HARVARD NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

On successive Wednesday evenings during term-time until about June 1, there will be given, under the auspices of this society, familiar talks upon the Massachusetts fauna. These talks will deal with the haunts, habits, and peculiar forms of animals, thus furnishing a suitable introduction to shore and field collecting. They will be abundantly illustrated. They will be given in the Lawrence Scientific School building, west wing, room 4, and will be open only to members and graduates of the University. The subjects and speakers for the first four meetings are as follows:

March 30. Massachusetts Reptiles; Mr. Samuel Garman, president of the Boston Scientific Society.

April 13. Massachusetts Butterflies; Mr. Samuel H. Scudder, president of the Boston Society of Natural History.

April 20. Massachusetts Birds; Mr. Wm. Brewster, president of the Nuttall Ornithological Club.

April 27, Something about Crabs; Mr. J. S. Kingsley, editor of the "American Naturalist."

FRENCH READINGS.A course of six French Readings, beginning March 21, 1887, will be given in Lecture-room No. 11, Sever Hall, on Mondays, at 4 p.m., by Professors Bocher and Cohn.

These readings are given for the purpose of enabling the French department to purchase books needed in the special library now in Sever 21.

The six readings will be distributed as follows:

March 21 - Alfred de Musset, Carmosine. Professor Bocher.

March 28 - Chanson de Roland. (Reading in modern French from the old French text.) Professor Cohn.

April 4 - Moliere. La Critique de l'Ecole des Femmes. Professor Bocher.

April 18 - Bossuet, Oraison funebre de Henriette d'Angleterre. Professor Cohn.

April 25 - Theodore de Banville, Gringoire. Professor Bocher.

May 2 - Beaumarchais, Le Mariage de Figaro. Professor Cohn.

Tickets may be obtained by mail from 59 Kirkland street, Cambridge, or at the University Book Store, C. W. Sever, Harvard square. For the course of six readings, $3.00; single admission, $1.00. All members of the University will be admitted without tickets.

READINGS FROM THE ODYSSEY.Professor Palmer continues his readings from the Odyssey to Greek Courses B and C on successive Friday afternoons, at 4 o'clock, in Sever 11.

These readings are open to all members of the University.

ASSYRIAN READINGS.Professor Lyon gives his last illustrated lecture on March 29. The subject is as follows: Pictures of Babylonian Private and Social Life in the Sixth Century B. C., from Contemporary Documents. The public are invited.

ST. PAUL'S SOCIETY.The last of Lenten services, held in St. John's Chapel under the auspices of this society, will take place on Monday evening, when the Rt. Rev. W. C. Doane, Bishop of Albany, will officiate.

ENGLISH C.The Junior Thesis will be due April 26.

Mr. Gates can be consulted in regard to the choice of topics, on Thursdays from 1.30 to 2.30, in Closed Alcove 25.

ENGLISH B.Themes will be read and discussed before the class on Tuesday, March 29, at 2 o'clock, in Sever 11.

Theme X. will be due on Tuesday, April 5. Subject: An Exposition. Theme XI. will be due on Tuesday, April 26. Subject: An Argument. For themes X. and XI. may be substituted a Double Theme, of not less than ten pages, comprising both Exposition and Argument. The Double Theme will be due on Tuesday, April 5.

A note of the subject of each theme, on a card specially prepared for the purpose, must be deposited in the wooden box in Sever 3 at least one week before the theme is due. A card will be found enclosed in every theme returned to students.