The latest edition of William Swinton's History of the United States* needs little comment, being a revision of a work that made its own reputation many years ago. The present edition contains two new chapters introductory and final; various changes in and additions to the notes, and a large number of, on the whole, very good illustrations.

Prof. Fulton and Prof. Trueblood have presented to the world a workf on elocution which has at least the merit of originality to recommend it. It is intended for teachers and students who are in serious earnest, and is very comprehensive. The book is divided into three parts.

I. The psychic being, voice, pronunciation, emphasis.

II. The elements of expression.

III. The elements of action.

The words of the title, "Practical Elements," will be apt to mislead one who looks for simplicity, for the "elements" of the first part are "practical" not because they deal with the practice of elocution, but under the idea that a good knowledge of man's psychic and physical being is necessary before one can comprehend the advantage and purpose of a study of elocution or the culture of voice and action involved.

Although necessarily technical, the book is a readable one from the force and logic with which it is written.

In Harper's Aeneid‡ and Anabasis,§ the texts are carefully edited and preceded by rather elaborate inductive exercise. An excellent feature of the edition is the large number of illustrations. The Aeneid has many extracts from modern English poetry. These books certainly ought to inspire an interest in the student.

Brigitta is a story of German peasant life, told simply but with great power. It is well adapted for rapid reading.

Die Erhebung Europas¶ is a vivid account of the European rising against Napoleon. This book is also designed for rapid reading. The International Modern Language Series, if kept to the standard of these books, will deserve a permanent place in the library as well as the school room.

* Swinton's School History of the United States-revised. New York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American Book Co.

Practical Elements of Elocution. By Robt. I. Fulton, A.M. and Thomas C. Trueblood, A.M. Boston: Ginn & Co.

‡ Xenophon's Anabasis. Harper & Wallace. New York: American Book Co.

§ Aeneid and Bucolis of Vergil. Harper and Millen. New York: American Book Co.

Brigitta. By Berthold Auerbach. and Co.

Edited by Dr. Gore. Boston: Ginn

Die Erhebung Europas. Three lectures by Heinrich Von Sybel. Edited by A. B. Nichols. Boston: Ginn and Co.

RECEIVED.

A Third Person. A Novel, by B. M. Croker. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company.

La Prise de la Bastille. By Michelet. Edited and annotated by Professor Jules Luquiens. Boston: Ginn & Company.

The Lady of the Lake. (English Classics for Schools Series.) New York: American Book Company.

TO BE REVIEWED.

Letters of Asa Gray. Edited by Jane Loring Gray. 2 vols. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company.

A Native of Winby, and Other Tales. By Sarah Orne Jewett. Boston: Houghton, Miffin & Company.

Rachel Stanwood. By Lucy Gibbons Morse. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company.

An Old Town by the Sea. By Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company.

The Story of Parthia. By George Rawlinson. (Story of the Nations Series.) New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Harvard Stories. By Waldron K. Post. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Princeton Sketches. By George R. Wallace. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Two Soldiers and a Politician. By Clinton Ross. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

Uplifts of Heart and Will. By James H. West. Boston: George H. Ellis. The Spiritual Life. Boston: George H. Ellis.

Noah Porter: A Memorial by Friends. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.

Livy XXI, XXII. Edited by J. B. Greenough and Tracy Peck. Boston: Ginn & Co.

The Ethics of Hegel.

Translated with an Introduction, by J. Macbride Sterrett. Boston: Ginn & Co.

Popular Science. (French Prose Series). Edited by Jules Luquiens. Boston: Ginn & Co.

EDITOR'S TABLE.

It is a problem hard-I make ejaculation,
To tell the horrors of Co-education."

Robin Hood, Jr.

The downfall of the Wesleyan eleven and the withdrawal of that college from the Intercollegiate Association has been reviewed as an event purely in the world of athletics. To the newspapers and the public, it seems nothing more than a football happening-unfortunate for Wesleyan, but simply the end of the gentle game at Middletown for this season.

But this event strikes far deeper than at first appears. It is nothing less than a triumphant and sweeping vindication of the rights and place of Woman with a large heavy initial letter. Last summer the rhetorical catchas-catch-can wrangles which raged with cyclonic fury at the War-Congresses of the "Board of Lady Managers" at the World's Fair did much to place obstructions before the onward roll of Woman's sphere. While a great deal was accomplished by woman, much of the good was blown away in the gale which had its storm-centre in the Woman's Building.

Now, mark the contrast, and learn how quiet and rural Middletown suddenly looms up as the scene of a glorious victory for the cause, without noise, without confusion. Several weeks ago the young men of Wesleyan decreed a boycott" against the "Co-eds." It seems that there are many young women at Wesleyan with intellectual bees beneath their modish bonnets. They are pursuing courses of study, and judging from our own respected bevy of "Co-eds" they are bright, ambitious, and altogther superior in mental attainments to low-minded fellow students or student fellows. The rash youths of Wesleyan decided that the young women were becoming too numerous, that they ought to carry their requirements to women's colleges, and that on the whole, student life at Wesleyan would be more enjoyable when conducted on the plan of a monkish cloister. Most ungallantly the boycott was decided upon as the most effective weapon whereby to intimidate the "Co-eds" and render classic life at Wesleyan no longer "flat, stale and unprofitable." They believed in their madness that this movement would crush woman's spirit. Had there been a married man to rule the Council how differently matters might have resulted, and Wesleyan might have battled with Yale for the championship.

The boycott was carried into effect. The "Co-eds" were cut whenever met. Any man seen with a student maiden was ostracized by his friends, and every "Co-ed" photograph on every mantel was heartlessly turned to the wall. Even the village shops where the dear girls purchased their beakers of ice cream, soda, and supplies of caramels and chewing-gum were laid under the ban. Did the young women organize to air their grievances, and sweep the autumal foliage from the Wesleyan campus in breezy meetings? Ah, they were far wiser. They made no public remonstrance. But surely and silently as an African raid upon a hen roost, busy little influences

were set working by these wonderful young women. No more made they cushions or painted picture frames for the athletic heroes. Never again did they blossom on the side-lines at the foot-ball practice, and thrill the lionhearted half-backs to life, risking plunges by maddening smiles. There was no more incentive for the players to sacrifice time and strength, and little by little interest in foot-ball declined. The men who were barred from communion with the maidens drowned their woes in drink, and spent all their substance so that the subscription books showed an appalling deficit. At last both interest and financial support were gone, and the crash came. The wires flashed the fearful tidings "Wesleyan has withdrawn from the Association and will disband."

Dux femina facti: what no other power could have done, Woman has wrought at Wesleyan. Football never interfered with at Yale-either by storm, flood, or fire, sickness, death, the Faculty, and yet at Wesleyan a few young women have done more than all these.

We have "Co-eds" at Yale, and we are proud of our football team. We look forward to the Harvard game as the greatest event of the near future. How crushing would be the blow if our eleven, with a peerless record of championships behind it, should be disbanded before Springfield. Yale men, remember that your treatment of Co-eds" is a serious matter. Until Thanksgiving at least, however great the provocation, do not lay hands on that deadly instrument-the boycott.

The editor has cornered the midnight oil market, scanning huge piles of exchanges from whence to dig a few gems of poesy. The world's diamond supply is low at present, and literary treasurers have taken the same turn. However the standard of college verse has risen considerably since last spring. Then it was plainly incident that the witchery of the out-of-doors, and the general prevalence of that fatigued feeling sadly interfered with writing. But the bracing vigor in a November day is inspiration pure and simple. If a man has any poetry in his soul, it ought to exude now.

VESPERS.

Through chapel windows stream the rich stained rays,
The Sabbath sunlight gently fades away,

The gilded organ-pipes speak notes of praise;
We're gathered here at eventide to pray.

There may be far more joyous hours we'll know,
But few more calm or soothing shall we spend ;
Few sadder hours may touch our lives with woe,
Yet sweetly sad this hour at Sabbath end.

The shadows deepen, window rays grow dim,
The chancel lights burn brighter through the shade;
Then loud and deep resounds the closing hymn,

The service over and our prayer is made.

Nassau Lit.

REFLECTIONS.

Lingering 'neath the shaded bower,

I view the scenes so old and dear.

The chimes from yonder high clock-tower
Give welcome music, soft and clear.

The scenes are old, yet life is new;
For early friends whom first we found,
Have passed the little cycle through,
And left to us the open ground.

The past is gone beyond control,
The future only beckons you.
Then with a purpose firm and bold
We'll enter what we have to do.

Though most of us a sadness feel,

In missing friends who've gone before,

We'll buckle on the arms of steel,

And struggle onward as of yore.

Cornell Magazine.

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