The Radcliffe College Elective Pamphlet for 1895-96, which has just been published, is in general essentially the same that it was last year. No change has been made in the form of publication, which is almost identical with that of the elective pamphlet of Harvard College.

The staff of instructors has been reduced by nine men, and several changes have been made in appointments. The professors and instructors who have given the courses this year at Radcliffe, but who will not continue these courses next year, either on account of its being their sabbatical year, or for other reasons, are as follows:

Professor Bocher, Professor Charles Eliot Norton, Assistant Professor John Trowbridge, Robert Sanderson, Morris H. Morgan and Theodore W. Richards; Messrs. Hammond Lamont, Paul E. More, William N. Bates, Richard E. Dodge, Paul D. Chester, Herbert M. Richards, George O. Virtue, William V. Moody, Frederic C. McLaughin, and Charles T. Wentworth. The appointments that have been made for the ensuing year are as follows: John Henry Wright, professor of Greek; John Hayes Gardiner, instructor in English; J. B. Fletcher, instructor in English; Irving Babbitt, instructor in French; Robert Ward, assistant in Meteorology; Charles Burton Gulick, instructor in Greek; George W. Botsford, instructor in the History of Greece and Rome; and James Edwin Lough, assistant in Psychology. Professor Barrett Wendell, who returns from his sabbatical tour, will resume his courses in English.

In the various departments there have been few changes except where the courses formerly taken by the instructors who have now left the college, are given in charge of other men.

In Semitic Languages and History, Professor Lyon will take the courses in Arabic, formerly conducted by Mr. Chester and Professor Toy, whom by the way the Elective Pamphlet neglects to mention in its list of instructors.

In Indo-Iranian languages, Professor Lauman will have charge of the courses in Sanskrit, which were conducted last year by Mr. More.

In Classical Philology the courses in Greek composition will be conducted by Dr. Gulick, who will take the place of Mr. Bates and Professor Morgan. The courses in Greek formerly taken by Professor Goodwin and Professor Morgan will be taken next year by Professor Wright. Four courses in advanced Greek and Latin for graduates have been dropped from the list of announcements, and three new ones have been added.

In English, Mr. Moody has been added to the instructors in English 22. English 13 will be omitted in the ensuing year, and Mr. Gardiner will take the place of Mr. Lamont in English 12. A new course in English Literature of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth centuries is to be started under Mr. Fletcher.

In German two new courses have been added, German C, and 7. German C will be taken by Professor Schilling, and German 7 by Assistant Professor von Jagemann.

In French, Mr. Babbitt will conduct French A in place of Professor de Sumichrast. French 7 has been substituted four Frenh 8, and French 9 has been added to the list of courses offered by the college.

Mr. Fletcher will have charge of Italian 2, which was last year in charge of Assistant Professor Marsh, and of Spanish 1b, formerly conducted by Dr. Marcon. A new course in early Spanish has been added to the list and will be given to Professor Sheldon.

Professor James has been appointed to take charge of the course in Psychology, which has been under Professor Munsterberg. The course in Ethics has been dropped, and a course in ethical thought has been substituted, which will be under the direction of Dr. Santayana. A slight change has also been made in the courses of Philosophical research. In the Department of Philosophy, two courses in education and teaching have also been added.

The Department of History has added two new courses, one on the first eight Christian centuries, and the second on the federal history of Switzerland from the fourteenth century to the present time. Two courses in American Diplomacy have been dropped from the list.

In Government and Law a sweeping change has been made. Five courses in law and politics have been dropped from the list of announcements. These are Gov. and Law, 17, 10, 11, 12, 18. One course has also been taken from those offered in Economics, a course in Railway Transportation, formerly given by Mr. Virtue.

In Music, a course in instrumentation has been dropped, and a course in the history of music has been added to the pamphlet. There will also be a new course in Free Thematic Music.

In Mathematics, three courses have been dropped and three new ones have been added to take their places. The new courses are on the general theory of curves and surfaces, hydrostatics and the theory of functions.

In other departments the changes have been slight. A new course in Botany is offered, which is intended for those who take Botany a second year, and in American Archaeology and Ethnology a course in special research has been added, which will be in charge of Professor Putnam.