4. The use of Torture in Attic Law.

5. The Apostasy of Julian and the Pagan reaction of his time.

6. Longinus as a literary critic.

7. The life and political character of Theramenes.

One prize will be awarded for the best translation of either of the following passages:-

1. A translation into Greek from Parkman's Conspiracy of Pontiac, Chapter 1., beginning, "Of the Indian character much has been written foolishly," and ending, "his look of grim defiance."

2. A translation into Latin from John Henry Newman's The Idea of a University (Essay on Christianity and Letters), from "In the country which has been "through" the best guarantees for intellectual progress."

The remaining two will be given for the best dissertations on any of these subjects:-

1. Historical sketch of theories as to the nature of electricity, with especial attention to changes of theory within recent years.

2. The doctrine of the conservation of energy as applied to chemical phenomena.

3. The phenomena of nitrification.

4. The value of experimental work in animal morphology.

5. The geological history of soils.

6. Origin of igneous rocks.

Dissertations offered by Seniors of 1893-94 must be deposited with the Dean of Harvard College on or before Commencement, 1894. All other dissertations for these prizes must be deposited with the Dean of Harvard College on or before the first day of November, 1894. On the title-page must be written an assumed name and a statement of the writer's standing,- i. e., whether he is a graduate or an undergraduate; if an undergraduate, to what class he belongs and to what department of the University. Under cover with the dissertation must be sent a sealed letter containing the true name of the writer, and superscribed with his assumed name.

The dissertations must be written upon letter paper of good quality, of the quarto size, with a margin of not less than one inch at the top, at the bottom, and on each side, so that they may be bound up without injury to the writing. The sheets on which the dissertation is written must be securely stitched together. The dissertations must not contain more than 10,000 words.

The authors of successful dissertations are invited to read them in public at a place and a time to be designated by the Dean.