"When New-Year Comes," a poem by Rev. Eugene B. Kuntz, exhibits its brilliant author in a most felicitous though decidedly novel vein. Turning from his usual Alexandrines and heptameters, and laying aside his characteristically stately and sonorous vocabulary, Dr. Kuntz has produced a gem of brevity and simplicity in octosyllabic couplets. The ease and naturalness of the language are so great that the reader feels no other words or constructions could have been used with equal effect. The remainder of =The Conservative=, being the work of the present critic, deserves no particular mention. * * * * * =The Coyote= for January bears an attractive cover design illustrating the gentle beast after which the publication is named. The opening piece, an alleged poem by the present critic, contains an humiliating error for which none but the author is responsible. The impossible word =supremest= in line 16, should read =sublimest=. The author is likewise responsible for the omission of the following couplet after line 26: "Around his greatness pour disheart'ning woes, But still he tow'rs above his conquering foes." The rest of the magazine is devoted to prose of practical nature, containing suggestions by Editor Harrington and Rev. Graeme Davis for the resuscitation of one of the dormant press associations. * * * * * =The Coyote= for April, home-printed and reduced to the conventional 5◊7 page, opens with Mrs. Jordan's pleasant lines on "The Duty." While the general sentiment of this piece is by no means novel, the powerful and distinctive touch of the authoress is revealed by such highly original passages as the following: "And black-wing'd, clucking shadows Brought out their broods of fears."