The sexcentenary of Dante's death was celebrated in many places,
and not least worthily in Houston, Texas. We have received the April number of The Rice Institute Pamphlet-- published by the Rice Institute, which is, in fact, the university of Houston—containing seven excellent lectures on Dante by members of the staff. We may mention especially Professor Evans's lucid exposition of " The Physical Universe of Dante " .—a difficult subject that is seldom handled so successfully —as well as Dr. Tsanoff's account of " Dante's Idea of Im- mortality " and an attractive and thoughtful paper on " Dante and the Renaissance," by Professor Guerard, who pointed out that, while Dante as a Christian had little in common with the men of the pagan Renaissance, his age was itself an age of revival after centuries of confusion and despair.
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