M. S. M'Lean received the degree of M. B., C. M., with honours. On the same occasion Professor Murdoch Cameron, who delivered the graduation address, seemed to be gravelled for lack of matter, since he devoted part of his speech to an attack on clergymen, as believers in quacks and prescribers of pills and drops. Whatever truth there may be in such remarks, and clergymen have, at least, not a monopoly of credulity and self-confidence, they are among the things better left unsaid. The groundswell of the Kelvin celebration has thrown up a curious letter from the students of Moscow University. This letter, which is unsigned, was a reply to the invitation sent by the Glasgow students, and explains that any such corporate action as is involved in electing representatives for any purpose whatever is impossible among the Moscow students, who are under the suspicion of the Imperial and University authorities.

The results of the recent examinations for Leaving Certificates have been published: 70 higher-class schools presented 5,088 candidates, who took 20,118 papers; 259 State-aided schools presented 10,647 candidates, who took 27,909 papers; 191 schools presented only pupilteachers. The totals are as follows, the figures for 1895 being given in brackets-schools, 329 (270); candidates, 15,735 (13,173); papers, 48,027 (39,966). The presentations and the passes in some of the subjects may be interesting; presentations are given first. English, 10,085-5,645; Latin, 2,088-1,257; Greek, 848-545; French, 5,335-2,705; German, 2,167-1,480; mathematics, 4,356-3,394; arithmetic, 9,849-4,556. An opportunity for commenting on these figures will be afforded when Mr. Craik issues his general observations on the results of the examinations. In the meantime one may point out that the number of failures is very large, especially in some of the subjects, and seems to call for some explanation.

Mr. Thomas Shaw published the details of his scheme for applying to educational purposes in Scotland the whole or a large part of the equivalent grants under the Education Rating Bills, but, in present circumstances, this plan has only an academic interest. At the same time, it deserves consideration as an outline of a policy that will one day be prosecuted with vigour. In brief, Mr. Shaw's proposals are (1) free education with a free grant, (2) distance awards or bursaries, (3) Leaving Certificate grants, (4) free grants to Universities and colleges, Leaving Certificates being a title to free University or technical education. The object of the plan is to make education-elementary, secondary, technical, University-wholly free.

Discussing the serious falling off in the number of male teachers, the newspapers attribute it to small salaries, and this is no doubt a very good explanation. Teachers themselves add the insecurity and other disadvantages of the position. It is, however, usually small Boards that act in a small way-by reducing a teacher's salary and then dismissing him because they think too much of him to offer him the reduced salary; or by ordering a teacher to give up his seat on the County Council. The real fons mali is the meagreness of the rewards for teaching and the deadly slowness of promotion, and no scheme for freeing education or any other scheme will put education on a proper footing until the salaries are large enough to attract a sufficient number of able teachers.

In the course of an interesting speech at Elgin, on "Education then and now," Principal Eddes produced this sentence :--" "The educational furnace has become seven times heated, and the mediocre is the only ochre that will not pass muster in the mintage of education." The allusion and the paronomasia are, it may be said, antique, but the miscellaneousness strikes one as original.

THE results of the L.L.A. Examination (St. Andrews), which was held at 79 different centres in Great Britain and Ireland, France, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Roumania, Bermuda, India, Queensland, Natal, Cape Colony, and the United States of America, on June 2, 3, and 4, have just been issued by the University, from which it appears that 925 candidates entered for examination this year, as compared with 917 at 60 centres in 1895, and 926 at 61 centres in 1894. 271 candidates entered this year for the first time; and, from the commencement of the scheme in 1877, 3,880 candidates in all have been entered for examination. 108 candidates have this year completed the number of subjects required for the L.L.A. diploma. Taking a joint view of all the subjects in which candidates entered, 1,543 papers were written, passes were obtained in 818 instances, and honours in 246. In Latin, 16 passed and I obtained honours: in Greek, I passed; in mathematics, 3; in logic and metaphysics, 25; in moral philosophy, 4 passed and 2 obtained honours; in English, 140 passed and 54 obtained honours; in natural philosophy, 5 passed; in education, 76 passed and 33 obtained honours; in political economy, 16 passed and 8 took honours; in chemistry, 19 passed and I obtained honours; in physiology, 75 passed and 8 took honours; in zoology, 2 passed and I obtained honours; in theology, 2 passed; in Church history, 8 passed and 6 took honours; in comparative religion, II passed and 3 took honours; in French, 98 passed and 49 obtained honours; in German, 66 passed and 47 took honours; in Italian, 2 obtained honours; in comparative philology, 5 passed; in history, 51 passed and 5 obtained honours; in botany, 42 passed and 4 took honours; in geology, 25 passed and 6 obtained honours; in astronomy, 18 passed; in aesthetics, 3 passed and 2 took honours; in fine art, 9 passed and I took honours; in music, 12 passed and I took honours; in geography, 74 passed and 12 obtained honours; in hygiene, 9 passed; and in political science, 3 passed.

ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF SCOTLAND.

[By a resolution of the Association, at the Annual Meeting on November 23, 1895, the "Journal of Education" was adopted as the medium of communication among members of the Association.]

ABERDEEN BRANCH.

A meeting of this Branch was held in the open air at Muchalls on the afternoon of Saturday, June 13. The party, numbering about thirty, left Aberdeen by the 1.30 train, and on reaching Muchalls proceeded to the cliffs. Here a suitable spot was selected, and, the audience being seated, Professor Patrick Geddes, of University College, Dundee, began his demonstration of common-sense botany for children. At the outset the lecturer pointed out the importance of getting children to frame questions about what they saw, and in order to illustrate the method he solicited questions from his audience. In replying to these and in making remarks on peculiarities observed in the common plants growing around, Professor Geddes brought into play various principles of vital importance in the teaching of natural science. Observation of facts, deliberately and minutely carried out, he laid down as the basis of desire for further knowledge. From single and, at first sight, apparently isolated facts, Professor Geddes proceeded to sustained comparisons, to a search for causes and to a long train of results, showing in a most happy manner the dynamic connexion between the most trivial details of structure and great world-wide principles. Professor Geddes emphatically pointed out that whoever wished to read and understand Nature must learn to do so from the only original text-book on the subject-Nature itself, and that the printed book ought to be appealed to after, not before, Nature has been studied. At the close of the lecture the whole party adjourned to Muchalls Hotel, where tea was served. After a few remarks from the President, Dr. Pirie, Herr Hein moved a vote of thanks to Professor Geddes for his most instructive and enjoyable lecture.

At a meeting held in the Grammar School on the evening of Wednesday, June 24, the Branch elected their officials for the coming session. Dr. Pirie, of Aberdeen University, the present President, was re-elected, as was also the Vice-President, Mr. George Smith, of Elgin Academy, and the Secretary, Mr. I. B. Philip, of Aberdeen Grammar School. In addition to the above the Committee consists of Miss Ward, Miss Iverach, Miss Adam, Mr. Charles M'Leod, and Mr. William Fyfe. The work and expenditure of the past session were reviewed, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Dr. Pirie for his much appreciated services to the Branch. The projected programme for

next session was also discussed.

SCHOOLS.

BEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL.-At the recent Matriculation Examination of the London University all the four candidates who entered passedHonours Division:-Muriel Thompson, seventeenth in order of merit, fourth woman in all England; First Division: Emma Lowde, Margaret Smith; Second Division: Naomi Oldrey.

BROMLEY HIGH SCHOOL.-Ethel Worters passed the London Matriculation Examination in the First Division, and Alice Heutsch in the Second. A bronze star has been awarded by the Royal Drawing Society to Kate Payne. The annual prize-giving took place on June 17 in the School Hall, which was prettily decorated for the occasion, in the presence of a large number of parents and friends. W. H. Stone, Esq., President of the Council, occupied the chair, and the prizes were presented by Miss Jane Harrison, who gave an interesting address. The programme included songs, instrumental music, and Latin, French, and English recitations. The Lower School sports were held in the school playground on June 22, and the Upper School on July 6.

CHELTENHAM LADIES' COLLEGE.-At the Matriculation Examination of the University of London, thirteen pupils passed in the First Class. The recent successes gained by former pupils are as follows:Mabel Green, exhibits in the Royal Academy; Madge Galloway, in the R.I.P.W.C.; Amy Onions, in the Birmingham Art Exhibition. Amongst present pupils, Maud Bramwell has gained the Bronze Star of the Royal Society. The work of Constance Clark, of Philippa N. Steevens, and of Aphra J. Pierce has been commended. In the June Examinations of the Royal Drawing Society of Great Britain and Ireland, eighty pupils passed, fifty-two of them in honours. The following students of the Ladies' College, Cheltenham, have been successful in the Teachers' Examination of the University of Cambridge:-Miss M. L. A. Collenette (Class I., Theory); Misses Bell, Keeling, Kerr, McCabe, Solomon (Class I., Practice, Class II., Theory); Miss Stern (Class I., Practice, Class III., Theory); Miss Weaver (Class I., Practice); Mrs. Stanton (Class II., Practice and Theory); Miss Porter (Class II., Practice, Class III., Theory); Miss Baker (Class III., Practice, Class II., Theory); Miss Gildea (Class III., Practice). Miss Muriel Sedgwick, who holds the College of Preceptors Scholarship for the Training of Teachers, has gained the Associateship of the College of Preceptors in Theory of Education.

CHISWICK AND BEDFORD PARK HIGH SCHOOL.-At the Royal Drawing Society's Exhibition, held in March, the Clothworkers' Com

pany's Bronze Star was awarded to Gladys Cowper, aged eleven, for brushwork. The work of M. York-Powell, S. Dickinson, U. Lonain, and others were commended. M. Cowper, E. Gatley, and A. Woodyatt have gained Honours at the Royal Drawing Society's Examination, held in June, and fifteen other pupils from this school have passed the examination.

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HAILEYBURY COLLEGE.-The Speech Day Prizes R. W. D. Willoughby gained the first Hudson, the first Master's, the first Pratt, the Argles, and the Deedes Prize, with the Butler Prize for an English essay; E. H. McDougall, the Brisbane-Butler, the Upper Hanbury for divinity, the Kay for recitation, the Jackson and the Council Prize for history. In the Mathematical Tripos T. R. Underwood was a Senior Optime; in the Classical Tripos, Class I., W. Outram was in Division I., T. W. Purdy in Division II., G. H. Holley in Division III.; W. B. Langmore, Á. F. Butler, and T. R. Backhouse, A. B. L. Karney (History), G. Howard, and W. P. Reade (Law) also appeared in the Honour List. The annual Speech Day took place on July 1. Favoured by fair weather the attendance was good, and the big school well filled. The Master's address was followed by an interesting speech on secondary education by the Right Hon. James Bryce, M.P., and, rather later in the proceedings, by a few words from Rennell-Rodd, an O. H., and Lord Cromer's right-hand man at Cairo. Scenes were acted from "Le Grondeur," 39.66 "Quentin Durward," The Thesmophoriasuzæ," and the choir performed some part songs with accuracy and taste. The usual organ recital, gymnastic and school-of-arms display, and refreshments followed, and brought to a close a successful day. We are glad to be able to record progress in the efforts of the Haileybury Guild. The building of a mission-house is being carried out in Stepney. Two Old Haileyburians, L. G. Curtis and C. A. Nussey, have taken some of the local arabs in hand, and hope to instil into them a sense of law, morality, and discipline, by forming all who join into a cadet rifle.corps. The new building will then serve as the club-house and gymnasium of a military organization. This plan seems to offer more prospect of success than the doubtful cohesion by mere athletic interests, and is, further, a plan strongly supported by leading civil and military authorities. On July 6 the Yankee cricketers from Haverford College paid us a visit, and gave us a good object-lesson in sound batting. Unfortunately, too, the matches against Uppingham and Wellington have not terminated as we could wish. There remains the match against Cheltenham on July 31 and August 1, in which to retrieve our laurels. The school breaks up on Thursday, July 30.

MAIDA VALE HIGH SCHOOL.-Charlotte Brash has won a scholarship of £30 a year for three years at University College, Liverpool. MARLBOROUGH College. The Master's Translation Prize has been awarded to R. II. Griffin; the Cotton Latin Essay Prize to A. S. Macdowall; the Plaler Prize for English Verse to C. Tower; the Laboratory Prize to J. C. Kirk and C. M. II. Howell (wq.). The following scholarships and other distinctions have been gained outside the school:-A. E. Western, Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge, Class I., Division I., Mathematical Tripos, Part II.; H. Clayton, Scholar of Pembroke College, Cambridge, Class I., Division III., Classical Tripos, Part II.; A. W. Hill, Natural Science Scholarship at King's College, Cambridge; H. F. Packer, Exhibitioner Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Class I., Natural Science Tripos, Part I. A successful Penny Reading was given on June 13. On June 20 the Bicycle Club had a good run of forty-five miles to Laycock Abbey and Melsham, in which seventy joined. The annual inspection of the Rifle Corps by Colonel Collingwood took place on June 29 Class V. is much to be congratulated on the smart turn out. The Eight were fourth at Bisley, a great improvement on recent years. The House Shield was won by Cotton House after a close struggle with Littlefield ; only four houses entered. The cricket team were defeated by Cheltenham by eight wickets; the match with Haverford College, U.S. A., ended in a draw after a most pleasant game, of which the visitors had the best. The House Cup has been won by the Rev. R. C. Abbott's.

MARY DATCHELOR GIRLS' SCHOOL, CAMBERWELL.-At the Food and Cookery Exhibition held at the Imperial Institute in the end of April, eleven girls belonging to the cookery class started here in January (for girls over eighteen) exhibited dishes which they had made in the practice-kitchen of the school. Seven of them obtained awards: three first class certificates and silver medals, one a second class certificate and bronze medal, and three third class certificates. Miss Hurrell, the cookery mistress at this school, also exhibited, with the result that she took honours and became a Silver Medallist and a Licentiate of the Cookery Association. To the Exhibition of Drawings held by the Royal Drawing Society in April, this school sent ten sheets of drawings; five received commendation, and that sent by Ethel Everett (original figure illustration) won the prize given by Mr. G. F. Watts, R.A. The sheets commended were original figure illustrations by Dorothy Küch, Ella Klett, and Mabel Tilling, physiological diagrams by Gertrude Lidiard, and butterflies from nature by Mary Kennedy. A recent pupil in this school, now at the Lambeth School of Art, Nellie Küch, gained one of the prizes of the Society of Arts for original figure drawings, entitled The Young St. Cecilia." Within the last few months two more of the music students in this school have obtained the L. R. A. M., viz., Ethel Holliday and Florence Dunn; and Nellie Chorsey has become an

Associate Pianist of Trinity College. Also Ethel Briginshaw has passed the Trinity College Science Examination in Honours, and May Hutchison the Intermediate Grade Examination of the Incorporated Society of Musicians, and K. Newcomb and E. Fergusson have recently passed the Society of Arts Examination in Solo-singing, Miss Fergusson having already at Christmas passed the Trinity College Examination in singing. In the London Matriculation Examinations in June, four of the Sixth Form passed in the First Division. The examination of the school by the Cambridge Syndicate was brought to a close early in July, and on July 25 the twentieth annual distribution of prizes took place. Lady Cross gave away the prizes, and Lord Cross took the chair.

NORTH LONDON COLLEGIATE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.-In the June Matriculation Examination of the University of London Hetty Lee gained honours, being ninth on the list. Constance Goodes, Grace Greenwood, Catherine Hawthorn, Gladys Margrett, Lydia Pockett, Agnes Robertson, Louise Taylor, Elsie Tressler, Phoebe Walters, Nora Watherstone, and Helen Williams were placed in the First Division. Mary Trimen has gained a scholarship of 30 guineas for one year in Arts, and Mildred Syer a similar scholarship in Science, at Bedford College, London. Dora Bunting (a former pupil) has gained the Jews' Commemoration Scholarship of £15 a year for two years at Bedford College. To Janet Gordon has been awarded a scholarship of £25 at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, on open competition.

NOTTING HILL HIGH SCHOOL.-At the June Entrance Examinations for Girton College the Drapers' Company Scholarship of £60 a year for three years was gained by Florence Exton, of this school. On the results of the recent examination held at Bedford College the Arnott Scholarship has been awarded to Ida F. Grünbaum of this school. All the candidates from this school who entered for the June Matriculation Examination of London University have passed, all four in the First Division-Isabel Coburn, Helen Mead, Charlotte Smith, and Alexandra Wright.

LIVERPOOL HIGH SCHOOL.-The following honours have been gained by old pupils:-Miss Dora Sandford has taken the degree of M.A. of Victoria University, in Classics. She was first on the list, and several hundred marks above the second candidate. She has been given the Victoria University Certificate of Distinction in Latin and Greek. At the recent Arts and Crafts Exhibition in London Miss Gwendoline Buckler has obtained a gold cross (the Society's highest award) for a Della Robbia vase, both vase and design being her own work. She was awarded also a star for a plate.

READING HIGH SCHOOL.-Twenty-two girls entered for the recent examination of the Royal Drawing Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and all passed, seven in Honours. The annual Speech Day took place on Wednesday, July 1. The President of Magdalen College, Oxford, took the chair, and Lady Russell of Swallowfield gave away the prizes. There was a large audience of parents and friends of the girls, and they expressed themselves as much pleased with the excellent recitations in English, French, and German. The singing was particularly good this year.

REPTON SCHOOL.-Entrance scholarships have been awarded to L. Paice, from Merton House School, Beckenham; W. J. W. Wilson, from the Philberds, Maidenhead; H. Ogilvie, from Ardvrick, Crieff; A. M. Bell, from Mr. Lynam's, Oxford; and D. Deuchar, from Cargilfields, Edinburgh. The Local Scholarship has been awarded to C. Mayer; the Foundation Scholarship (for boys already in the school) to Eggar. P. O. G. Usborne has passed fourth into Woolwich, direct from the school. The new fives courts are rapidly approaching completion and ought to be ready for use by next term. The summer holidays begin on July 30 and end on September 17.

ROSSALL.-W. M. Gordon has been awarded the prize for Greek Iambics. G. G. Hignett has gained a Choral Scholarship at Caius College, Cambridge. The school eight was second in the competition for the Ashburton Shield at Bisley, six points behind Charterhouse. The Annual School Concert was held on July 27; Prize Day on July 28, when the prizes were given away by the Lord Bishop of Manchester. The school broke up on July 28 and 29, and will meet again September 17.

SKINNERS' SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, STAMFORD HILL, N.-Incorporated Society of Musicians' Preliminary Grade Examination in Pianoforte Playing-Seven girls obtained honours, one pass. Five girls passed. the Examination in Human Physiology held in May last under the Science and Art Department, South Kensington. Of the girls who entered for the Royal Drawing Society's Examination in June last, 63 obtained honours and 75 passes; in water-colour painting, 4 honours, I pass. Of the pupils who entered for the College of Preceptors' Examination in June last, the following were successful:-Class II., Division I., 3, Division II., 4, Division III., 3; Class III., Division I., 8, Division II., 17, Division III., 9. On Thursday, July 2, Foundation Day, a garden entertainment was given at this school, entitled, "Merrie Englyshe Pastymes of ye Olden Daies, illustrated by Merry English Maidens of To-day." The entertainment consisted of song, dances, and old English games; amongst other items being archery, tilting at the quintain, jingling matches, the morris dance, maypole dances, crowning of the May queen, and other representations of old-world revels. The garden presented a very gay appearance with

its decorations of evergreens, flowers, and flags, and with the many varied costumes of the performers; and the very large number of friends present testified to the interest shown in the school and its doings. In this case the object of the entertainment was to increase the fund for the building of an organ for the school. The profits from the sale of refreshments were devoted to the Hospital Cot Fund. The Master of the Skinners' Company (T. L. Devitt, Esq.) and a large party of the Governors and their friends were present, and at the close of the entertainment the prizes were distributed by Miss Devitt to the successful competitors in the games.

THE HIGH SCHOOL, NEWCASTLE, STAFFORDSHIRE. The following distinctions have recently been gained by old boys: J. Talbot, Major Scholarship, Trinity College, Cambridge; A. E. Nelson, First Class Classical Mods., Oxford; L. Blaikie, First Class Natural Science Tripos (Part II), F. Shufflebotham, Second Class (Part I.) Natural Science Tripos, M. Hesketh, Second Class Honours, Natural Science (Physics), Oxford; A. W. Botham, Second Class, Division I., Classical Tripos (Part I.), Cambridge; C. W. Woodcock, Second Class Law Tripos (Part II.), Camb.idge; L. Blaikie, equal for Yeats Prize, at Trinity College, Cambridge.

WIMBLEDON HIGH SCHOOL.-On Friday afternoon, July 10, the final lawn-tennis match for the Shield, which is competed for annually by the schools belonging to the G.P.D.S.C. Games Association; was played at Westfield College by the Blackheath and Wimbledon schools. The Wimbledon champions won by three sets to one, and carried off the Shield for the third year in succession. On Saturday afternoon, June 27, the members of the Shakespeare Circle met and read Richard III.”

PRIZE COMPETITIONS.

The winner of the Translation Prize for June is W. H. Witherby, Esq., The Grammar School, Leeds.

The Translation Prize for July is awarded to "Pastor Fido."

So viel Stern' am Himmel stehen,

An dem güldnen blauen Zelt,
So viel Schäflein als da gehen
In dem grünen, grünen Feld,
So viel Vogel als da fliegen,
Als da hin und wieder fliegen,
So viel mal sei du gegrüsst!

Soll ich dich denn nimmer sehen, Nun ich ewig ferne muss?

Ach, das kann ich nicht verstehen,
O du bittrer Scheideschluss !
War' ich lieber doch gestorben,
Eh' ich mir ein Lieb erworben,
War' ich jetzt nicht so betrübt.

Weiss nicht ob auf dieser Erden,
Die des herben Jammers voll,
Nach viel Trübsal und Beschwerden
Ich dich wiedersehen soll;
Was für Wellen, was für Flammen
Schlagen über mir zusammen,
Ach, wie gross ist meine Noth!

Mit Geduld will ich es tragen,
Denk' ich immer nur zu dir.
Alle Morgen will ich sagen:
O mein Lieb, wann kömmst zu mir?
Alle Abend will ich sprechen,
Wenn mir meine Auglein brechen :
O mein Lieb, gedenk' an mich !

Ja, ich will dich nicht vergessen,
Enden nie die Liebe mein,
Wenn ich sollte unterdessen
Auf dem Todbett schlafen ein ;
Auf dem Kirchhof will ich liegen,
Wie ein Kindlein in der Wiegen,
Das ein Lied thut wiegen ein.

BY THE PRIZE EDITOR. Countless are the stars that cluster Round the dome of blue and gold, Countless are the sheep that muster On the green sward by the fold, Countless are the swallows fleeting Hither, thither, parting, meeting; More my vows to thee, untold.

O to live thus ever pafted;
Never see thee night of mofn;
Pine and languish broken-hearted—
Thought too bitter to be borne!
Happier by death o'ertaken,
Than to love and live forsaken !
So I were not all forlorn.
Whether in this world of sorrow,
Empty joys, and longings vain,
There shall dawn a brighter morrow-
I shall see thee once again

Who can tell? Fierce flames consume me,
Whelming water-floods entomb me.

Ah! how infinite my pain!

Yet my thoughts to thee still turning,
I will bear all patiently,
Every morning soothe my yearning,
With the hope, she comes to thee!
Every evening, ere my weary
Eyelids close in slumber dreary;
Whisper, Love, remember me!
Nay, my love unchanged, undying,
Slumbers, sleeps, not when I sleep ;
E'en upon my death-bed lying

Leal to thee my troth I'll keep,
Rest when earth is o'er me closing,
Like a cradled babe reposing,
Rocked by lullaby asleep.

By "PASTOR FIDO." Count the stars that sentry stand

By yon tent of gold and blue, Count the sheep that o'er the land

Roam the green, green meadows through ; Count the birds that in the sky

Hither, thither, restless fly

Mote my fond farewells to you!

Must I thee for ever leave,
From thy sight to exile torn?
No, I cannot this conceive,

Doom too heavy to be borne !
Better had my life been done
Ere a sweetheart I had won;
Now, I were not thus forlorn.
Whether on this earth at last,

Earth, so full of bitter pain,
Many a toil and trouble past,
I shall see thee, dear, again,
Who can tell?-the fire, the wave,
O'er my head contending rave;
Such the sorrows I sustain.

All with patience will I bear,
If but still I think on thee;
Every morn be this my prayer,
"Come, O come, my love, to me!
This shall be my only hymn,
When at eve my eyes grow dim,
"O my love, remember me !"
Ah! I ne'er will thee forget!

Love shall endless be as strong;
Nay, my very deathbed yet

Should thy memory prolong ; In the churchyard sod will I Like a cradled infant lie,

Rocked to slumber by a song.

We classify the 103 versions received as follows :—

First Class.-B. E. B., A Locust Tree, Auld Reekie, Dromnichin, Landomia de Lapi, E.H.O., W.S.M., Ragged Robin, Ohne Hast ohne Rast, Profugus, Pastor Fido, Tinsel, To keep the jingle.

Second Class.--Borealis, Bruce, 100,000, Aunt Minerva, Pelican, W.D.S., M.F.W., Porrex, Twaddle, Veilchen, Apis Oultonensis, Fides, J. A., Silly Suffolk, R E.A., Euterpe, Battleaxe, Apathy, Anchor, Broseley, Teutonicus, Arbor Vale.

Third Class.-Trabs, Excelsior, L.S.M., Calliope II., Bonivento, Protomorph, Snowflake, Sarlo, Surrey, Peg Woffington, Vigil, Ainé, Daw, K. M.W., Katie, Obedience, Astarte, H.F.C., E.W.C., Valentine, H.O.W., Suska Konitzka, Christmas Rose, Blue Gentian, Lupi Filius, Grey Chapel, B. E. A.D., Valentia.

Continued on page 492.)

Fourth Class.-A.H.C., E. F.J., Dunchurch, Che faro, Geduld, Erica, Winfred de l'Isle, piy, Pertinax semper, Hopeful, Puck, Ladas II., G. M., Germania.

Fifth Class.-Kiora, Fidelis et celer, Aline, Donovan, A. L. O., Cissy, Marah, Rorke, Celer, M.A.T., Withy, A Young 'Un, M.O.S., Chris, Mill, Noch einmal, Pal, Winton, Marl, Outis, S. A.P., Froh, Absolom, Fillis, Z.Z., M.A.R.

In last month's list "Iris" was, by a clerical error, placed in the Fourth instead of in the First Class.

This month's Volkslied was, like Horace's Pyrrha, simplex munditiis, and, like her, fatally facile. To begin with the metre, to sacrifice the double rimes is a distinct loss, altering as it does the smooth current of the melody. Again, as several competitors have seen, the final rimeless line of the German stanza grates on English ears. It is only tolerable

in a refrain, which in this case it can hardly be called. To criticise the prize version, "stand sentry by " does not represent stehen an, and is open to one of Macaulay's bitterest shafts against "Satan" Montgomery. "Farewells to you" and "leave thee" is a confusion of persons. "Hymn in the fourth stanza shows stress of rime; so does " yet in the fifth. An alternative version which keeps the double rimes is in many parts better-the beginning, for instance :Many are the stars that brighten

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Heaven's blue vault with shining gold, Many are the sheep that whiten

All the wide green wold."

But one line, "On this earth so full of sore," is intolerable. "E. H. O." and "To keep the jingle" both deserve proximes.

A Prize of Two Guineas is offered for the best translation into French prose of the following passage:

[In claiming the prize the winner will be required to state that French is not his native tongue and that he has not received foreign help.] Greek-the shrine of the genius of the old world; as universal as our race, as individual as ourselves; of infinite inflexibility, of indefatigable strength, with the complication and the distinctness of Nature herself, to which nothing was vulgar, from which nothing was excluded; speaking to the ear like Italian, speaking to the mind like English; with words like pictures, with words like the gossamer film of the summer; at once the variety and the picturesqueness of Homer, the gloom and the intensity of Eschylus; not compressed to the closest by Thucydides, not fathomed to the bottom by Plato, not sounding with all its thunders, nor lit up with all its ardours even under the Promethean touch of Demosthenes! And Latin-the voice of empire and of war, of law and of the State; inferior to its half-parent and rival in the embodying of passion, and in the distinguishing of thought, but equal to it in sustaining the measured march of history, and superior to it in the indignant declamation of moral satire; stamped with the mark of an imperial and despotizing republic; rigid in its construction, parsimonious in its synonymes; reluctantly yielding to the flowery yoke of Horace, although opening glimpses of Greek-like splendour in the occasional inspirations of Lucretius; proved, indeed, to the uttermost by Cicero, and by him found wanting; yet majestic in its bareness, impressive in its conciseness, the true language of history, instinct with the spirit of nations, and not with the passions of individuals; breathing the maxims of the world, and not the tenets of the schools; one and uniform in its air and spirit, whether touched by the stern and haughty Sallust, by the open and discursive Livy, by the reserved and thoughtful Tacitus.

HOLIDAY COMPETITIONS.

Extra prizes to the amount of not less than five guineas are offered for the following subjects. Every composition which, in the judgment of the Prize Editor, shows distinguished merit will be awarded a prize of half a guinea.

I. An imitation of one of Bacon's Essays.

2. A parody of a modern English poet.

3. A plot for a novel of school or college life.

4. An arithmetical puzzle.

5. An epitaph on the late Education Bill.

Initials or a nom de guerre must be adopted by ALL com petitors, but the prize-winners will be required to send real name for publication.

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WORKS BY THE HON. LIONEL A. TOLLEMACHE.

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[AUTHOR OF "BENJAMIN JOWETT A PERSONAL MEMOIR." Third Edition, Revised, with Portrait, 3s. 6d. Edward Arnold.] "One of the most stimulating writers of the day."-Times. "Truly these are delightful tomes."-The Queen. "A manner unique among present-day writers."-St. James's Gazette. "Since the death of Hayward, we know of no English littérateur who has, in the same degree as Mr. Tollemache, the happy knack of recollecting or collecting the characteristic sayings and doings of a distinguished man, and piecing them together in a finished mosaic."-Daily Chronicle.

NOTICE. These ESSAYS, RECOLLECTIONS, and CAU SERIES, by the Hon. Lionel A. Tollemache, were collected in their original form [which, of course, did not contain the Pattison Recollections] at Mark Pattison's request.

Fourth [a New and Revised] Edition, Demy 8vo, pp. 460,
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SAFE STUDIES.

Contents:-Historical Prediction-Sir G. C. Lewis and Longevity— Literary Egotism - Charles Austin- Recollections of Mr. Grote and Mr. Babbage-Mr. Tennyson's Social Philosophy Physical and Moral Courage-The Upper Engadine-Notes and Recollections of Sir Charles Wheatstone, Dean Stanley, and Canon Kingsley -The Epicurist's Lament - Index to the Classical and other

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Quotations, with English renderings. "Every cultured reader will find in these [the articles of a literary and reminiscent character] much to inform, to stimulate, and delightso varied and comprehensive is Mr. Tollemache's reading, and so apt the anecdote and striking and uncommon the quotation from ancient and modern writers with which almost every page is lighted up. The recollections of personal friends are so vividly realistic that the reader feels himself drawn into the inner privileged circle of these lofty congenial spirits, and shares familiarly their exalted fellowship and delightful interchange of thought and feeling. Were we to single out of this gallery of worthies any particular characters for illustration, we should say that this is experienced in a peculiar degree in looking upon the features as here delineated, and listening to the talk reported, of Austin, Pattison, and Tollemache himself."-Pall Mall Cazette, July 8, 1896. Fourth [a New and Revised] Edition, Demy 8vo, pp. 262, cloth elegant, gilt top, price Half-a-Crown.

Contents:-The Cure for Incurables-The Fear of Death-Fearless
Deaths-Divine Economy of Truth.
Appendices:-Recollections of Mark Pattison-Mr. Romanes's Catechism
-Neochristianity and Neocatholicism: a Sequel.
Index to the Classical and other Quotations, with English renderings.*

RECOLLECTIONS OF PATTISON.

One of the Appendices to " Stones of Stumbling is also published separately, Demy Svo, cloth, One Shilling.

These books are issued at COST PRICE. *The Index to Quotations, with Translations, can be had free on application by any one possessing copies of the old editions of these volumes.

THE TIMES [October 25th, 1895] says of Mr. Lionel Tollemache: "One of the most stimulating writers of the day, especially in the sketch-portraits of the people who have influenced him. His essay on Mark Pattison is not likely to be forgotten by any Oxford man, or, indeed, by any student of modern letters who has chanced to read it."

And in an earlier issue:- "Mr. Tollemache's essays seem to us to possess literary merit of a rare and high order. . . . The 'Recollections of Pattison' are very charming."

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"These very interesting and, in part, very amusing volumes.". Saturday Review. . . . "Two admirable volumes."-The World. . . . “An admirable volume of essays." Truth. " There are enough good stories in Mr. Tollemache's Recollections to fill half-a-dozen columns."-Star. . . . "It has been long since we read anything so interesting, amusing, and delightful as Safe Studies.'"- Calignani's Messenger.. "This (Stones of Stumbling') includes the Recollections of [Mark] Pattison,' which attracted so much attention on their first appearance in the Journal of Education. Together with the notice of Charles Austin (in 'Safe Studies '), it must also possess a permanent value, as an unrivalled example of Boswellian portraiturewith the added interest that, in recording the traits of his friends, the author is half-unconsciously revealing some of his own."-Academy.

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