[Footnote 1: The bee is praised for her pious labours in the offices of the Roman Church, "as the unconscious contributor of the substance of her paschal light." "Alitur enim liquantibus ceris, quas in substantiam pretiosæ hujus lampadis _Mater Apia_ eduxit."--_Office of Holy Saturday._] * * * * * OXFORD JEU D'ESPRIT. The following _jeu d'esprit_ appeared at Oxford in 1819: printed, not published, but laid simultaneously on the tables of all the Common Rooms. No author's name was attached to it then, and therefore no attempt is now made to supply this deficiency by conjecture. Since the attention of the discerning public has lately been directed towards the University of Oxford, probably with the expectation of finding some faults in her system of education, it is possible that some of those who are engaged or interested in that inquiry may be amused and instructed by the good sense, humour, logic, and Latinity of this satire. "ERUDITIS OXONIÆ AMANTIBUS SALUTEM. "Acerrimis vestrûm omnium judiciis permittitur conspectus, sive syllabus, libri breviter edendi, et e Prelo Academico, si Diis, _i. e._ Delegatis, placet, prodituri: in quo multa dictu et notatu dignissima a tenebris et tineis vindicantur; multa ad hujusce loci instituta et disciplinam pertinentia agitantur; plurima quæ Academiæ famam et dignitatem spectant fuse admodum et libere tractantur et explicantur. Subjiciuntur operis illustrandi ergo capitum quorundam Argumenta, '[Greek: Ek Dios archômestha].' 1. Ælfredi magni somnium de Sociis omnibus Academicis ad Episcopatum promovendis: 'With suppliant smiles they bend the head, While distant mitres to their eyes are spread.' _Byron._ Opus egregium perutile perjucundum ex membranis vetustissimis detritis tertium rescriptis, solertiâ plus quam Angelo-Maiana, nuperrime redintegratum. 2. Devorguillæ, Balliolensibus semper carissimæ, pudicitia laborans vindicatur. 3. Contra Kilnerum et Mertonenses disputatur, Pythagoram Cantabrigiæ nunquam docuisse: '[Greek: Dedaidalmenoi pseudesi poikilois] [Greek: Exapatônti muthoi].'--_Pind._ 4. Wiccamici publicis examinationibus liberi, sibi et reipublicæ nocentes. 5. Magdalenenses semper ædificaturientes nihil agunt: 'Implentur veteris Bacchi.'--_Virg._ 6. Orielensibus, ingenio, ut ipsi aiunt, exundantibus, Aula B. M. V. malevole denegatur: 'Barbara Celarent Darii.'--_Ars Logica._ 7. De reditibus annuis Decani et Canonicorum Ædis Christi, sive de libris Canonicis. 8. Quæstiones duæ: An Alumni Ædis Christi _jure_ fiant Canonici? An Alumni Ædis Christi _re-verâ_ fiant Canonici? 9. Respondetur serenissimæ Archiducissæ de Oldenburg quærenti: 'What do the Fellows of All-Souls do?'