The proof-sheets of the University Catalogue have been received, giving the subjects and conditions for essays written in competition for the different prizes offered by the Faculty during the present year.

The only new prize on the list is the Ropes prize of two hundred and fifty dollars offered for the best essay upon "The Causes of the Russian War of 1812." This prize is open to students of Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania.

Five prizes are offered this year for subjects in the field of Political Science, viz., the Toppan, Sumner, Bennett, and the two Paine prizes. The subjects for any of these prizes may, within the limits set down in the special announcement of each in the Catalogue, be chosen by each competitor for himself, subject to the approval of the Committee on Prizes in Political Science. The proposed subject must be submitted to the Committee before March 1.

The subjects suggested for these prizes are as follows:

THE TOPPAN PRIZE.

1. Protection to young industries in the U. S.

2. Town and county government in the U. S.

3. The foundation and prospects of the Dominion of Canada.

4. The original and derived features of the U. S. constitution.

5. Parliamentry government in France since 1869.

THE SUMNER PRIZE.

1. The experience of the last half century and the light it throws upon the possible general resort to arbitration as a substitute for war.

2. Great national armaments in time of peace; their causes, their continuance, the chances of their decline.

3. An historical sketch of the spread of the doctrine of immunity of private property at sea and a discussion of its tendency to promote peace.

4. The light which experience throws upon the resort to arbitration as a substitute for war.