The Monthly.

The January Monthly is consistently good in all its contents. As usual, a variety of subjects is presented, and each one of them leaves little to be asked as to its literary form. The substance of the different articles also is quite as worthy of commendation, as there is not one which does not fully deserve its place among the better productions of undergraduate literature.

The political contributions are two:--"Translations from Michael Angelo" by Professor Santayana, reveal in a few lines a depth of poetic feeling combined with a thorough appreciation of the old Italian method of thought and expression. "Roger Wolcott by R. M. Green '02, is a very fine tribute to the late ex-governor--a poem that shows great powers of conception and that has caught well the spirit of public sentiment at the time of his death.

In "The Union," B. Wendell, Jr., 02, has written a true estimate of the possibilities of the new University club and an appeal to the different classes of men for co-operation in making these possibilities realities. This can well be taken to heart by every man in the University. The article is unusually good in that its is absolutely practical and straightforward. It would be well for the Monthly to get more contributions of this sort--undergraduate opinions on subjects of undergraduate interest.

G. H. Montague '01 has written under the heading "Mr. George Moore" an exhaustive criticism of that novelists' work. "Wanship, out West" by F. W. Reynolds '03 is a sketch of a dusty little Western town,--interesting because it is written with the appreciation of true feeling. There are two stories.--"The Line of Least Resistance" by J. G. Forbes, and "Nettle Touch" by J. LaFarge. They are good stories and somewhat similar in purpose, each bringing out in an incident of the life of a young man the prevalence of the better instincts over the worse.

The 'Editorial' column maintains its pertinent character in its discussion of the Graduate School system here. The other editorial in regard to "possibility that Harvard will be represented at the coming Inauguration by a delegation of patriotic Republican students" is certainly belated.