~The Modern Book.~
Extremely small or of giant size,
Bound in vellum or boards antique,
The pages of paper made by hand
With deckle edge and shape unique;
Margins four inches wide, at least,
And straggling o'er the page a line
Or two (no more), of beautiful print
In type advertised as "our own design."
You pay a price exorbitant
This cherished morsel to procure;
You get a gem of the bookman's art
And five cents' worth of literature.
M.R. Vassar Miscellany.
~His Father Took Him Home.~
"I was always so poor in Greek,"
He played the guitar,
"A 'dec' I never could speak,"
He won every race,
"My Latin I have to 'horse,'"
In football a star,
"The German is 'cribbed' perforce."
He played second base.
S.J.R. Madisonensis.
~Beautiful Sprig.~
Sprig, sweet Sprig, is cobig;
For I feel it id the air,
See, the groud is gedtly thawig,
Bud ad slush are everywhere.
Dow I doff by widter fladdels,
Ad I dod by subber close;
Thed for weeks ad weeks together
Vaidly try to blow by dose.
J. P. WELSH. Harvard Lampoon.