UniL,ersity of Chicago WeeklySING I, E COP rES10 CENTS. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, DECEMBER 17, 1892. VOL. 1--- No.9THE ARISTOCRACY OF INTELLECT.1£ the columns of this paper are open to all whowish to relieve themselves on reasonable subjects in ar-easonable manner, then these few thoughts will findat least temporary lodgment in the minds of thosewhose title constitutes the subject - the aristocrats ofthe intellect.Perhaps these are the days of communistic tend­encies - perhaps the times lean towards the requiringof manual toil from every man- perhaps there isespecially prevalent to-day that evanescent somethingcalled" the socialist spirit. " If all this were true, itmight, singly or collectively, account for these afterthoughts.Or again, there may be a germ of original andindependent truth in this announcement of the intel­lectual aristocracy.Who is the intellectual aristocrat? He is - inbrief - the worshipper of abstraction. Where doeshe grow? Generally in colleges and universities.And as one who is striving to free himself from thisfifth estate, the writer has at least the excuse of actualexperience for these words.Intellectual aristocrats are made by the perversionof the love of knowledge. The passion for l�arningis a good thing except when abused. It is abusedwhen a man makes of himself an avidious receptacleof facts and theories and holds them in the clutch of amental miser. To know for-the sake of knowing is tohave for the sake of having. The intellectual aristo­crat never gets knowledge that he may transform andtransmute it into new forms of blessedness for his fel­lows. The betterment of the world does not enter hiscalculations.In general, men do three things: they work bytheir muscles, they work with their brains in directingand applying the force of the men who work with theirmuscles, and they work, by virtue of that part of Himin them, to keep in all men the conserving force ofmoral purpose. The intellectual aristocrat belongs toneither of these three classes.It is he who stands by the wayside and studies theworker in elementary toil. He jots down innumera­ble statistics concerning this interesting animal- howlong he will work at a given preesurc, how much he will stand of a given hunger, how long his spirit willslink and not snarl at a given indignity. To be surethese are interesting facts. The aristocrat must knowthem. He will make note of them.It is he who stands by the desk and goes forthamong the laboratories of the workers in thoughts.Here he is a step higher and the phenomena are moreinteresting and intricate. There are a multitude offacts and figures for him here. N ow and then arisesa choice theory to weigh, classify and slide into a braincell.It is he who is of late much concerned with investiga­tion of the spiritual side of mankind. Here is a freshfold for facts to be established, and speculations to benursed into certainties. The aristocrat is probablyless in sympathy with the manner of these men thanthat of others. It seems strange to him that the evi­dence of things not seen or heard should be trusted.Yet such is a fact, and he faithfully records that suchmen are.Always the critic-never the comrade. Foreverlooking on-e-never working with. For what purposedid Providence create the intellectual aristocrat?What use is there in one who learns that he may know,not that he may do.One solitary hope arises for the future of theintellectual aristocrat. It may be that through longstages of evolving effort there will finally be produceda colony of sad-faced individuals who shall exist onthe bounty of some future civilization by virtue oftheir value for encyclopredic reference.In this present age very little veneration is to bewasted on venerating anyone's possession of anything.There is always some dreamer who wanders up thestream to where the running water has been retainedin a quiet pooL But the- crowd-the world-theworkers,-they are down where the water is turningthe wheel that is grinding the grain. It is force that iswanted nowadays, and not the mere spectacle of its con­servation. The inte1lectual aristocrat is a spectacle ofretained force. His knowledge might be turned intogood account and his life find an immortality in some­thing actually and forever accomplished, but no-it isenough for him to have, and too much for him to give.The mind of the intellectual aristocrat resemblesThe central idea of the plan is this: A centralbureau will be located in Washington under the super­vision of the Attorney General. Each institutionwhere prisoners arc sentenced shall send to this bureau,then, measurements of each prisoner recei ved. Theyare placed on a card and so arranged that they can beascertained at a moment's glance. The practicalresult will be that John Smith, who was released, isagain about to be sentenced, and the court is 'informedthat his name is Joseph Smith, ill1d that this is hisfirst offense. If there is any doubt in the mind of theprosecuting officers, they can cause a measurement tobe made, telegraph the central bureau and learn that hisreal name is John Smith; that on a certain day hewas sentenced to such a prison and that he wasreleased at such a time. The court thus has theinformation that this man belongs to the criminalclass and can sentence him accordingly.If this system were in vogue at this time, many ofthe criminal class that have come from all parts of thecountry to Chicago would know that the moment theywere arrested and brought before the court for convic­tion, their whole criminal history would be known. Itwould thus be of incalculable value during the time ofthe ,Vorlel's Fair.2 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.that of a collector of brio-a-brae. His passion forknowledge is the passion of a private collector, andyet the product of his years of accumulation can nevereven have the 'utility of a future corner in somemuseum. The world will never get back what itloaned him of life. He shall, at his death, have givennothing and have taken everything.There shall come a time, and that soon, when anexcess of the delights of study and the 'pleasure oflearning will receive the same rebuke that now isadministered to a lack of serious attention to mentalculture. Just now there are more of those who studyless than they should, than those who study more thanthey should. But the number of the latter is gradu­ally increasing, and there are many of the aristocratsamong them. Not all who study hard are intellectual/ aristocrats. It is not the amount of their work, butthe purpose behind it that tells. the tale.The steps between a love for learning because of itsaid towards doing, and a love for learning because it isan agreeable passion, are not many, and are easyto take. Out of the advice of one who knows it maybe said-watch well the way. X. Y. Zi.THE BERTILLON SYSTEM.[Students in Sociology, and especially those interestedin Criminology will be interested in the following accountof the Bertillon system, kindly furn ished the ,\VJ<.:E,KLY hyHOIl. E. C. Foster, Washiugton, D. C. ]The Prison Congress, at its recent session, wasinformed that arrangements were about completed tohave Bertillon come to the World's Fair and exhibithis system for the identification of prisoners, with theview of baving that system adopted in this country.All who have given this system unbiased thought arcunanimously in its favor. It rests on a combinationof scientific principles, harmonized by nature that nevererrs, and consists of certain measurements of bodilystructures that do not change and are so nnerring thatout of 10,000 taken in France no two were found tobe alike.This system, if generally adopted, would showbeyond question the number that relapse into crimefrom every prison.The certainty of being identified as a criminal whenagain captured would have an influence more powerfulover a convict in deciding the path he will travel whengiven his liberty than all the moral persuasion thatmight be poured into him.M. Bertillon has, in response to invitations fromvarious public men and official bodies, explained hissystem in different places in England and Ireland, andhas aroused such a public sentiment that Parliament'has recently passed an act authorizing its adoption. A NEW DEPARTURE.The university will inaugurate, beginning the firstweek in January, 1893, a new system of evening andSaturday classes for grammar school teachers, high schoolteachers and alumni, Sunday school teachers, theologicalstudents and ministers, journalists and business men,medical and dental students, engineers, architects andelectricians, candidates for admission to the university.It is designed in this work to give a high grade ofinstruction, by offering at hours convenient to thoseengaged during the day, a list of attractive coursesselected from the university calender. For the furtherconvenience of students, any course will be given on anyone of the three sides of the city. The three places willbe Cobb lecture hall, on the university campus, Fifty­eighth street and Ellis avenue; the Newberry Library,North State and Oak streets; the Chicago Academy,West Adams street and Seeley avenue.CORNELL'S SHOWING.vVe are informed that, excepting one school, CornellCollege has the largest representation in the gra.duateschools of the new Chicago university. This speaks wellfor Cornell. It always speaks well for a school when itsstudents are so inspired by their work that they arc ledto continue in special preparation for their life's work.It shows that they have gotten something of, the truespirit of ed�lcation. We hope to see more of this workby Cornell stuc1entl:l.-The Oornelliam;UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY. 3WE MAY GET THE TELESCOPE.It may surprise some of the Stentor readers to learnthat the great Yerkes telescope may possibly come to LakeForest. When it was learned that the telescope could notbe located in or around Chicago on account of the smokeand impure atmosphere, various schemes were suggested,one of which was that an island for the telescope shouldbe 'built in the lake. Several real estate speculatorsoffered inducements for it to be located in the respectivetowns in which they were interested, the most favorableof which were Morgan Park and Hinsdale. But Pres.Harper, of Uhicago University, thought that Lake Forestwas the place for the instrument, for two reasons: 1st.The high situation of Lake Forest, which also renders itentirely free from all the soot and dirt of Chicago. 2d.It would be near an educational institution. In accordwith this wish, Pres. Harper, about a week ago, askedDr. McClure if it would be possible for the telescope tocome to Lake Forest.Since then, the citizens have signified not-only theirwillingness but their desire to give the Chicago Universitytheir choice of Lake Forest property, with the exceptionof the Lake Forest park. This park would be entirelyspoiled by the great huildings.Thus it may readily be seen how near Lake Forest isto getting the great telescope. About 20 acres of land isnecessary for the building and its appurtenances. Themain building, which cO_E:tains the great telescope, will be125 feet square and 100 feet high, while there will be sev­eral smaller, although large telescopes in buildings roundabout: Of course there will be other buildings for theprofessors and astronomers. The cost of the whole plant,including the telescope, -\\Till be $500,000.The telescope, which will have a lens 40 inches ill(1iameter,-4 inches larger than -the Lick telescope, andwith 25 per cent. more magnifying power-w ill be 75 feelong, and its dome will be 80 feet in diameter. The ma­chinery will be operated by electricity.-The Stentor,Lake Forest.PERSONAL JOURNALISM.An exchange very properly sayR:Until personal journalism is exterminated from ourcollege papers, the college press will never take a positionof importance in the newspaper world. By personal jour­nalism of course we mean violent attacks on other paperRand colleges, slanderous statements and accusations suchas mar our daily papers at present. We know whereofwe speak for in days past we confess our guilt in this re­gard., Such work lowers the tone of a paper and makesit lose its dignity. It is never the result of sober thought.Rather the outcropping of envy and malice. It is a reliefto pick up a college paper and see an impartial account ofsome game or contest. The defeated team always raisesa tremendous howl and really lowers itself by not givingits opponents credit for good play. Of course there arctwo sides to every question out college journals s1l0u1<.1especially strive to present their own Ride in as calm and argumentative a way as possible. We say especially be­cause colle-ge youth as a general thing are as hot-headedand combustible material as one can find. Again, thisconstant bickering is what is keeping college journalsapart.' And it is this standing aloof from each other thatkeeps college journalism from advancing. Some radicalchange must come somo day and some one must start it.We propose hereafter eliminating all such objectionablematter from our }Japer.DENISON ALUMNI CLUB.Last Tuesday evening the alumni of Denison Univer­sity, who are now connected with the University of Chi­cago, met and organized an Alumni Club. Denison hasmore Alumni than any other school represented in ouruniversity and it was proper that her sons should be thefirst to organize such a club. The idea, of course, is tokeep in touch with their Alma Mater, to keep alive hertraditions and to revive the memories of college days andlife. Dr. F. \Y.· Shepardson was elected temporarypresident, and Bruce Kinney temporary secretary.LAST week the students of Denison University raised,among themselves, over $8,000 toward a new Y o ung Men'sChristian Association building. It is hoped that $25,000can be obtained from the friends of the university andwith that amout a suitable building will be erected.TIlE Denison Alumni have set a good example to thestudents of the university. Every college which has ahalf-dozen alumni onght to form a club. To say nothingof the profit, which will accrue to its members in callingup old times aud in social enjoyment, much good can beclone to our Alma Mater and the great institution withwhich we are now connected. To our Alma Mater byau organized effort to spread abroad its influence amongthose who are to take a college course; to the Universityof Chicago by sim ilar effort to attract to it for graduatework all those who shall in future years graduate from ourAlma Mater. An institution may have never so good afaculty and equipments, but unless her SODS are loyal, herinfluence will be limited. We can be loyal both to ourformer university and this one as in the main they occupydifferent but co-ordinate spheres of usefulness.This month appears volume 1, No.1 of the Journalof Political Economy, published by the University ofChicago. It is destined to ta�\:'e rank among the lead­ing magazines of the conntry. It contains 160 pagesof matter, and includes the following: ' , A Study ofPolitical Economy in the United States," by J.Laurence Laughlin; "Recent Commercial Policy ofFrance," by Emile Levassertr ; "Robel'tus's Social­ism," by E. Benj. Andrews; "Price of Wheat Since1867," by Thorstein B. Veblen, besides book reviews,miscellaneous notes and a series of appendices.An excellent photograph of the foot-ball team hasbeen made by the artists, Harvey & DeGolyer.4 UNIVE'RSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.LAKE FOREST IS DISTURBED.LAKE FOREST, ILL., Dec. 20.-The following will ap­pear in to-morrow's issue of the Reel and Black, the lead­ing weekly publication of Lake Forest college. It isheaded as follows: " A Surprising Scheme L'I'he N apo­leon of Education-A Handle to the Telescope Offer."The article says:" Those who heard with surprise of the offer of Presi­dent Harper, of the University of Chicago, to locate thegreat Yerkes telescope at Lake Forest may not be unpre_pared to learn that that educational genius has anotherplan in view of which the new observatory is only an accorn.paniment, This plan is so entirely novel that it cannotbut startle the alumni and students. Briefly stated theplan is as follows:" President Harpel' has offered our Board of Trusteesto make Lake Forest college a part of Chicago University.That is to say, there would no longer be a Lake ForestUniversity, with this college as the center and nucleua,but the college would be made an undergraduate depart­ment of Chicago, and we would simply have Lake Forestcollege of the the University of Chicago." We have not space to give all the details of thescheme, but instead of a president, there would be a deanhere in Lake Forest with the president of the Universityin Chicago. Prof. Harper intends to secure or establishother colleges on the same basis, and we would, there-. fore, become one of several undergraduate schools of Chi­cago University."This in outline is President Harper's offer as wehave learned it, and as it is now before the trustees. Noact.ion haa yet been taken. There are numerous advan­tages in belonging to a larger institution. Plenty of fundsis the great object gained. But let us not forget thepoints in favor of the small college. It should be bornein mind that the educational modes of President Harperare radically different from those pursued here, and infact in the majority of educational institutions. Wouldit be well to substitute new and untried methods for thoseof known worth?" Consider then what is involved in this loss of ouridentity. The old associations would be changed and collegespirit would become superfluous. Religious feeling alsoenters into the matter, for, according to the charter of theChicago University, its president and a majority of thetrustees must be Baptists. The new telescope, even ifplaced here, would be of no practical benefit to the students.An instrument of its kind can only be used by experts.We cannot now speak for all the students, but it seems tous that the great majority of both students and alumniwould be opposed to the proposed change. What thedecision of the trustees will be we do not know, but forour part we do not believe in feeders.-News Record. HOME SICKNESS.'Tis midnight past and still the tearsAdown her cheek are streaming,While by the fire with homesick heartShe rests in lonely dreaming.Away from home on this glad eve,Kept priso ned in a college,She weeps aloud, and sighs that sheMight leave the shrine of knowledge.'Tis midnight past, the room is dark,But for the fire's burning;And wrapt in glOO1� she sobs, and scornsHer love of books and learning.She sees e'en now, within the fire,The homestead on Thanksgiving,And, soul-sick cries again aloud,"Can life be worth the living?""I'is midnight past and wintry windsWithout are sadly moaning,As if in sympathy to shareThe sad girl's home-sick groaning.Like summer winds that sudden changeAnd sink to soft-breathed sighing,lIer weeping stops, and soon her tearsAre diligently drying.'Tis midnight past and in her heartThe home loves all come pressing;Fond thoughts of friends now tend to cheerAnd soothe her with caressing.In vain it is-with sudden burstHer heart renews its throbbing,And broken down, at last in peaceShe falls asleep-still sobbing.The Geneseo News, in quoting a certain rhyme fromthe Weekly says,-'" varsity, vitality, majority.'We have seen 'legends' rhymed with 'hedge-fence'but the above trio breaks all laws and is thereforeanarchistic. " In mild rejoinder let it be said that if theflowing hirsute on Editor Kiner's dome of thoughtwere touched with a composite glow from all the plain,ordinary fires that he announces as ': holocausts," whythen there might also be a suggestion of anarchy aboutthe Geneseo News.OFFICERS ELECTED.The following officers have been elected for theChristian Associations of the University. For the Y.M. C. A.: President, Mr. Stagg; vice president, Mr.Kinney; corresponding secretary, Mr. Soares; recordingsecretary, Mr. Knapp; treasurer, Mr. Raycroft. For theY. W. C. A.: President, Miss Babcock; vice president,Miss Angell; corresponding secretary, Mrs. Dixson;recording secretary, Miss Goodhue; treasurer, MissStone.A club has been formed by Mrs. Crow and some of thegraduate students for the study of Parliamentary Law.An effort in this direction on the part of some of theundergraduate students would not be misspent.UNIVERSIT� OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.FAIR, BUT FALSE.Eyes like the blue of heaven,Deep as the depths of love;Hair like the wing of a raven,Waving her fair head above.Eyes like the blue of oceans,Hair of the darkest of hue,Dimples that tell their emotion­Happiness all through and through.Eyes like the flash of a sun-set,Lips that tell they are true,Teeth like pure pearls, ready setFrom crystallizations of dew.Hair--O ! can I compareIts beauty with beauty of earth;Dark-but O! can I dare'I'o tell how much it was worth.Teeth--but, 0 ! can I tell--My measure now suddenly halts;Pretty, I know-but, 0 ! well,I see from afar they are false.Eyes-but why should we thinkTheir coquetry e'er to surpass,When both of them close with a wink,And alas, are transparent as glass.Eyes, teeth, and imported hair,Where falseness and beauty both loll;Ah, but you know she is fair-y OUR DEAR LITTLE SISTER'S Xln�T DOLL!c. s. P.MUSIC FOR THE UNIVERSITY.Through the commendable efforts of some musiclovers connected with the 'varsity, a fine course offour chamber concerts has been arranged. Nextto the chorus, this is the first manifestation that theuniversity has any musical feeling. If these concertsare not heartily supported, a serious set-back will begiven the attempt to furnish the students and facultywith high-class artistic entertainments. Pure senseenjoyment is like sun to tho soul; it is rest for the •intellect. The man who neglects the artistic side ofexistence for the mental is an intellectual clam, andwhen he trys to accomplish things by the rattling ofhis dry knowledge, he will find enough himself, con­tinuing the simile, immersed in the chowder.YET AGAIN." I used to cwease my trousers,And I got quito used to that;But now, baw jove," said Oholly,"I have to cwease my bat."-The Nortluoeetern, THE VOICE OF THE SEA.I fain would be by my childhood's Sea,As it rolls and seethes in foam;I t is dearer to me than the flowry lea-oil It is my home.I would explore its sounding shoreO'er rock and shell and sand;I love it more, with its margin hoar,Than the fairest land.And hearken near, canst thou not hear?Its deep voice speaks to thee.To the listening ear its words are clear-­They are to me.Of One it tells who ever dwellsIn all he brings to b�My fear it q uells, my faith compels­This voiee of the Sea.THE BLOODROOT.Pure and unsullied art thou,Offspring of May!N ever a trace on thy browOf soil or decay.Girt by no sepals pale green­N eeelless were they;When thy pure face first was seen'These fell away.Humbly below, on their 'scape,Thy folded leaves cower;Loving, the watch that they keepO'er thee, white flower.Stained is thy root-stalk which liesIn vile earthy bed;Stained with the deepest of dyes,Blood-stained and reel.Yet 'tis thy root-stalk that drawsFrom the black earthAll that sustains thee-i-the causeE'en of thy birth.From the vile earth I have sp1'ung-"One humam soul.Earth to my garments has clung,Staining the whole.Would thou couldst teach me, 011 flower,Stainless to be!Would I could claim as my dowerThy purity! -So A.-�-. -- -- - - -6 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN THE INTEREST OF 'l'HE STUDENTS OF THEUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.EDITOR,BUSINESS MANAGER,ASSOCIATE EDITORS:Literary Department,Graduate School, -Divinity School, -Academic College, -ASSISTANT EDITORS:Freshman Class,Sophomore Class,Junior Class,Political Science, -SUBSCRIPTION AGENT, E. M. FOS'l'ER.C. H. GALLION.ARTHUR W. ALLEN.ARTHUR KAISER.- BRUCE KINNEY.CHARLES SUMNER PIKK- MISS DEMIA BUTLER.GALEN L. TAIT.A. C. WILKINSONC. 'l'.-B. GOODSPEED.f. B. KOHLSAAT.SUBSCRIPTION RATE.ONE YEAR, (Three Terms)ONE TERM, $2.00.76Ad vertising rates made on application.Address all communications toUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO W EEKL Y,Chicago, Illinois.Entered as second-class matter at the Post-Office, at Chicago, Ill.A VISIT to Kelly and Beecher Halls, now beingerected on the south-east corner of the UniversityQuadrangle, shows that the social life of the studentsis being well provided for. On the east a long parloropens into the hall with double doors. On the otherside of the hall a small reception room and long dininghall are thrown together by large single doors oneither side of an open fireplace. By this arrangementabout half the first floor may .be used for social pur­poses.�<­�\- ·x·IT IS evident that the students are taking a deep andsincere interest in the WEEKLY, and are anxious tosee it live and prosper. This is certainly a source ofmuch gratification to the management of this new ven­ture in journalism, and bodes not a little good for theenterprise. It is the first and foremost function of theWEEKLY to be the representative, the exponent, or,if you please, the" organ" of the faculty and students "of the university, and its columns will at all times be-open to all who have something to say and will say itin the fewest possible words..x-* i'\-THE University Chorus is doing fine work. Thebass, especially, receives marked praise everymeeting, much to the discomfort of the throats of someof the fair sopranos, who are striving-but in vain­to drown out with their high treble the low, calmstrength of tone produced by the men on the otherside of the aisle. IN THESE days of Chri.stmas presents, let us callthe attention of our readers to the poem, "TheSleeping Princess California," as appropriate for suchpurpose. The poem is written- by a graduate studentof the I.' niversity of Chicago, Miss Alice E. Pratt.The conception of the poet is beautiful, and the poemis a noble tribute to the Golden State. The littlebook is handsomely gotten up, and is full of exquisiteillnstrations, artistic in choice and setting .. Ordersmay be left with the U niversity Press..,\--1(- ..x-THE gymnasium will be in perfect running order at. the beginning of next quarter. It will then be.the center of attraction to the students of an athleticturn of mind.�.�"i'\- -x-a INCE the university authorities have seen fit, andU wisely, too, to constitute the alumni of the oldUniversity of 'Chicago as the alumni of the new, it isthe design of the WEEKLY to devote a part of itsspace each week to an alumni department, and willarrange to keep those of its readers among the alumniposted as to the whereabouts and welfare of their oldclass-mates.WE ARE PLEASED to be able to present ourreaders this week with an excellent engravingof the University of Chicago foot-ball team. This.aggrega tion of kickers made a commendable recordduring th eir short career in the foot-ball arena. Yet,this is only one of the reasons why this picture will bepleasing to the eye. They are a comely looking bodyof athletes.�f-x- -x..THE appearance before the students of JosephJefferson, the distinguished actor, and Remenyi,the equally noted violinist, is quite significant, andmeans that students of this university are to be morefavored in this respect than those of most universitiesheretofore. And all of this comes of having the uni­versity located in Chicago.-l{--x- �i-INTELLECTU AL ARISTOCRACY gets the atten­tion of X. Y. Z. in this week's leading article.There is certainly some ground for complaint againsttoo much devotion to knowledge for the mere sake ofthe know ledge, but it may be questioned if this be notthe least injurious form of excess-mental or physi­cal. X. Y. Z. has Dot considered that these" mentalmisers," as he calls them, may be of use as constitut­ing a criterion and standard. There is much to besaid for the intellectual aristocrat that has not beensaid hy X. Y. Z.UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.BOOK NOTICES.SOCIAL A�D LITERARY PAPERS. By Charles ChauncyShackford. Cloth, 12mo. Boston: Roberts Brothers.$1. 25.The essays contained in this volume were prepared forand read before various literary clubs and societies, mostlyin Boston and vicinity. There are fifteen papers onwidely varying subjects. Some of the titles are Brown­ing's "In a Balcony," Plato's "Republic," "SocialTendencies," "_LEsch ylus on Some Modern Social Pro h­lems," and" History as Development." There is a greatdeal of valuable thought in the volume, but a somewhatheavy style lessens its value. We can recommend thebook, however, as a thought-suggester on the topics whichit touches.WELLS OF ENGLISH. By Isaac Barrett Choate. 8vo. Bos­ton: Roberts Brothers. $1. 00.The introduction to this volume is a plea for a betteracqnaintance with some of the lesser lights in English lit­erature. The author follows up this plea by introducingthe reader to some forty of these minor writers. Amongthem are some of the better known names, such as GeorgeChapman, Sir Walter Raleigh, John Skelton, Izaak Wal­ton, and Andrew Marvell, and others like John Ball, HenryHoward, Cyril 'I'ourneur and Sir Roger l'Estrang, of whomone hears less often. In the case of each author, however,there is given a characterization of his work and an accountof what he has done that is very valuable. The sketches donot furnish means for an extended study of the authors,but are rather guide::; to point the way to a better ac,g uaintanceshi p._BOOKS RECEIVl£D.In addition to the above THIn WEEKLY has received the fol­lowing books, some of which will be noticed more fully nextweek. .The prompt mention in this list will be considered an equiv­alent to their publishers for all books received. Volumes will beselected for further notice, with regard to their intrinsic worthand the in terests of our readers.Houghton, lIf(fJiin d!: Oo., Boston.TI-IE OLD E�GLISI-I DRAMATISTS. By James RussellLowell. Crown 8vo, uniform with the RiversideEdition of Lowell's works. $1. 25.A WONDER-BoOK FOR GIRLS AND Boys. By N a­thaniel Hawthorne. Illustrated by Walter Crane.8vo. $3.00.AT �UNDO\'7N. By John G. Whittier. 1 vol. 16mo,gilt top. $1. 50.I£CU1Je1' &; Brothers, New York.CUICAGO AND THE WORLD'S FAIR. By Julian Ralph.Seventy-three full-page engravings. 8vo, cloth,ornamental. $3.00.r-rIll<J GREAT SHADOW. A novel. By A. Conan Doyle.Post 8vo, cloth.. ornamenta1. &1. 00.JYIa.cmillcl1l & Co., New York.T'llE I�STITUTES OF EDUCATION. By S. S. Laurie.(Jloth, 16mo, $1. 00. ______ 7LITERARY CHAT.-I t is announced from Paris that the very largelibrary of the late Ernest Renan is for sale. M. Renanexpressly directed that the library should be sold if possi­ble in one lot. This great collection is especially rich inthe history of the Semitic languages and Biblical exegesis.Here is perhaps an opportunity for the University of Chi­cago to secure a prize.-The holiday number of The Critic contains a largeamount of interesting matter relating to Tennyson, gath­ered from various sources. Among the articles is "A Re­cent Visit to Tennyson," by Dr.,vV. J. Rolfe, and anaccount of "The Burial of Tennyson," by the daughter ofthe Dean of Westminster. Professor Huxley'S poem,which originally appeared in The Nineteenth Century,is given, and several other tributes in verse. The columnof "Personalia" contains two letters of Tennyson's.--Mr. George Meredith has been elected to succeedLord Tennyson as President of the English Society ofAuthors.-That foot-ball has any special relation to literaturemay not be very generally admitted, but it is interesting,nevertheless, to know that the author, of the famous"Deland trick," which was used so successfully by Har­vard in the now famous Harvard-·Yale game, is Loren F.Deland, the husband of Margaret Deland, author of"J ohn Ward, Preacher."-The Scribners have recently issued a catalogue ofMusical Literature, covering sixty-four pages.. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. have j ust issued ProfessorWoodberry's Centenary edition of the complete poeticalworks of Shelley, in four volumes.-Mr. W. J. Stillman has an important article onLowell in the December number of The Atlantic lIfonthly.Several of Lowell's letters are given.-The library of the English Department has receivedfrom the author, Miss Katherine Lee Bates, a copy of"Outline Studies in the Early English Drama," published. at W ellesley.-Sc1'ibnm"s Magazine announces among other attrac­tions for 1893 "Some unpublished letters of Carlyle toEdward Irving and others, dealing with a part of Carlyle'slife far different from that brought out in tLe recent liter­ature of Carlyle reminiscences." These letters will beawaited with interest by the world of letters.-THE WEEKLY is in receipt of a fine illustrated cata­logue of the books published by Charles H. SergeI & Co.,of Chicago.-The University of Chicago, through its UniversityExtension Division, announces a monthly ·publication, tobe known as the Unive?'sity Extension W07'ld, to appearJanuary 1st, 1893. Among other features it is 'proposedto have regular letters from the University Extension or­ganizations at Oxford, Cambridge, London, from Austra­lia, South Africa, and the several places in this countrywhere the work is in progress. The [!nive7'sity ExtensionNEWS ITEMS.The Beatrice students are at home to friends on Fri­day and Saturday evenings.There is a rumor afloat that after Christmas the stn­dents as a body will wear the cap and gown constantly inall college work.Dr. Massuo Ikuta, Assistant Professor in Chemistryin the University, has been elected President of theJapanese club recently organized in Chicago.President Harper will give a reception to the studentsof the U ndergradnate School at his residence on Washing­ton avenue, Monday evening. A pleasant time is antici­pated.Dr. and Mrs. Harper, assisted by Dean and Mrs. Hul­bert, gave a delightful reception to the Divinity studentsat the home of Dr. Harper, 5657 Washington avenue,Tuesday evening.The cap and gown are beginning to appear in theclass-rooms and about the corridors of Cobb Hall. Thisready adoption of the student's garb shows the rightspirit-may it grow!At 5 P. 1\[. Monday, Dec. 19, the committee of theChristian Union having in charge the Sunday eveningservices will meet in Lecture Hall to arrange the meet-"ings for winter quarter.It is not unlikely that the classes of '96 and '95, willbe consolidated into one organization, to be known as theAcademic College. Committees oonsistmg of MissBoomer, John lIeil and Galen Tait, from '95, and MissDemia Butler, C. S. Blank and J. E. Raycroft, of '96,have been appointed to confer on the matter.The physical examinations to be given by ProfessorStagg and Dr. Small, of tile physical culture department,throughout the year, to the students. of the University,were begun Wednesday at 4 P. 1\1. 'I'en candidatespresented themselves for examination, and, after strippingto the flesh, 'were weighed, measured anel tested in rapidsuccession up to half-past six o'clock. One of theDoctor's questions, "Do you use tobacco ill any form'whatever?" is a warrantable stickler to some of the'varsity men, but the answer is generally in a strongnegative.8 UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO WEEKLY.TYo1'lcl will be a twenty-four page journal, in large, cleartype, on good paper. It will be edited by George Hen­derson, Director of the University Extension of the Uni­versity of Chicago. The subscription price has beenfixed at t1. 00 per annum, or 10 cents per single copy. Itwill be published monthly by the University Press ofChicago.-It is announced that General Lew Wallace has themanuscript of his new book nearly ready for the printer.He has written the book with great painstaking, in thehope that it will excel Ben-Llur in merit and popularity.-The United States Tnuestor of Boston, offers $1,000in prizes for eSHays respecting American cities and towns.The Hon, Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachuset.ts, the Hon.Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia, and the Hon. Julius C. Bur­rows, of Michigan, will act as judges.-One of the most valuable features of The Critic isthe department of Shakespeariana, edited by Dr. W. J.Rolfe, Cambridge, Mass.-Among the announcements of Poet Lore for 1893are "The Socialist Thread in 'the Life and 'V orks of'Villi am Morris," and "A Serious Study of Walt Whit­man," by Mr. Oscar L. Triggs, of the University of Chi­cago.-Professor Paul Shorey, of the Greek Department,has an extended review of Jowett's Plato in the Octobernumber of the American Journal of Pldlology.--Mr. Oscar L. Triggs, of the Department of English,IS editing for the Early English Text Society of London,an unpublished poem by Jolin Lydgate, called" The As­sembly of Gods."-Professor Carl D. Buck briefly reviews Tolman'sGrammar of Old Persian in a recent number of the Ame?'i­can Journa! of Philology.GROWTH IN A NEW DIRECTION.Thanks to the generosity with which various personshave written numerals after the dollar signs in subscrip­tion books and endowment papers, Chicago is acquiringquite a collection of the institutions that make for cultureand improvement and happiness. To say nothing of the'V orld's Fair, which will do more to metropolitanize thiscity than anything else, just cast an eye lover these recentacq nisi tions:The University of Chicago.Newberry library.Crerar library.Art insti tu teoArmour institute.Academy of Sciences.Garfield Park museum.'1'0 this list should be added the fine-arts building atJackson park, "which may well be expected to endure.All these institutions, coming lately, betoken a sur­prising growth in a new direction. It may not be verylong before Chicago"s mercantile strength will be but oneof the factors in her supremacy.-News Record. Ll!:CTURES ON SIIAKEi':) PEARE.A series of ten lectures is to be given on Shakespeare,during Christmas week, in the lecture hall of the ChicagoKindergarten College, 10 Van Buren street. BeginningTuesday, Dec. 27, there will be lectures at 10: 30 a. m.and 8: 00 P: m., until Dec. 31. Each lecture will be fol­lowed by a discussion. Those who will deliver thelectures are Richard ·G. Moulton, Ph. D., Denton J.Snider, Hamilton 'V. Mabie, Prof. David Swing andWm. 'I'. Harris" Tickets, 75 cents for each lecture, or$5 for the full course. 'I'he receipts, above expenses, areto be applied to establish Kindergartens in the poorer'quarters of the city,