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men. Under new regulations at the public 

 schools, a boy of sixteen or seventeen should 

 have enough science to appreciate the posi- 

 tion of Theophrastus in botany, and per- 

 haps himself construct Hero's fountain, 

 Science will take a totally different position 

 in this country when the knowledge of its 

 advances is the possession of all educated 

 men. The time, too, is ripe for the Bodleian 

 to become a studium generate, with ten or 

 more departments, each in charge of a 

 special sub-librarian. When the beautiful 

 rooms, over the portals of which are the 

 mocking blue and gold inscriptions, are 

 once more alive with students, the task of 

 teaching subjects on historical lines will be 

 greatly lightened. What has been done 

 with the Music-Room, and with the Sci- 

 ence-Room through the liberality of Dr. 

 and Mrs. Singer, should be done for clas- 

 sics, history, literature, theology, etc. , each 

 section in charge of a sub-librarian who 



