Mr. Sempers' verses "Renunciation" are thoughtful and expressive. The theme is somewhat overwrought, however, and the passion too highly colored. The article on "Shakespeare the Playwright" gives evidence of a careful study of Shakespeare from an original point of view. It is an interesting as well as acceptable addition to the pages of criticism which have been written upon the greatest of all English writers. The style of the article is halting and uneven. The writer of the contribution on "Fifty Lyrics from the Elizabethan Dramatists" has attempted to cover a great deal of ground, and as far as he has gone, has succeeded fairly well. The work is appreciative and careful and the style consistent and smooth. The short contribution "Henry the Second" written in oratorical style contains little that is original or of a high order of merit. It is inferior to the other portions of the number. The stanzas entitled "Arnold Dead" are very unequal. The first is labored and unmeaning, the second pointed and good.
The number is swelled beyond its usual volume by an "Athletic Supplement" containing three articles written by men whose names are well known, and bearing on the absorbing athletic question at Harvard. The different sides of the 3-4 question are well presented, and the whole evinces a commendable spirit of enterprise on the part of the editors.