Gifford Lectures on Natural Religion.

During the Christmas recess, Professors Royce and James will complete their series of lectures on the Philosophy of Natural Religion at the Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Saint Andrews, Scotland. They are twenty in number and are open to the public, irrespective of creed. Ten were given last year and the remaining ten will be given this year.

These lectures were founded by the late Lord Gifford, judge in the high court of justice in Scotland, who gave 80,000 pounds at his death to the Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Glasgow and Saint Andrews, in order that they might arrive at a clearer conception of natural religion. The lectures, last year, were very successful and are now being printed. The first half, under the title of "The World and the Individual," by Professor Royce, will appear in a few days and will be used in his courses. The subjects of the lectures are always the same, but different aspects are taken up at each meeting. Professor James is now in Scotland, but will not lecture until Professor Royce arrives, when he will have exclusive charge of the Edinburgh University, while Professor Royce meets the students of the other three universities. While in Great Britain, Professor Royce has agreed to give one lecture on some philosophical topic, not yet chosen, before the University of Glasgow and one before Manchester College, Oxford.