While the Schoolmaster limits his aspirations to the Alps, the Oxford or Cambridge Don, having a longer vacation at his command, takes a more extended view, and urges his adventurous Pilgrimage along roads less trite. A few years ago an Oxford Don resolved to strike out what was then a quite new line, and spend his Long Vacation in Portugal. Conscious of insufficient acquaintance with the Portuguese language, he repaired to Mr. Parker's excellent shop in the Turl and enquired for a Portuguese Phrase-book. After some research, that never-failing bookseller produced "The New Guide of the Conversation in Portuguese and English." The book had an instant and a deserved success. The preface sets forth that "a choice of familiar dialogues, clean of gallicisms and despoiled phrases, it was missing yet to studious Portuguese and Brazilian youth; and also to persons of other nations that wish to know the Portuguese language." To supply this felt want Pedro Carolino compiled his hand-book for "the acceptation of the studious persons, and especially of the Youth, at which we dedicate him particularly." Among those studious persons was our Pilgrim-Don, who naturally turned in the first instance to a dialogue headed "FOR TO TRAVEL When do you start? As soon as I shall have to finish a business at Cadiz. Have you already arrested a coach? Yes, sir, and very cheap. Have you great deal of effects? Two trunks and one portmanteau. You may prepare all for to-morrow. We shall start at the coolness. The way, is it good? Very good. At which inn shall stop us? In that of the Sun, it is the best. The account mount is little. The supper, the bed, and the breakfast shall get up at thirty franks. That seems to me a little dear." The next dialogue follows in the natural order:-- "FOR TO BREAKFAST John, bring us some thing for to breakfast. Yes, sir; there is some sausages and some meat pies. Will you that I bring the ham? Yes, bring him, we will cut a steak. Put an nappe cloth upon this table. Give us some plates, any knifes, and some forks, rinse the glasses. I have eaten with satisfaction some pudding, sausages, and some ham. I shall take some tea. Still a not her cup? I thank you it is enough." Breakfast over, the traveller engages a guide and starts out "FOR TO SEE THE TOWN We won't to see all that is it remarquable here. Come with me, if you please. I shall not folget nothing what can to merit your attention. Here we are near to cathedraly. Will you come in there? We will first go to see him in oudside, after we shall go in there for to look the interior." A day of sight-seeing concludes happily with the ever-welcome dialogue-- "FOR TO DINE Give us a rice soup. What wine do you like best? Bourgogne wine. Give us some beef and potatoes, a beefsteak to the English. What you shall take for dessert? Give us some Hollande cheese and some prunes. I will take a glass of brandy at the cherries. Gentlemen, don't forget the waiter."