The Advocate.

The present number of the Advocate is more interesting than usual, partly because there is an absence of amateur love stories.

Of the verse, "In the Meadow," by C. C. Washburn, is a very pleasant phrasing of a pretty fancy; "Death," by the same writer is more pretentious, and not quite so successful. "The Iconoclast," seems to be notably reminiscent of Henley's "Invictus."

"The One-eyed Son of the Chief," is the most meritorious prose contribution, for it has ingenuity of plot and facility in expression. "The Prodigal Uncle," is a purported humorous tale, in dramatic form; it is somewhat too forced to seem anything but artificial. The other stories are above the average, and out of the rut of the ordinary undergraduate short story.

A significant editorial on the lack of literary activity among undergraduates is well thought out, and should stimulate literary effort in the University.