If we encounter a man of rare intellect we should ask him
what books he reads.-EMERSON.

HARVARD
COLLE E
LIBRARY

"BORROWINGS," A small volume issued ChriST MAS '89, HAVING MET WITH SO LARGE A MEASURE OF FAVOR, THE COMPILERS HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO OFFER A SECOND VOLUME, "MORE BORROWINGS," TRUSTING THAT IT WILL PROVE EQUALLY

ACCEPTABLE.

OAKLAND, California, 1891.

The compilers acknowledge with thanks the courtesy of Messrs. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY, DR. EDWARD W. EMERSON, MRS. E. R. SILL and others, in allowing the insertion of selections from works of which they own the copyright.

THOUGH THOU HAVE TIME

BUT FOR A LINE, BE THAT SUBLIME.

-Lowell