly be one
who can stand aside and note II in It's painful with
ing. and rejoice that he does not mineis in it.
Harvard men will unfortunately recognize
how little exaggeration there Is in this sort Of
talk. NJ. Pier has not allowed 1t to influence
his work. and the war has shown how the stu
dents can brush It aside In time Of need. One
thing Is noticeable in this tale. With the ex-
ception OF a pathetic old schoolteacher from
Vermont, none Of the persons who figure In IL,
Western students. college instructor or Boston
society girl. has any manners. Mr.. Piers draw
ing Is too accurate for this to be an accident
Have good manners In youth become a lost art
We have received the number for the first
quarter Of 1890 OF that extremely convenient
compendium Of passing events, Current His
tory Current History Company. being No. l
Of Vol o. 1t has timely portraits and useful
little maps
We have also received:
Tho Works OF Lord Byron" Poetry. Vol. 2.
edited by Ernest Hartley ColeridGe. John
Murray imported by Charles scribners sons.)
The Temple Edition OF tho Waverley
Novels: Woodstock. 2 vols; The Betrothed:
The Talisman." u. NJ. Dent 4 Co.; imported
by Charles Scribners Sons.)
The Dictionary OF Dainty Breakfasts"
Phyllis Browne. (casselI & Co..
Manual Of the Principles OF Practical Cook.
cry" E. E. Mann. uongmans. Green 4 Col
The Story OF the Great Republic" 81. A.
Guerber. american Book Company
'Kenilworth." by Sir Walter Scott. abridged
and edited by Mary Harrlott Norris. tAmeri-
can Book Company
Graded Work in Arithmetic: Fifth Book,
Grammar Grades" 8. W. Baird. american
Book Com pany.)
"Kuba und der KrIeg." J. Herrlngs. Charles
Wildermann)
Christ Among the Cattle" Frederic Row
land Marvin. u. o. Wright Il CO..
The Life Of Friedrich Schiller" Thomas
Carlyle Centenary edition. Charles scrib-
ners Sons)
'"Love Multiplied" Rena A. Locke. IT, Ten
nysop Neely.)
Senator Cashdollar OF washin gton." Stone
wall Cutter. (E. A. Weeks Company
Side Lights ON American History" Henry
W. Elson. tMaomillans)
Captain Jackmann; OF. Tale OF Two
Tunnels" W. Clark Russell. IF. NJ. Buckles &
Coz
Twin Oaks" Whitfield G. Howell. IF. Ten
nyson Neely)
An Ode to Girlhood and Other Poems"
Alice Archer Sewall. tHarpers.)
A History Of England" Third edition. n.
o. Arnold Foster. tCassell 4 CO..
Stats Trials Of Mary Queen OF Scots. Sir
Walter Raleigh and Capt William Kidd"
Charles Edward Lloyd. tCallaghan Co..