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sition, Essays, Forensics, Presentation and criticism of plans. Declamations throughout the course, FIRST YEAR.—First Term.—Advanced Grammar, and the grammatical analysis of authors, etc. Second Term.—Principles of Punctuation, use of Capitals, etc., English composition. Third Term.—Grammatical and philological analysis of Milton and other authors, with history of their times and contemporaries. SECOND YEAB.—First Term.—Grammatical and philological analysis of Shakespeare and earlier Dramatists, History of the times and contemporaries of Shakespeare. Second Term.—Grammatical and philological analysis of Chaucer and Spencer, and history of their times, etc. Third Term.—History of English Literature. THIRD YEAH.—First Term.—History of English and American Literature of the 19th century. Second Term.—Rhetoric—Invention—Plans for Essays, etc. Third Term.—Elements of Criticism—Methods of Philological study, etc. DEPARTMENT OF THE FRENCH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. The course of instruction in French will extend through three years, but students who desire to pursue the language only far enough to enable them to read the scientific works which they may find it ncessary to consult, are expected to acquire sufficient for this in a single year. The reading room will be supplied with French agricultural and scientific journals, which will be used in instruction as soon as the advancement of the student allows. FIRST YEAR.—Robertson's Grammar, Fasquelle's Colloquial French Reader, McGill's French Reader. SECOND YEAB.—Telemaque, Charles XII, and modern French authors, Arnoult's French Grammar. THIRD YEAR.—Classic and modern French authors, De Vere's Advanced French Grammar for reference, History of French Literature. DEPARTMENT OF GERMAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. The course in German will extend through three years. The first year is expected to prepare students to read such German scientific books as they may need or desire to consult. The second year's instruction will be so conducted as to enable students to complete their mastery of the language and give German students an opportunity to acquire a perfect knowledge of their native tongue. FIRST YEAB.—German Grammar and Reader, German Classic Reader. One exercise a week in reading German agricultural and scientific papers. SECOND YEAB.—Classic Reader, Schiller's William Tell, Goethe'sIphigenia. Conversation and Composition. THIRD YEAR.—History of German Language and Literature, by Vilmar. Kohlrauchs Geschichte des deutschen Volkes. Conversation and Composition. Reading of scientific journals in the several branches.