that the human intellect and heart have given utterance to up to the present time. To be sure, educators have often differed, but it is only in the emphasis that they would put on some books in preference to others. They have been agreed in the main.

But of course the college student should not be confined solely to the study of the books he sees named in his college catalogue; but he should read all that will take up his spare time besides, if indeed he can have much spare time after doing justice to his text-books. But what should he read? Clearly, those books that best serve to explain and illustrate bis studies. His studies should be a nucleus about which to collect stores of useful and pleasant reading. This nucleus should direct and control all the reading which he does in college during term-time. If he is reading Livy in his Freshman year, and, to explain and illustrate this, he freely consult Gibbon, Niebuhr, and Momsen, besides other historians of almost equal importance, perhaps he may find a small share of time for resting his mind by reading lighter works on kindred subjects, like Bulwer's Pompeii, and Rienzi. If he is reading Xenophon, Herodotus, and Plato, and, in connection with these, Rollin, Grote, Mitford, Thirwall, and Curtius; he is allowed, if he find the time, to indulge a little in the Lost Tales of Miletus, or some of the admirable translations into English verse of some of the choicest of Greek poets. And here come in those excellent biographies of some of the most noted of the ancients, with which our English literature abounds. While studying mathematics, the natural sciences, and English and Anglo-Saxon literature, the books that he is continually referred to are legion, and many of them as intensely interesting as any of our most thrilling modern novels. Indeed he cannot get on very successfully with his English studies without making himself familiar with such novelists as Scott, Bulwer, and others of a similar rank. In studying Shakespeare and Milton he is continually called upon to obtain a knowledge of Chaucer, Spenser, and the principal of the later English poets. In studying mental science he is referred to authors outside of his text-book that it would be a disgrace for him not to have some acquaintance with. In studying the Constitution of the United States he is not only called upon to show great familiarity with the arguments for and against its adoption in the State conventions, and the national assembly of delegates, but also to read the lives of the principal men who made those arguments and who had anything to do with the adoption of the Constitution. Such is a small specimen of what a college student must read; and he should have in his college a library containing enough of them to satisfy his wants. The libraries of the literary societies usually contain auxiliaries to these in abundance. We are ready to believe that most good colleges do actually have such books in their libraries, and not only such but thousands of others of equal importance and value. At the same time we find that they generally have a large collection of poetical works, more indeed than the most frenzied lover of poetry could hope to peruse in four years. We also believe that there is good evidence to show that they are not without the best works of fiction, either in the college library proper or in the libraries of the literary societies. What

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then are the works generally lacking? They are such works as have never been generally accepted by the reading public as valuable. They are the works that flourish for a short season and then become lost in a wellmerited oblivion. They are the works that we find on the counters of every bookseller of respectability, in cheap bindings and ready to be sold at prices that those who have a taste for such literature could readily pay without using but a very moderate share of economy. If students will insist upon having such reading, they can club together and procure it at a very small price. But most students will agree that the reading of books, such as our studies demand a knowledge of, is extensive, varied, and pleasant enough to answer all the purposes for which "light reading," as it is called, is usually desirable. We surely cannot object to any students taking up Anthony Trollope after a dinner of three courses, since, if it has any effect at all, it will be to aid his digestion and keep him from slumber; but we cannot admit that he might not be equally entertained and benefitted by reading the life of John Howard, or some of Prof. Childs' collection of old English ballads.

We notice in the College Days, of Ripon, Wisconsin, a poem of some merit, entitled "The Heathen Chinee," written by one Bret Harte. We think the production gives evidence of considerable genius, and we congratulate the editors of the College Days on securing so talented a contributor. We would recommend the Days to our friends in the country, as it has the reputation of being "one of the best, if, indeed, not the best of college papers published."

The following will serve our readers as an excellent example of what may properly be termed The Revival of Ancient Anecdotes. It would be very side-splitting indeed, if its antiquity were not against it. It is in the Torch-Light, a paper " published in the interest of Kalamazoo College," Michigan, and we also find it in old English and translated thence into German. We quote as follows, to wit: "Sometime since, three students met a Jew and sought to poke fun at him. Student No. 1 said, 'Good-morning, Father Abraham;' the second, 'Good-morning, Father Isaac;' and the third, 'Good-morning, Father Jacob.' The Jew replied politely to each salutation, and added, ' You are all wrong, young gentlemen; I am neither Abraham, Isaac, nor Jacob, but Saul, the son of Cis, who goes out to seek his father's asses; and behold! he has found them!'"

LAFAYETTE PERSONALS.

[Under this head we propose to give all such personal and literary notes, pertaining to those who have been educated at Lafayette, as may be brought to our attention; and we shall, therefore, welcome any items or reminiscences that fall under the notice of former students of our College.]

ARTHUR, '68.-The Presbyterian Banner of April 26th, speaking of the Commencement exercises at the Western Theological Seminary, Alleghany City, Pa., says, “ Mr. Anderson, on behalf of the Graduating Class, made

a presentation to Mr. Richard Arthur, one of the number, who is under appointment for the Persian Mission. An album, with the photographs of the class, and a copy of' Hitchcock's Analysis,' were the very appropriate gifts. The presentation speech and response were in happy style."

BOYER, '40.-Hon. Benj. M. Boyer, of Norristown, Pa., will deliver the address before the Literary Societies at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pa., at the Commencement, in June.

CANFIELD, '70.-Charles K. Canfield attended the winter course of lectures of the Columbia College School of Medicine. He at the same time was studying at the Union Theological Seminary.

DE WITT, '69.—“S. E. Furst, Esq., having presented a petition for the admission to the bar of Silas W. De Witt, the court appointed as an examining committee Messrs. R. Fleming, H. C. Parsons, and H. H. Cummin.

"The Committee made a report to the effect that they had examined Mr. De Witt, and found him well qualified for admission to the bar. Mr. De Witt then appeared, took the oath of admission, and was duly received as a member of the bar of Lycoming County.

"Mr. De Witt, we understand, passed a very fair examination, not missing a single question. He has many friends in the city (Williamsport) who will be glad to hear of his successful beginning."-Daily Lycoming Gazette, April 25th, 1871.

DODDER, '49.-Rev. Edward L. Dodder was installed pastor of the united Presbyterian churches of Tipton and New York, Iowa, on Nov. 8th, 1870.-P. O. address, Tipton.

FILSON, '68.-Wm. Filson and Wm. G. Stewart, of the Class of '68, graduated at the Western Theological Seminary on the 19th of April.

HAND, '65.—Married, at the Presbyterian Church, Waverley, Pa., May 3d, 1871, by Rev. Dr. A. H. Hand, of New York, father of the bridegroom, assisted by Rev. J. E. Coray, Isaac P. Hand, Esq., of Wilkesbarre, to Miss Mary L. Richardson, of Scranton, Pa.

HEPBURN, "71.-Robert H. Hepburn, connected with the Class of '71 during the Freshman year, is in the Williamsport (Pa.) National Bank. HETRICK, '61.-Howard R. Hetrick is a member of the editorial corps of The Marshall Weekly, published at Marshall, Harrison Co., Texas.

LONG, '64.—Rev. Thomas Scott Long, Class of '64, has removed to Bloomsburg, N. J., where he has charge of the Greenwich Presbyterian Church, an organization dating prior to the American Revolution, and one of David Brainerd's preaching posts.

MARVIN, '68.-Frederick Rowland Marvin, M.D., who graduated at the Columbia College School of Medicine in 1870, is enrolled as a "practitioner" in attendance on the lectures in 1871.

MULFORD, '62.-Samuel D. Mulford is farming twenty miles from Richmond, Va. His P. O. address is Wilcox Wharf, St. Charles Co., Va.

LAFAYETTE AND EASTON.

THE COLLEGE LIBRARY.-Dr. Curwin, who is known as a trustee and a warm friend of Lafayette College, has lately presented a number of valuable books to the college library. Among the number are Montfaucon's Antiquities, 6 folio vols.; Eckhel's Doctrina Numorum Veterum, 8 vols.; and The First and Second Parts of the Herbal of Wm. Turnar. The last named work is more than three hundred years old; copies of it are excessively rare." Montfaucon's Antiquities is a highly valuable work for all who are interested in the study of the manners, customs, mythology, etc., of any part of antiquity. There is scarcely a subject connected with antiquity that is not treated of at length, and well illustrated by numerous plates in these folios. We are glad to see among the new books a fine copy of Plutarch's Morals, 5 volumes, revised and corrected by Professor Goodwin, and published only a short time ago by Little, Brown & Co. The work is a great improvement on all previous translations, and a valuable addition to English literature, making the writings of Plutarch much more accessible to ordinary students than formerly.

Commencement Day is rapidly approaching: it occurs on the 21st of June. Preparations are being made to make the exercises of Commencement Week as interesting as those of any previous year. The Class of '71 numbers forty, and sixteen have been appointed to speak on Commencement Day. The Class-Day exercises take place on the afternoon of Monday, the 19th. Dodworth's Band will be in attendance and furnish the music during Commencement. A Concert will be given on the evening of Class-Day. The tickets are already out, and seats are being rapidly taken. We would advise our friends from a distance to secure them at once, as they will probably all be taken before Commencement Week.

The students are great admirers of the Spring fashions, especially of the ladies' fashions; and who can blame them, when Easton's fair daughters display them to such advantage, as they move up and down Northampton Street on Wednesday and Saturday evenings? A Freshman newly arrived declared that "the display beat any circus that he had ever seen,” and was so affected by it that he immediately purchased a plug hat, a pair of kid gloves, and a walking-stick.

The Class of '74 are publishing a catalogue of the Secret Societies, College Organizations, and Boarding Clubs of the College, similar to the "Reporter" of last year. The Class deserve great credit for their timely and energetic action, and we wish them success. The editors are H. G. Mendenhall, S. L. Stiver, N. J. Wright, J. R. Williams, and S. R. Queen.

4.K.E.—The annual reunion (and supper of the Rho Chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity (Lafayette College), will take place on the evening of the 20th of June.

Rev. J. H. Barclay, D.D., of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, will spend the summer in travelling in the Old World. He will visit places of interest in Europe, Asia Minor, and Egypt. His congregation have already received tidings of his safe arrival in Europe.

There was a State Convention of the Y. M. C. A. in Easton, on the 16th and 17th inst. Delegates were present from the various associations throughout the State, and important questions were discussed. The good people of Easton threw open their doors to those from abroad, and did all in their power to make the Convention pleasant and profitable.

The limits of the college grounds have lately been extended by the purchase of a tract of land east of the Students' Homes, formerly owned by Mr. Gradwohl. . The plot contains several fine dwelling-houses, which can be fitted up into Homes for the Students. We understand that on account of this purchase it is deemed unnecessary to build the Students' Homes which were to have been erected this summer.

At the Institute held at Yonkers, Westchester County, N. Y., the 9th and 10th inst., Prof. March was present to lecture on the Study of English, and Prof. Barlow lectured on Elocution, and gave a public reading.

Several evenings since the planks on the east side of the bridge over the Bushkill, at the end of Third Street, were removed, carried across, and added to those along the west side. After this had been done, the walk was nearly wide enough for two horizontally large individuals to pass abreast with locked arms and some squeezing; and two ordinary people walking abreast would probably suffer no great inconvenience from side pressure. The Council of the Borough of Easton offered Fifty Dollars reward for the performance of the job, but those who did the public this signal service, so far, have not come forward to claim their wage. The planks have since been publicly returned by regular workmen in broad daylight, and the west walk of the bridge reinforced by one plank instead of the two above referred to. We hope the Council will see the necessity of widening the bridge six or eight feet or so. The students and other inhabitants of the Hill are now dutifully trying to work themselves up to the belief that this third plank just added, and referred to above, makes a sufficiently wide walk; but we cannot but be assured that they are deceiving themselves, and after some unhappy accident has happened, they will wake up to the sad reality.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Franklin and Marshall College has determined to make a vigorous effort to raise, by subscription, an endowment fund of at least $50,000 (say one thousand dollars for each school district in the county), so as to open the college doors free to any boy in the county. The project seems altogether feasible. The city alone can easily furnish fifteen or twenty thousand