It was in the midst of all this circle that the “Town and Country Club” was formed, of which Mrs. Howe was president and I had the humbler functions of vice-president, and it was under its auspices that the festival indicated in the following programme took place, at the always attractive seaside house of the late Mr. and Mrs. John W. Bigelow, of New York. The plan was modeled after the Harvard Commencement exercises, and its Latin programme, prepared by Professor Lane, then one of the highest classical authorities in New England, gave a list of speakers and subjects, the latter almost all drawn from Mrs. Howe’s ready wit. Q · B · F · F · F · Q · S Feminae Inlustrissimae Praestantissimae · Doctissimae · Peritissimae Omnium · Scientarvum · Doctrici Omnium · Bonarum · Artium · Magistrae Dominae IULIA · WARD · HOWE Praesidi · Magnificentissimae Viro · Honoratissimo Duci · Fortissimo In · Litteris · Humanioribus · Optime · Versato Domi · Militiaeque · Gloriam · Insignem · Nacto Domino Thomae · Wentworth · Higginsoni Propraesidi · Vigilanti Necnon · Omnibus · Sodalibus Societatis · Urbanoruralis Feminis · et · Viris · Ornatissimis Aliisque · Omnibus · Ubicumque · Terrarum Quibus · Hae · Litterae · Pervenerint Salutem · In · Domino · Sempiternam Quoniam · Feminis · Praenobilissimis Dominae · Annae · Bigelow Dominae · Mariae · Annae · Mott Clementia · Doctrina · Humanitate · Semper · Insignibus Societatem · Urbanoruralem Ad · Sollemnia · Festive · Concelebranda Invitare · Singulari · Benignitate · Placuit Ergo Per · Has · Litteras · Omnibus · Notum · Sit · Quod Comitia · Sollemnia In · Aedibus · Bigelovensibus Novi Portus Ante · Diem · Villi Kalendas · Septembres Anno · Salutis · CIↃ · IↃ · CCC · L XXXI Hora Quinta Postmeridiana Qua · par · est · dignitate · habebuntur _Oratores hoc ordine dicturi sunt, praeter eos qui ualetudine uel alia causa impediti excusantur._ I. Disquisitio Latina. “De Germanorum lingua et litteris.” Carolus Timotheus Brooks. II. Disquisitio Theologica. “How to sacrifice an Irish Bull to a Greek Goddess.” Thomas Wentworth Higginson. III. Dissertatio Rustica. “Social Small Potatoes; and how to enlarge their eyes.” Georgius Edvardus Waring.