his nine years in Carthage affords us notices of nothing but students and Manichæans; and his six months’ residence in Rome presents us again with nothing but Manichæans and students. It is equally curious to see how, when he arrives in Milan, Ambrose at once fills the whole sphere of his recollections: “To Milan I came, to Ambrose the bishop.” As Master of Rhetoric in Milan, Augustine held a public position of some dignity, which would at once introduce him into society. The bishop seems to have