PREFACE. 



This letter from the President of Bowdoin College is 

 printed as an appropriate preface to the pages which follow. 



I thank you for the advanced sheets of the "Bowdoin 

 Boys in Labrador." As Sallust says, "In primis arduum videtur 

 res gestas scribere ; quod facta dictis sunt exaequanda." 



In this case, the diction is equal to the deed : the clear 

 and vivacious style of the writer is fully up to the level of the 

 brilliant achievements he narrates. 



The intrinsic interest of the story, and its connection with 

 the State and the College ought to secure for it a wide reading. 



Very truly yours, 



William DeW. Hyde. 



