Alumnae Recorder . rs the events of history morereal to us and easier to remember, besides creating a desire forfurther reading and study. How much was recalled in a day atHampton Court Palace of Wolsey and Henry VIII, Bloody Mary,Cromwell, Charles I and William of Orange, whose Dutch gar-dener laid out the grounds in the exquisite condition one nowsees them. The same thing is true of fiction as of history. Such booksas Romola, The Marble Fawn, Last Days of Pompeii, and manyothers are re-read with added interest. A sight of these placesis worth more than all the books of travel that ever were
Alumnae Recorder . rs the events of history morereal to us and easier to remember, besides creating a desire forfurther reading and study. How much was recalled in a day atHampton Court Palace of Wolsey and Henry VIII, Bloody Mary,Cromwell, Charles I and William of Orange, whose Dutch gar-dener laid out the grounds in the exquisite condition one nowsees them. The same thing is true of fiction as of history. Such booksas Romola, The Marble Fawn, Last Days of Pompeii, and manyothers are re-read with added interest. A sight of these placesis worth more than all the books of travel that ever were written. A summer in Europe is certainly a literal education, norare its delights past and gone on reaching the home shore. Inaddition to the stimulus given to mind and body it leavespleasant memories of associates and associations which will lastas long as life. To my mind it is the best possible investmentof money a young lady can make, after graduating at the Penn-sylvania College for Women. Mary W. Mathews, ALUMNJE RECORDER. 51 Thoughts on the Poetry of Keats. I OHX KEATS was a man who failed utterly in life.• L There seemed a fate against him always. Though Arnold has succeeded in clearing him fromthe imputation of having been snuffed out by an article/ andthough the conception of Johnny Keats has forever passedaway, nevertheless the fact remains that in that beautiful poeticsoul, there was something out of tune and harsh, somethingthat not only saddened his life and contributed to shortening it,but also placed a fatal limitation on that genius which, amongall moderns, gave promise of coming nearest Shakespeare. But when we turn our attention from the man to his work,we find not only the highest promise of infinite perfectibility,but also an actual excellence which approaches the perfection ofthe poetic art. The amount of Keats; best work is very Lamia, Hyperion, the Eve of St. Agnes, and a few odesand sonnets would make a slender volume ; but th
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