The number of the Monthly appearing today is largely given up to fiction. Though the stories are above average undergraduate offer's they are not up to the Monthly's standard and are rather disappointing. There are three, "A Ray of Light," "Javente," and "The Mellow Drama of Love." All start well and succeed in holding the reader's attention, but the endings of the first and last are very weak while the ending of "Javente" is worse than weak. It is unnecessary, not justified by the rest of the sorry, and the conception is certainly no credit to the author. "The Mellow Drama of Love" is something unique. Without entering into a detailed criticism of it, we can only say that we cannot sympathize with the author who names his heroines Miss Toon and Miss Motive.

The two leading articles of the number are "Hawaii and its Annexation" by Freeman Snow and "Thomas Hardy's Works" by J. G. Cooke. Both are excellent. The former is a brief history of Hawaii in modern time; and a consideration of the advantages and the disadvantages incumbent upon its annexation to the United States. It is interesting and gives the render a clear idea of the whose Hawaian question. "Thomas Hardy's Works" is a somewhat detailed study of the style and peculiarites of Thomas Hardy with more particular treatment of his last work, "Tess of the D'rUbervilles." The poetry of the number is below the average. The editorial on the methods of awarding scholarships is straight forward and reasonable, and the plans suggested certainly seem preferable to the methods now adopted.

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