L. H. D.,
Professor of English in the Sheffield Scientific School of
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Conn.

WILLIAM M. SLOANE, PH. D., L. H. D.,
Professor of History and Political Science,
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Princeton, N. J.

BRANDER MATTHEWS, A. M., LL. B.,
Professor of Literature, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, New York City.

JAMES B. ANGELL, LL. D.,
President of the UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, Mich.

WILLARD FISKE, A. M., PH. D.,
Late Professor of the Germanic and Scandinavian Languages
and Literatures, CORNELL UNIVERSITY, Ithaca, N. Y.

EDWARD S. HOLDEN, A. M., LL. D.,
Director of the Lick Observatory, and Astronomer,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, Cal.

ALCEE FORTIER, LIT. D.,
Professor of the Romance Languages,
TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, La.

WILLIAM P. TRENT, M. A.,
Dean of the Department of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of
English and History, UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH, Sewanee, Tenn.

PAUL SHOREY, PH. D.,
Professor of Greek and Latin Literature,
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Ill.

WILLIAM T. HARRIS, LL. D.,
United States Commissioner of Education,
BUREAU OF EDUCATION, Washington, D. C.

MAURICE FRANCIS EGAN, A. M., LL. D.,
Professor of Literature in the
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA, Washington, D. C.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOL. XV

LIVED PAGE
FOLK-SONG 5853
BY F. B. GUMMERE

SAMUEL FOOTE 1720-1777 5878
How to be a Lawyer ('The Lame Lover')
A Misfortune in Orthography (same)
From the 'Memoirs': A Cure for Bad Poetry; The Retort
Courteous; On Garrick's Stature; Cape Wine; The Graces; The
Debtor; Affectation; Arithmetical Criticism; The Dear Wife;
Garrick and the Guinea; Dr. Paul Hifferman; Foote and
Macklin; Baron Newman; Mrs. Abington; Garlic-Eaters; Mode of
Burying Attorneys in London; Dining Badly; Dibble Davis; An
Extraordinary Case; Mutability of the World; An Appropriate
Motto; R