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...death of the king, Addison lost his pension and in 1703 returned home to live in a garret without either profession or income. But soon he got a position and honors flowed upon him, when the Lord Treasurer, who wanted the Blenheim victory celebrated, went to the author of the Italian letter. In 1709 he went to Ireland as Keeper of Records, but was too nervous and reticent to succeed as speaker in the Irish parliament...
...Prison Commission and is therefore well acquainted with his subject. It is an interesting article giving descriptions of the Sherborn Prison for women and the Concord Reformatory. "Ye Romans of Casco Bay" is continued this month, dealing with the picturesque region of Casco. It is illustrated by the author, H. Martin Beal, and Sears Gallagher. "Lost Pueblo" is a fanciful story of the sole survivor of a lost race. It is written by Verner L. Reed. The fiction of the number consists of two short stories, "The Salvation of a Missionary" by E. C. Martin, and "Mr. Burbitt's Bible...
...eighth number of the Advocate is really a good number. The editorials deal with interesting and important subjects, and the matter is well handled. That upon the change in the examination system at Princeton is sound and we must all agree with the author that we have a noble example in Princeton and hope that we are men enough to follow it. The other editorials certainly express college opinion except that on the Harvard-Yale debate which does not express much of anything. The first article of the number is a sketch of the college life of the late Samuel...
...excellent. The last of these by G. C. Christian is the best thing in the number; it is a simple little love story, and every one can sympathize with the hero. It is very well written and makes us wish that the Advocate would publish more of the author's work...
...useful occupations. A very good article is "Cervantes, Zola, Kipling and Co." by Brander Matthews. It is a comparison and a criticism of these three great novelists, each of whom has written masterpieces which are as widely separated as it is possible for novels to be. Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote, is the father of story tellers "when we see Fielding's Parson Adams, or Scott's Antiquary, we see children of Don Quixote." The most charming thing in Cervantes' writings is that he loves all his characters, - "Cervantes is not severe with the children of his brain...