THE appointment of Mr. Copeland as lecturer in English Literature in addition to his position as instructor, will bring pleasure to those who attended his voluntary course in "Reading and Speaking Aloud" during the first part of the second half year. There are very few restrictions paced upon his office, so we may hope for a course next year somewhat the same as one just ended. It will be voluntary as before and held only during the more quiet months, probably from December until the Easter recess. The character of the course will not be a definite one, at least not so far as to follow out a fixed line of thought. It is to be a series of informal talks conducted on a plan and with topics very similar to those in the course which proved so popular this spring. The range of subjects will be a wide one, appealing to many different tastes and yet probably interesting to all. Sometimes a single lecture will serve to cover the ground; sometimes it will require several consecutive talks. Mr. Copeland's main object will be to give in a thorough and very concise manner discussions of various subjects in the field of literature which are sought for by the student and yet are not to be had in the regular curriculum. Certain methods of treating the plays of Shakespeare, the acted drama, critical comparison of authors of different periods, current English, and possibly French literature, are a few of the topics which he will bring into his work. We have felt too long the need of such a course to doubt its success and Mr. Copeland has shown himself well fitted to conduct it.