Dr. Eaton's lecture was even more brilliant than usual, but it is doubtful if the initiated half of the ten o'clock division in English Essayists knew any more about the genius of Thomas Carlyle at its close than they had at its commencement. The question before the house was: What did Dr. Eaton want of Georgia Ames, and would her sponsors be able to save her life until after midyears, as they had planned?