THE

NASSAU

LITERARY

MAGAZINE.

JANUARY.

FOUNDED BY THE CLASS OF 1842.

CONDUCTED

BY THE SENIOR CLASS

PRINCETON COLLEGE.

1890.

FROM

THE BEQUEST OF
EVERT JANSEN WENDELL
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

DON RODERICK. Baird Prize Poem.

FRAGMENTS FROM THE COTTRAL COLLECTION. Story.

THE ADIRONDACKS. Poem.

LITERARY CRITICISM. Essay.

HAPPINESS IN HARMONY. Poem.

LITERATURE AND NATIONAL LIFE. Essay.

ORATORY-THE COLLEGE MAN'S CHARITY-ARE INTERCOLLEGIATE
CONTESTS AN EVIL TO BE ABOLISHED?

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ANNOUNCEMENTS-THE BRIC-À-BRAC-THE PRINCETON CARTOON-
IST THE MAN OF METHOD-SPORTING LITERATURE.

The NASSAU LITERARY MAGAZINE is published monthly during the
Academic year by the Senior Class of Princeton College. The terms of
subscription are $2.50 (payable in advance); single copies, 30 cents. All
contributions should be left at 1 N. R. H., and all communications
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(Lock Box 17.)

W. C. FISK, Treasurer,

PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY.

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DON RODERICK; OR, THE ENTRANCE OF THE MOORS

INTO SPAIN.

BAIRD PRIZE POEM, BY H. W. HATHAWAY, NEW JERSEY.

TOLEDO'S towers, in deep'ning shadows, rise,

And rear their silvered crests amid the light

Of earth's fair moon which sails full-orbed on high,
And looks benignly down on castle walls;
Where to and fro, upon the battlements,
Now lost within the shadow of a tower

And now emerging to the moonlight soft,
The sentinels pace: with even step and firm.

No sound the silence breaks, save soldier tread,

And save the flood of Tagus' sullen stream

That chafes the stones and grumbles 'neath the bridge,

For songs and mirth that issue from the court
Come not thus far, but linger till they're lost
Amid the black and silent winding streets.
Within those palace walls, high revelry

And sport delight Don Roderick, King of Spain,
And Elyáta, his new-wedded bride.

Don Roderick-a king of power, a youth
Of splendid and majestic mien, that won