Philosophy would seem to be something that is to be obtained only in the lecture-rooms of the "philosophical department," and in most cases it is sought nowhere else. The study of Mathematics, Physics, Natural Science, and Philology, is greatly neglected. Philosophy becomes an aim and a means in itself, and the student at the close of his course often discovers himself in the quest of philosophy, but with no means of finding it. This necessity of co-operation has been fully recognised, for instance, at Harvard. "When a student applies for Honors," says Professor Palmer, "we require from him not merely an acquaintance with technical philosophy but _also with the subjects most nearly adjacent to the special philosophical field he has chosen_." And so it is in other of our advanced and enlightened schools. Yet in the majority of cases, the _foundations_ of philosophical culture are not insisted upon, but left to chance and the uncertainties of a universal elective curriculum. Lastly, philosophy at some institutions exhibits a sectarian and theological complexion. This, one thinks, might be left to the theological seminaries. But it is not. We have Baptist Philosophy, and Presbyterian Philosophy, and denominational philosophies of divers other descriptions. A president of a prominent Eastern University, (a gentleman to whom the philosophic spirit of this country is greatly indebted for inspiration and expansion,) has taken,—let it be remarked in this connection,—a much more liberal step, and urged the necessity of establishing a school of _American_ Philosophy. This is laudable; and in harmony with the present resuscitation of American patriotism in——matters of learning. It was this spirit that dictated the witty proposition of a Chicago gentleman to found a "school" of American _Geometry_. * * * * * We hope that the appended syllabuses of courses in philosophy will afford a general idea of the scope of philosophical teaching in America. The professors who have supplied us with the information we requested, we thank for their courtesy and obligingness. UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. The Philosophical Courses of the University of Michigan may be conveniently classified under three heads:— I. BEGINNING. 1. ELEMENTARY LOGIC, in which there are two courses, one general covering the rudiments of syllogistic and deductive logic in which Jevons is used as the basis, the other in inductive logic, intended especially for scientific students, in which Fowler is used. 2. ELEMENTARY PSYCHOLOGY. The main facts regarding modern scientific researches and methods, and the various attempts at their philosophic interpretation. Dewey's Psychology is the book used in connection with this course. 3. INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY. A course of lectures on the main problems and principles of the theory of knowledge and reality. Each of the foregoing courses is for one semester. II. INTERMEDIATE COURSES.