We notice with pleasure that the special descriptive pamphlets issued by the various departments are fuller and more carefully written this year than ever before. Anybody who wants a good idea of the courses of instruction given at this university should read them all. Many of the pamphlets are interesting reading and are very important to men who intend to take courses in any subject which is new to them. For instance, the mathematical pamphlet has a very good description of all the courses to be given next year by the department of mathematics. The various branches of the study are described in such a way that a man can get a fair idea of the instruction to be given. Advice is given to all those who think of taking courses in mathematics in regard to the character and number of the courses that ought to be taken by men with particular ends in view. The philosophical pamphlet is also very good and will repay perusal even by men who have no special interest in the subject. The Divinity School and the summer school of geology also have their pamphlets ready. Most of the college departments are rather late, but all the descriptions of the courses may be had at the office within the next few days.