26 JUNE 1897, page 29

The Illiterate Undergraduate.

R EADING," at Oxford and Cambridge, is a term that has been narrowed down into meaning the study of books profitable for the schools rather than enter- taining as literature,......

Advice.

T HERE are people who believe in advice in the abstract, as a thing good in itself. They do not care whose advice you take; they only cannot be happy about you if your are......

The Terns And The High Tide.

T HE cyclone which caused such destruction in the environs of Paris at the end of last week brought absolute ruin to the " suburbs " of one of the most interesting bird cities......