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association has come to be truly representative of 

 America. 



— Professor Conrad of Halle has an article in 

 the Allgemeine zeitung of Jan. 4, criticising the 

 system of giving stipends to students, which now 

 prevails at the German universities. 



— Nature prints an account of a meeting, lately 

 held, of the Association for promoting a teaching 

 university for London, at vs'hich the second report 

 of a sub-committee on the subject was received. 

 At a meeting held in December, 1885, the commit- 

 tee were instructed to open communications with 

 the governing bodies of the University of Lon- 

 don, University college. King's college, the Eoyal 

 college of physicians of London, the Eoyal col- 

 lege of surgeons of England, and the various 

 medical schools of London, as well as with the 

 council of legal education, for the purpose of pro- 

 moting the objects of the association on the basis 

 of that report. The committee have been in- 

 formed by the senate of the University of London, 

 and by the councils of University college and 

 King's college, that committees of those bodies 

 had been appointed to consider the objects and 

 proposals of the association. The council of 

 King's college have adopted a resolution to the 

 effect that *' the coimcil, while reserving their 

 opinion as to the details of the scheme laid before 

 them by your committee, approve generally of 

 the objects which the association has in view." 

 The subject having been brought before the coun- 

 cil of University college, they adopted a resolu- 

 tion to the following effect: "That this council 

 do express a general approval of the objects of 

 the association, which are as follows : 1'=', the 

 organization of university teaching in and for 

 London, in the form of a teaching university, with 

 faculties of arts, science, medicine, and laws ; 3*, 

 the association of university examination with 

 university teaching, and direction of both by the 

 same authorities ; 3°, the conferring of a sub- 

 stantive voice in the government of the univer- 

 sity upon those engaged in the work of university 

 teaching and examination ; 4°, existing institu- 

 tions in London, of university rank, not to be 

 abolished or ignored, but to be taken as the bases 

 or component parts of the university, and either 

 partially or completely incorporated, with the 

 minimum of internal change ; 5°, an alliance to 

 be established between the university and the 

 professional corporations, the council of legal 

 education as representing the Inns of Court, and 

 the Royal colleges of physicians and of surgeons of 

 London." A conference between the deputation 

 of the committee named in that behalf and the 



•committee of the senate of the University of 



London was held on Nov. 23 at the University of 

 London ; and, at the conclusion of a long and im- 

 portant discussion, the vice-chancellor gave to the 

 deputation the assurance that the general disposi- 

 tion of those present was to move in the direction 

 indicated by the association. Various other insti- 

 tutions have virtually expressed approval of the 

 objectof the association, and, while awaiting some 

 further communication from the senate of the Uni- 

 versity of London, which it is understood will be 

 made, either to them, or in an independent way 

 to the university teachers of London, the com- 

 mittee propose to take steps for bringing to the 

 notice of her Majesty's government the need 

 which exists for the co-operation of the govern- 

 ment in order to promote univei'sity teaching in 

 London. 



— Professor Hunt of Princeton has in course of 

 preparation a book entitled ' English prose and 

 prose writers,' which will be published in the 

 spring. It is intended to be a text-book for ad- 

 vanced instruction in English prose style. 



— It is reported by the Athenaeum that, on the 

 advice of Dr. W. Wright of Cambridge, and 

 Prof. D. H. Miiller of Vienna, the Oriental con- 

 gress at Stockholm, and also the adjudication of 

 the King of Sweden's two prize essays, are put off 

 to 1890. 



— The Athenaeum is authority for the statement 

 that the Prince of Wales has undertaken, at an 

 early date, to open the new buildings of the Col- 

 lege of preceptors in Bloomsbury Square, recently 

 erected at a cost of over £16,000. The council 

 hopes, in its new quarters, to carry on with 

 increased efficiency the manifold work of the in- 

 stitution, the importance of which may be 

 measured by the fact that more than fifteen 

 thousand pupils, representing nearly four thou- 

 sand schools, were examined by the college during 

 the past twelve months. The council also pro- 

 poses to start a fund for the purpose of establish- 

 ing a training college, or of promoting some other 

 scheme for the training of teachers ; and in the 

 mean time it is intended to set apart £300 a year, 

 to be awarded in the shape of scholarships for in- 

 tending teachers. 



— The paper on ' The mutual relations of the 

 colleges and academies ' read before the con- 

 vention of the University of the state of New 

 York, in July last, by Professor Hewett of Cor- 

 nell university, has been issued in pamphlet form. 



— The returns from the University of Berlin 

 this winter show an unexampled activity. The 

 total number of students is 5,357, the largest 

 ever reached at a German university. Of these, 



