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translations of Sanskrit works; and popular books on 

 magic and on the literatures of India, etc. 



The career of Sylvain LEVI, both as investigator and 

 as teacher, sheds luster upon his departed master, Ber- 

 gaigne. His youthful work on the Hindu theater ("Le 

 Theatre indien," 1890) no one has even yet attempted 

 to supplant. An elaborate treatise upon the doctrine 

 of the sacrifice in the Brahmanas was doubtless sug- 

 gested by his studies in that direction under Bergaigne; 

 while for his work on Nepal ("Le Nepal, etude historique 

 d'un royaume hindou," 3 vols., 1905-8), the labors of 

 the eager traveler are joined to those of the student of 

 the written word. His text and translation of Asanga's 

 Exposition of the Doctrines of the Greater Vehicle are a 

 weighty contribution to Occidental knowledge of the 

 Maha-Yana Buddhism. The Indian Miscellanies 

 ("Melanges d'indianisme," 1911) form a volume written 

 by his pupils to celebrate his completion of twenty-five 

 years of service as a teacher. Among the twenty-three 

 contributors (to mention only a few) stand the names of 



FlNOT, FOUCHER, LACOTE, MEILLET, PELLIOT, VEN- 



DRYES, men already distinguished for their achieve- 

 ments in archaeology and exploration, in the history of 

 Buddhism and of literature, and in linguistics. The 

 numerous and beautiful works of Foucher upon Buddhist 

 archaeology, especially his volumes on the Greco-Buddhist 

 art of Gandhara and on Buddhist iconography, are a 

 revelation of the charm of Oriental study in its most 

 fascinating aspects. 



Sinology. China and Chinese were made the object 

 of scientific study by Frenchmen Jesuit missionaries 

 almost two hundred years ago. Then, in 1815, 

 Abel REMUSAT was made professor of Chinese at the 

 College de France; and his successor, Stanislas JULIEN, 



