Mr. Copeland's Lecture.

The second of Mr. Copeland's series of lectures on Johnson was delivered yesterday afternoon in Sever 11, before a large audience. Mr. Copeland spoke on Boswell's Life of Johnson. In the long line of literature, Swift, Johnson and Carlyle stand out pre-eminently for their personalities; and Johnson's place in this list is due chiefly to the very excellent picture Boswell has given of him. Macaulay never admired Boswell, claiming that he was simply a good reporter, but he was far more more than that, and his life of Johnson is surely the best biography ever written in English, probably the best ever written in any language. It seems rather remarkable in the face of this very successful and personal biography, that Boswell was with Johnson only 278 days during all of the twenty years in which he knew him.

The hour for the next lecture has been changed to 3.45, as it has been found necessary to air the room after the preceeding occupation of it. Doors will be opened at 3.35.