The Advocate.

The Christmas number of the Advocate contains, besides the editorials, five stories and a poem. "A Crime in the Barrens, "by R. W. Child '03, is an interesting piece of description, dressing out a very mediocre plot. "The Twentieth Man," by G. C. Lincoln '05, is an account of club politics in a Southern college. The narrative is well told, although the scenes depicted seem slightly unnatural. "Pardners," by L. W., although only a short sketch, is the best written article in the magazine. It is clearly told and full of local color, "Rattles Romance," by "Burre," and "Number-Stoughton," by E. R. Little '04, would be more interesting if they were less vague.

The number concludes with a book review on Lorimer's "Letters from a Self-Made Man to his Son."