THE COLUMBIAN AND ARTHUR,S
MAGAZINES, FOR AUGUST AND


SEPTEMBER, 1914.
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EXCERPTS.


In the pleasant story, Lucia Nerea or The dcus
Of Sallust, thus speaks Macleod ..Tha, pren,
old Rome the giantess queen of the world. who
desired nothing that she could not obtain. and vet
desired all things! And now, her orators ire bu,
lessons for the school boy; her remembered poets
give standard to critics who never read them
and her warriors, her statesmen and her ba rds.
who have left but name" are themes for :,
careless pen--for an idle story.teller like NV.
self"


Oh, Romo! Rome! Eternal city of Seven
H'lls! thine eternity ~as of yesterday and now no
longer IS. How hast thou bowed thy stately bead
and fallen from thy lofty pinnacle! Thus potbo
empires Of the earth--thus crumble on the world,s
busy and mo'ted arena the mighty, the wise, the
good, and the lovely!


The story of Vincent Herrev or he ah,n ofI
pu'se' Portrays graphically the blunders and awk.
ward positions such man often falls into. How
insanely and ludcrously men often act under tho
promPtings Of quick feeling or fancy, ra,be, ,bor
The line OF wisdom, than the suggestions of second
thought. Let the impulsive youth nrof,
foolish and repened act, many a sting Of oh, ~.
or Pain' viii he nIpt in the bud,. should he only
heed his ways and learn wisely from others, er.
perience.


IN Tho September number of the CoIumb;,n
we hnd an excellent article upon the Bombas.es
fursoso war pieces, found in a ato number Of n,
fore'gn Quarterly Review. This, with otbo,
leading journals in Europe, is too apt to udee in
an inflated style, literally upon the trial Of tbo,