The Advocate.

The new number of the Advocate contains at least one sketch ("The Cows on the Common," by R. P. Bellows) which is decidedly pleasing in its sincerity and delicacy of touch. It is a short story of the romantic order, with a tinge of the picturesque, due partly to its Colonial surroundings. The style is unpretentious and suggestive, and the impression produced is one of warmth and cheerfulness.

Some verses entitled "Rudyard Kipling," by J. A. Macy is at all events acknowledged imitation, and equally candid treatment would substitute the title "Anthony Hope" for "Some Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them," which is contributed by R. Clapp. The latter is a brief episode successfully worked up, and the author has succeeded in catching something of Hope's freshness and vigor, which partially atones for lack of originality.