Our lecturer nevertheless finds time for the social pleasures, and at receptions, even at those given in his honor, is the most unassuming, frank and genial gentleman. He is very fond of music, especially of singing, and is never happier than when joining in a chorus of college songs. In fact, the words of Horace, "totus, teres atque rotundus" apply admirably to the professor, as a glance at the following list of his books will show, comprising, as it does, writings on many and varied subjects:

1. American political ideas, viewed from the standpoint of universal history. 1885. 26

2. The American Revolution. 1891-96. 91b

3. The beginnings of New Eng., or the Puritan theocracy in its relations to civil and religious liberty. 1889. 91a 4. Civil government in the U. S., considered with some reference to its origins. 1890. 26 5. The critical period of American history. 1783-1789. 1895. 91 6. Darwinism and other essays.

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1879.

An' all of d' fights he won y' bet,
Just like all of d' boys I've read of yet.
Y' see in dose days guns were unknown,
An' dey mostly fought wit' swords alone.
Dere were spears an' bows an' arrows too,
An' other weapons both old an' new.
Well dis boy was trained, as knights should be,
In d' use of all d' weapons he

Would have t' know, an' y' bet he knew
Just how he should fight, an' he fought, too.
His first fight was wit' a bully who
Made d' smaller boys his own work do.
He tried t' make dis boy do d' same,
But y' bet dis boy just spoiled his game.
He hit d' bully over d' head

Wit' his sword an' left him almost dead.
An' when d' king made a knight of him
He went t' d' wars t' get in trim
An' t' get in training for a fight
Wit' his enemy, a brutal knight,
But d' champion fighter of d' time,
Though he mostly won by tricks or crime.
An' he tried t' win dat way once more,
An' he even killed Myles' horse before
Myles could prevent him, an' den he tried
T' finish Myles, but dey say dat pride
Goes before a fall, as dis knight found
When Myles wit' his mace began t' pound
Wit all his might at dis duffer's head;
Dat finished him, for it left him dead.
An' Myles, himself nearly dead, got well.
So dere's only one more thing t' tell.
Of course Myles marries his sweetheart true.
I think it's a daisy book. Don't you?
-D' Critic. (E. J. McMahon.)

This is what Olive Schreiner thinks of Cecil Rhodes: "He is Napoleon over again, but Napoleon in a financial, industrial, and political world. He has all Napoleon's greatness, not a little of Napoleon's pettiness, and he will fall some day, overwhelmed, as was Napoleon, by the corruption of his own tools. What Napoleon did with steel, Cecil does with gold. Around him there is a court of creatures who live only to minister to his will, but who would turn and rend him to-morrow if he were tripped up by fate. As Napoleon thought Providence was always on the safe side of the heavy battalions, so Cecil is convinced there is no God so omnipotent as that of the full purse."-Outlook.

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