The French Academic visit was fittingly concluded last Saturday by
excursions to Oxford and Cambridge. At Oxford the visitors were entertained at a luncheon at Magdalen College, where the toast of " Our French Guests " was proposed by the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Merry. In a genial speech Dr. Merry emphasised the special debt that Oxford owed to the University of Paris, and dwelt on the splendid records and traditions of Bordeaux, Lille, and Montpellier, the sexcentenary celebration of which University he had himself officially attended. M. Liard, the Vice-Rector of the University of Paris, in returning thanks laid special stress on the power of Oxford to produce practical statesmen and men of affairs. Oxford, thanks to the continuity of her history and studies and the spirit of tradition, never lost contact with the past, while admitting those sciences which were becoming an increasingly important element in modern life. A large party of the representatives of the French Universities also visited Cambridge on the same day, and were entertained by the Heads of Houses. We can only express the hope, in reviewing the events of the week spent by them in England, that our guests enjoyed their visit as much as their hosts enjoyed their company.
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