VIII. English Literature; From Chaucer to Davenant. Recitations and discussions; lectures specially upon the Elizabethan dramatists, exclusive of Shakespeare. Three times a week during the first term. Assistant Professor LANGE.

Prescribed, Sophomore year, in the Classical and Literary courses; elective in the course in Letters and Political Science and the course in Chemistry.

IX. English Literature; The Origin and Development of the English Drama. Lectures. Twice a week during the first term. Mr. ARMES.

Elective, Sophomore, Junior and Senior years, in the Classical and Literary courses, the course in Letters and Political Science and the course in Chemistry. Open also to graduate students.

X. English Literature; The Shakespearean Drama. Plays selected: A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing, The Comedy of Errors, Richard II., Henry IV., Richard III., Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, King Lear and Coriolanus. These plays are studied in Seminary, by theses and discussion on the part of the class. From each student two theses are required, which shall be regarded as a substitute for the themes of the term. Two hours a week during the first term. Professor GAYLEY.

Elective, Senior year, in the Classical and Literary courses, the course in Letters and Political Science and the course in Chemistry. Open also to graduate students. This Course must be preceded by Courses I., III., VII., VIII., XI. and XV.

XI. English Literature; From Davenant to Wordsworth. Recitations and discussions; lectures specially upon the writers of the Augustan period. Three times a week during the second term. Assistant Professor LANGE.

Prescribed, Sophomore year, in the Classical and Literary courses; elective in the course in Letters and Political Science and the course in Chemistry.

XII. English Literature; Poets of the Nineteenth Century. Wordsworth, Tennyson and Browning. Seminary. Two hours a week during the first term. Professor GAYLEY.

Elective, Senior year, in the Classical and Literary courses, the course in Letters and Political Science and the course in Chemistry. Open also to graduate students. This Course must be preceded by Courses I., III., VII., VIII., XI. and XV.

* XIII. (a) English Literature; Masterpieces of Prose and Verse: Malory's Morte Darthur; More's Utopia; Milton's Areopagitica; Burke's Reflections on the French Revolution; Carlyle's Sartor Resartus; George Eliot's Mill on the Floss; Thackeray's Henry Esmond.-Spenser's Faery Queen, Book I.; Shakespeare's Sonnets; Milton's Paradise Lost; Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel; Pope's Rape of the Lock; Byron's Childe Harold; Shelley's Prometheus Unbound; Keats's Endymion. Seminary. Two hours a week during the second term. Professor GAYLEY.

Elective, Junior and Senior years, in the Classical and Literary courses, the course in Letters and Political Science and the course in Chemistry. Open also to graduate students. This Course must be preceded, or accompanied, by Course XV.

*Courses XIII. (a) and XIII. (b) are given in alternate years. In 1890-91, Course XIII. (b) will be given.

*(6) American Literature; Masterpieces of Prose and Verse. Two hours a week during the second term. Professor GAYLEY.

This

Elective, Junior and Senior years, in the Classical and Literary courses, the course in Letters and Political Science and the course in Chemistry. Open also to graduate students. Course must be preceded, or accompanied, by Course XV.

XIV. The Esthetics of Literature; Lectures. Twice a week during the second term. Professor GAYLEY.

Elective, Junior and Senior years, in the Classical and Literary courses, the course in Letters and Political Science and the course in Chemistry. Open also to graduate students. It is adrisable that Course I. in Philosophy precede this course.

XV. Problems in Literary Criticism. The discussion of the technique and function of the Lyric, the Epic, Tragedy, Comedy, the Novel and other literary types. Seminary. Two hours a week during the second term. Professor GAYLEY.

Elective, Junior and Senior years, in the Classical and Literary courses, the course in Letters and Political Science and the course in Chemistry. Open also to graduate students. This Coarse must precede the other Seminary courses, save XIII. (a) and XIII. (b), which it may accompany.

XVI. The English Novel. A study of the origin and development of the novel; critical reading of selected works of the great novelists. Seminary. Two hours a week during the second term. Assistant Professor LANGE.

Elective, Senior year, in the Classical and Literary courses, the course in Letters and Politscal Science and the course in Chemistry. Open also to graduate students.

XVII. Comparative Literature; An inductive inquiry concerning the principles and characteristics of the leading types of literature as developed among various nations. Individual research and frequent conferences with the instructor. Throughout the year. Professor Gayley.

Open to graduate students.

XVIII. Themes. Freshman year: Four themes each term are required of all candidates for a Bachelor's degree. Mr. ARMES and Dr. HUBBARD.

Sophomore year: Four themes each term are required of all candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Letters or Bachelor of Philosphy; three themes each term are required of all candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Science. Assistant Professor LANGE.

tJunior year: Two themes each term are required of all candidates for a Bachelor's degree. Assistant Professor LANGE.

+ Senior year: Two themes each term are required of all candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Letters or Bachelor of Philosophy. Professor GAYLEY.

*Courses XIII. (a) and XIII. (b) are given in alternate years. In 1890-91, Course XIII. (b) will be given.

The theses presented in Courses requiring Seminary work in any department may be substituted for these Themes.

Evening Classes.

A. Critical Reading of the Longer Poems of Wordsworth and Browning. Every other Tuesday, 7:30 P. M. This class supplements Course XII., above. Professor GAYLEY.

B. Critical Reading of the Works of Milton and his Contemporaries. Every other Tuesday, alternating with Class A. Assistant Professor LANGE.

These classes are given without credit. They are open to Juniors, Seniors and Graduates of the University, and to such outsiders (especially teachers) as desire to take an active part in them.

GERMAN.

I. Introductory Course. First year: The Joynes-Meissner German Grammar, with references to other German grammars; Buchheim's Modern German Reader, Volumes I. and II. Four times a week throughout the year. Professor PUTZKER and Dr. SENGER.

Second year: Schiller. Maria Stuart, Wilhelm Tell, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, and perhaps other writings. Lectures on the topics under consideration; one exercise a week in grammar and syntax. Four times a week throughout the year. Professor PUTZKER.

Written exercises and conversational practice throughout the Course.

Prescribed, Freshman and Sophomore years, in the course in Chemistry; elective, alternatively with French, in the Freshman and Sophomore years, in the Classical course, the Literary course and the courses in Letters and Political Science, Agriculture, Mechanics, Mining and Civil Engineering; but students in the Colleges of Mechanics and Mining are advised to elect German, those in the College of Civil Engineering, French. Students in the Classical course who do not elect German or French in the Freshman year have an election, at the beginning of the Sophomore year, between this Course and French or studies in history and political science.

II. Middle High German. German literature of the middle ages. The Nibelungenlied; the Minnesingers; translation from Middle High German into Modern German. Once a week throughout the year. Dr. SENGER.

Elective, Junior and Senior years, to students in the Classical and Literary courses, and the course in Letters and Political Science, who have completed Course I.

III. Goethe. In the class-room, selected masterpieces of Goethe, e. g., Hermann und Dorothea, Goetz von Berlichingen, Iphigenie auf Tauris; Egmont; Goedeke's Goethe's Leben; lectures on the topics under consideration; written exercises. Three times a week throughout the year. Outside of the classroom, the study of Schiller continued from the second year of Course I. Dr. SENGER.

Elective, Junior and Senior years, to students in the Classical and Literary courses, and the courses in Letters and Political Science, Agriculture and Mechanics, who have completed Course I.

IV. Lessing. In the class-room, selected masterpieces of Lessing, e. g., Emilia Galotti, Minna von Barnhelm, Nathan der Weise; Goering's Lessing's Leben; lectures on the topics under consideration; written exercises. Three

times a week throughout the year. Outside of the class-room, the study of Goethe's works continued from Course III.; special work assigned in some cases. Professor PUTZKER.

Elective, Junior and Senior years, to students in the Classical and Literary courses and the course in Letters and Political Science, who have completed Course I.

V. Composition and Conversation. Topics from History and German Literature. Twice a week throughout the year. Dr. SENGER.

This Course may be made elective in special cases. It is intended for students who speak German with some facility, and may be taken only after consultation with the instructor in charge.

VI. German Literature. Graduate Course. Twice a week throughout the year. Professor PUTZKER.

Gothic. See under English.

FRENCH.

In order to meet the wants of students who desire to obtain a reading knowledge only, the first two years are devoted mainly to translating French into English. An effort will be made, however, to give students some facility in understanding French when spoken, and some power of expressing themselves in French. Accordingly, occasional lectures in French, on the history of the language, will be given as soon as practicable; an endeavor will be made to use the language in conducting the recitations; translation of English into French will be begun.

The study of French, if begun, must be pursued for at least two years, except in the College of Chemistry. If Course I. is elected, it must be followed by Course II.

I. First Year. Keetels' Elementary French Grammar; Athalie. A part of Le Roi des Montagnes will be read in the class; the remainder will be read outside of the class, for examination. Four times a week throughout the year. Associate Professor PAGET.

Prescribed, Junior year, in the course in Chemistry; elective, alternatively with German, in the Freshman year, in the Classical course, the Literary course, and the courses in Letters and Political Science, Agriculture, Mechanics, Mining, and Civil Engineering; but students in the College of Civil Engineering are advised to elect French, those in the Colleges of Mechanics and Mining, German. Students in the Classical course who do not elect French or German in the Freshman year have an election, at the beginning of the Sophomore year, between this Course and German or studies in history and political science.

II. Second Year. Keetels' Elementary French Grammar; Polyeucte (Corneille); Britannicus (Racine); Hernani and Ruy Blas (V. Hugo); Grandeur et Décadence des Romains (Montesquieu); Le Misanthrope and Tartuffe (Molière). Histoire de Charles XII. (Voltaire) will be read outside of the class for examination. Further like work will be assigned as occasion requires. Three times a week throughout the year. Associate Professor PAGET.

Prescribed, Sophomore year, to students in the Classical course, the Literary course, and the courses in Letters and Political Science, Agriculture, Mechanics, Mining and Civil Engineering, who have completed Course I.

III. Third Year. Grammaire française (cours supérieur) by A. Chassang, as a book for reference. A course of lectures once a week will be given on La Chanson de Roland and other subjects of the French literature of the middle ages; and a study of the principal French writers will be begun. In this Course will come selections from Joinville (thirteenth century), Montaigne (sixteenth century), selections in prose from Pascal, Bossuet, Fénelon, La Bruyère, Descartes, and selections in poetry from Corneille, Boileau, Racine, Molière, La Fontaine (seventeenth century), and selections from Massillon, Voltaire, Buffon, Montesquieu (eighteenth century). Three times a week throughout the year. Associate Professor PAGET.

Elective, Junior year, to students in the Classical and Literary courses, and in the courses in Letters and Political Science, Agriculture and Mechanics, who have completed Course II.

IV. Fourth Year. The course of French literature will be continued with special study of the literature of the nineteenth century, and lectures in French on the same once a week during the second term. Twice a week throughout the year. Associate Professor PAGET.

Elective, Senior year, to students in the Classical and Literary courses, and in the course in Letters and Political Science, who have completed Course III.

SPANISH.

I. Monsanto and Languellier's Practical Course with the Spanish Language. Reading matter assigned as occasion requires. Three times a week throughout the year. Associate Professor PAGET.

Optional in all Courses.

MATHEMATICS.

I. Solid and Spherical Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry, Analytic Geometry. The distribution of the work is as follows:

(1) Solid and Spherical Geometry, and Algebra. Four times a week throughout the Freshman year. Associate Professor EDWARDS, Assistant Professor HASKELL and Mr. LEUSCHNER.

(2) Plane and Spherical Trigonometry, and Analytic Geometry. Three times a week during the first term of the Sophomore year. Professor STRINGHAM, Associate Professor EDWARDS and Mr. LEUSCHNER.

Prescribed in the Classical and Literary courses, and the course in Letters and Political Science. But to Freshmen in the courses named, who have completed in a satisfactory manner the subject of solid and spherical geometry as a preparation for the University, is assigned in its place some other equivalent subject.

II. Geometry, Algebra, Trigonometry, Prolegomena to the Calculus. Six (recitation) hours a week during the first term; five (recitation) hours a week during the second term. The several subjects are treated according to the following scheme:

NOTE.-Section A comprises all Freshmen in Scientific courses who have the subject of solid and spherical geometry to their credit on entering the University, and maintain creditable scholarship afterwards; section B, all other Freshmen in Scientific

courses.