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BEDIER, renowned for his "Les Fabliaux," 1893, and "Les 

 Legendes epiques," 1908-13, or JEANROY for his "Les 

 Origines de la poesie lyrique en France au moyen age," 

 1889. If he is a student of Celtic influences on English, 

 he will hear LOTH, known for his "Les Mabinogion, 

 traduits en franc, ais avec un commentaire explicatif," 

 1913, and GAIDOZ, as the founder of "Melusine" and 

 the "Revue celtique." If he is interested in palaeo- 

 graphy, he will be delighted by the unexampled facilities 

 of the Ecole des Chartes. If he has a turn for linguistics, 

 he will hear THOMAS, one of the editors of the "Diction- 

 naire general de la langue francaise;" BRUNOT, who is 

 writing the as yet unfinished "Histoire de la langue 

 francaise des origines a 1900" (5 vols., 1906-13), and 

 ROQUES, one of the authors of the "Etude de Geogra- 

 phic linguistique," 1912. If he is interested in the renais- 

 sance, he will follow the courses of LEFRANC, editor of 

 "Calvin, 1'Institutionchretienne," 1911, and of "Rabelais, 

 Oeuvres completes," 1912-13. If he inclines to the 

 modern field, he will attend the lectures of LANSON, 

 author of the " Histoire de la litterature francaise," 1895. 

 Whatever his subsidiary interest may be, whether for 

 example in History, or Spanish, or Italian, or mediaeval 

 Latin, he will find these subjects expounded weekly by a 

 master. 



In the smaller universities of France, the chair of 

 English is often occupied by a scholar of distinction. 

 At Rennes, the professor of English is FEUILLERAT, and 

 at Lille, DEROCQUIGNY; the writings of these men have 

 already been mentioned. At Bordeaux, the professor 

 of English is CESTRE, author of "Les Poetes anglais et 

 la Revolution francaise," 1905; at Caen is BARBEAU, 

 who wrote "Une Ville d'eau anglaise au xvuf Siecle," 

 1904; and at Poitiers is CASTELAIN, author of "La Vie 

 et Pceuvre de Ben Jonson," 1906. 



