Excerpt from The Yale Literary Magazine, Vol. 29: Conducted by the Students of Yale College; October, 1863 The men, also, who, in by-gone years have contributed to, sus tained, and conducted this Magazine, certainly include in their number some of the noblest sons of Yalensia. The Board, surely, need not blush to have qualified, by the abundant educational privileges it throws around talented and ambitious youth, such men as Evarts, for the lofty realm of Statesmanship, Ik Marvel, for the gentler walks of Literature, and Finch, for the flowery meads of Poesy. No, indeed In short, and in sober earnestness, the past history of the Lit. Furnishes ample grounds to our Alma Mater and ourselves for the highest con gratulation. Take it before any competent tribunal, and in compar ison with all other College Magazines, probe its relative merits on the score of literary ability, or of the general response to the proper de mands of the student, and I wager you the decision will be in its fa vor, as the oldest and the best; and thus much I say in no spirit, I trust, of pretentious complacency, but as a simple tribute of justice to those who have gone before us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.