twice the extent, or 100 hours each, and the fees amount to £7. A first course of Materia Medica at Guy's occupies 34 hours, and costs three guineas; at the London University it occupies 80 hours, and costs £3. This comparison is made by those who are intimately acquainted with the subject; but indeed their statements are plainly such as we should be led to by comparing the printed statements of the Guy's lectures, and the account given by the council of the University. The same comparison shows that the fees of classes required by the rules of the college of surgeons and apothecary's company, to be attended by candidates for diplomas, are at Guy's 45 guineas, at the University £41 to a student nominated by a proprietor, and £46, 10s. to one not so nominated-but for these sums he will have had at Guy's 766 hours of teaching, and at the University 1030, supposing the course of surgery, which is not announced yet, to be only as long there as at Guy's. We need hardly add, that these comparisons are by no means introduced with the design of disparaging the education at Guy's. The great attractions of that famous hospital will always secure the attendance of a large body of pupils; but it is only rendering justice to the council to show, that they have been most careful in redeeming the pledge originally given, that the means of instruction provided for the inhabitants of the metropolis, should be both ample and economical. No comparisons can be instituted respecting the courses of lectures on general subjects; we are therefore obliged to examine the instructions afforded in the medical schools, and we have purposely chosen the one of greatest celebrity as the standard.

There are other circumstances almost equally deserving of attention in the plan laid down by the council and the professors. The continued teaching for a long period, without interruption of holidays, is a great advantage, especially in the general course of education for the younger students. The system of examinations is still more important. Every professor, without any exception, is to devote a part of each week to this

essential duty; without which there can be no security that any of the pupils makes due progress, and no doubt that many, probably the bulk of them, would fail to do so. Nor is the obligation to undergo these examinations dispensed with, unless the student is willing also to forego the benefit of the certificates.

There is an arrangement made for permitting men of eminence in various branches of learning to give occasional courses of lectures; and it is understood that foreigners of high reputation are now in treaty with the council for delivering such courses. Among the professors of foreign literature regularly appointed, are already to be found names of distinguished eminence; and the outlines given by them in the statement before us, sufficiently attest their capacity for performing the tasks assigned to them..

Another laudable peculiarity of the London University, is the introduction of new branches of academical tuition. The professorships of foreign literature, are among the number of these; for they are designed not merely to teach the languages of Italy, France, Spain, Germany, and the northern nations, but the refinements of those tongues, and the genius and history of the literature belonging to them. The chair of general jurisprudence is also a most important addition to the school of law, an improvement, indeed, for the sake of which alone the foundation of a college would have been an inestimable service. The application of the several branches of physical science to the arts, presents a third improvement upon the ordinary system of instruction, although the admirable lectures of Professor Farish at Cambridge touch upon this ground; and, indeed, may afford a hint to the council for a separate course. A separate professorship for zoology and Comparative Anatomy, there being of course one for geology and mineralogy, is also a very advantageous arrange

ment.

The following extract from the statement, beside other important information, refers to a very material department of the medical school-the collection of

of drawings by which morbid structure is to be illustrated. We believe it may be very confidently asserted, that every promise held out in this paper, published last June, has been realized; and that before these pages see the light, the museums will be thrown open to the public, in such a state as to justify every hope of complete success in the great work of instruc

tion.

"The council have set apart a portion of the funds at their disposal for collections in anatomy, Natural History, books, and Philosophical apparatus; and they propose in the month of October to open the small library and anatomical museum. They have to acknowledge donations of nearly 400 volumes, some of them of great value; and before the opening of the University there will be a large collection of books in the several branches of study, which will be amply sufficient, at least for the purpose of reference, and in many cases far beyond it. The anatomical museum will be more complete, and will, even in the first instance, contain all that the Professor of anatomy and other medical Professors are likely to require, with provision for its rapid and indefinite extension. The council have availed themselves of an opportunity of adding to this museum a more perfect collection of drawings of morbid structure than, it is believed, has hitherto been applied to the purposes of teaching and study, and which will be peculiarly valuable to the student of the practice of medicine. Dr. A. T. Thomson is collecting a museum of materia medica on a more extensive scale than has hitherto been attempted in that branch of medical science. Care will also be taken that specimens for the illustration of zoology, botany, and other departments requiring them, shall be provided.

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'Dr. Lardner, who has been specially employed in the collection in the philosophical apparatus, has given the following report of his proceedings:

"Since the period of my appointment I have employed several of the most eminent artists, and a collection is now in a very forward state, which, in scale and

extent, is commensurate with the great objects of this institution. In the selection and adaptation of this apparatus, although the means of original research and philosophical investigation have not been overlooked, yet the object which has been principally contemplated is public instruction. Instruments of scientific research are frequently, either from their minuteness or delicacy, unsuited to the lecture-room. Models of these on a larger scale or coarser construction have therefore been provided. Where models, of sufficient size to give the smaller parts visible magnitude in a large theatre, would be unwieldy, well executed drawings having been resorted to. To explain the operation of machines having any degree of complexity, it is desirable to exhibit their internal structure, and to show the several parts in actual motion. This having been accomplished by sectional models, which will be very extensively used, every principal fact in Natural Philosophy and astronomy will be represented by an experimental illustration, and every piece of apparatus will be on a scale calculated to render these illustrations impressive.'

"In other departments of science the apparatus is not of so difficult or expensive a nature. In chemistry, Dr. Turner is preparing all that is necessary to render the laboratory complete and efficient. In those departments of mathematics where diagrams, the parts of which are not in the same plane, are used, Mr. De Morgan proposes to construct apparatus, by which he will be enabled to exhibit the several lines and planes in their true positions, so as to give to solid geometry and its applications, all the simplicity and clearness which students find in the elements of plane geometry."

But though the difficulties, inseparable from the commencement of all novel enterprise, have now been overcome by the London University, it will still have to surmount the lesser obstacles which impede the free operation of all new mechanism. It will not at first reach its full speed; its halls will not be filled with their full number for some time; the habits of the Londoners may not for a little while incline or enable them to fur

nish that complement. But we confidently expect that a year or two will not elapse before this consummation is effected. The King's College will then be ready to open; and it will both find the ground smoother, and will be able to profit in various ways by the experience of its predecessor. To the improvements made by the university, the college may add others; and if errors have been committed, they may be avoided. Every wise and good man will heartily desire to see both these institutions so conducted, as that he may wish for their unbounded prosperity, and perpetual duration,

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