Part 1 (2/2)

Greek inscription on a marble at Rome. Neaves, _Greek Anthology_, _Edin._, 1874, p. 62 (”blooming,” vulgarism, meaning weedy.)

2. Cf. _Ezekiel_, x.x.xvii. 1, 2.

3. Academic ”crowns and halos” (cf. Seneca, _Naturales Questiones_, 1, 2, 1 and 3) must needs, for obvious reasons, be made of paper. Notice also the subtle suggestion that Dr. Ellis is _laurea donandus Apollinari_, worthy of the laurel (crown) of Apollo. (Horace, _Carminum_, iv. 2, 9.)

4. Why should ”the gown and hood” be required ”for angels' wings”? To clothe them withal, of course. The draping of angels with wings and the attachment of wings to the structure of the back of the human figure have presented problems to artists in all ages.

The best solution is undoubtedly to cover up the wings, and the gown with its hood is the only appropriate garment. (Cf.

Carpenter, Edward, ”Angels' Wings,” . . . London, 1898, pp.

25-40, in which the anatomical and sartorial difficulties are fully discussed.)

8. Princ.i.p.al Hutton and Dr. Ellis present the phenomenon of ???ast?? sprouting (or swearing) together. Cf. Theophrastus, ”On the Causes of Plants,” v, 5, 4.

10. In other words, Dr. Ellis is at once p???pa?p????, exceeding crafty (_i.e._ master of many crafts, including angling). Cf.

Homer, _Odyssey_, 15, 419, 11. and p???p????, subject to many pa.s.sions. Cf. Plutarch, _Moralia_, 171.

11-12. A subtle hint of ???s?-???ta, thunder hurling (cf. Pindar, _Fragments_, 108), or ????ss? ???, to dance round about it (whatever it may be). Cf. Callimachus, _Del._ 321.

13. Clearly referring to ”_praedam calamo tremente ducit_,” he draws in his prey with a rod. Martial, 4, 30, 9. Cf. _infra_, ”Weed”

p. 31.

16. ”The pious Jordan” is evidently a bull, referring to the cult of the river-G.o.d. It reflects _tauriformis Aufidus_, the bull-formed Aufidus, the river upon which Horace was born (Horace, _Carminum_, iv. 14, 25). We also have our Afidus or Jordan, upon whose banks our own Horace lives.

17-20. An ingenious reference to the University final examinations in May, when candidates write all day and the examiner reads and smokes till dawn. Having subjected his victims to freshly devised tortures (_novo quaestiones genere distorsit_ Suetonius, _Dom._ 10), he broods over their miseries and their papers-??e?? ????e??-an owl without pity.

23-24. Or, in the language of the angler, his ?pa??????de? have been our ?pa???s??; his weeds have given us the motive for the design on the back of this book.

J. M.

J. J. M.

Little White Crow (A LEGEND OF ST. ANNE)

Part I.

Little White Crow was an Algonkin, And he lived on the Isle of Chips; His legs were long, and his flanks were thin, He had high cheek-bones, and a strong square chin, Jet black was his hair, dark red was his skin, And white were his teeth, when a joyful grin At the sound of the war-whoop's hideous din Parted his silent lips.

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