Quincy thus speaks of the collection:—­“Governor Bernard not only suggested the work, but contributed to it.  Five of the thirty-one compositions, of which it consists, were from his pen.  The Address to the King is stated to have been written by him, or by Lieutenant-Governor Hutchinson.  Its style and turn of thought indicate the politician rather than the student, and savor of the senate-chamber more than of the academy.  The classical and poetic merits of the work bear a fair comparison with those of European universities on similar occasions, allowance being made for the difference in the state of science and literature in the respective countries; and it is the most creditable specimen extant of the art of printing, at that period, in the Colonies.  The work is respectfully noticed by the ‘Critical’ and ‘Monthly’ Reviews, and an Ode of the President is pronounced by both to be written in a style truly Horatian.  In the address prefixed, the hope is expressed, that, as ’English colleges have had kings for their nursing fathers, and queens for their nursing mothers, this of North America might experience the royal munificence, and look up to the throne for favor and patronage.’  In May, 1763, letters were received from Jasper Mauduit, agent of the Province, mentioning ’the presentation to his Majesty of the book of verses from the College,’ but the records give no indication of the manner in which it was received.  The thoughts of George the Third were occupied, not with patronizing learning in the Colonies, but with deriving revenue from them, and Harvard College was indebted to him for no act of acknowledgment or munificence.”—­Quincy’s Hist. of Harv.  Univ., Vol.  II. pp. 103-105.

The Charleston Courier, in an article entitled “Literary Sparring,” says of this production:—­“When, as late as 1761, Harvard University sent forth, in Greek, Latin, and English, its congratulations on the accession of George the Third to the throne, it was called, in England, a curiosity.”—­Buckingham’s Miscellanies from the Public Journals, Vol.  I. p. 103.

Mr. Kendall, an English traveller, who visited Cambridge in the year 1807-8, notices this work as follows:—­“In the year 1761, on the death of George the Second and the accession of his present Majesty, Harvard College, or, as on this occasion it styles itself, Cambridge College, produced a volume of tributary verses, in English, Latin, and Greek, entitled, Pietas et Gratulatio Collegii Cantabrigiensis apud Novanglos; and this collection, the first received, and, as it has since appeared, the last to be received, from this seminary, by an English king, was cordially welcomed by the critical journals of the time.”—­Kendall’s Travels, Vol.  III. p. 12.

For further remarks, consult the Monthly Review, Vol.  XXIX. p. 22; Critical Review, Vol.  X. p. 284; and the Monthly Anthology, Vol.  VI. pp. 422-427; Vol.  VII. p. 67.

PILL.  In English Cantab parlance, twaddle, platitude.—­Bristed.