Timely Advice.

Dr. Lipson has in fact an Intense interest in debating and is anxious to hear College dialectic; amused to learn that permission to discuss sex and religion had been granted but recently, he advised quick advantage of the privilege lest it be lost.

So far he had been Introduced to Mr. Parry only, he said, when asked whether he had met Cabinet, and could give no opinion as to whether they were practical political scientists. "Ask me in a year." Although he had long wanted to visit this part of the world he was more especially interested "as things are going on now."

Although he hopes to do some climbing—"and it is the hills here which make Wellington so pleasant after the monotony of London and Illinois"—the Doctor admits—and we give the confidence in all reverence—that "my hobby Is philately." Perhaps it was because we tactlessly mentioned "15 years" here that he so eagerly assured us that his staff colleagues shared that interest. "Salient" Young Stamp levers Column—soon. Ed.)

"I agree with Lord Bryce that the view from your front door is one of the finest in the world." Wellington is very much like San Francisco. "Upwards?" we asked. "The architecture? —a little old-fashioned, perhaps. But I've nothing to growl about," and surrounded by our February weather and his books—he has brought some hundredweight with him and although clinging to a nostalgia for "my American coffee." "Salient" found the Professor very well set up.