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The Ecole libre des sciences politiques, 27 rue Saint-Guillaume, 

 fulfills a most useful mission. Here an excellent preparation can 

 be had for the various administrative careers in the government, 

 in conformity with the five sections composing the entire program: 

 i interior administration; 2 finance; 3 political and social 

 economy; 4 diplomacy; 5 law and history. There are no ex- 

 aminations to enter. A course can be taken for two or three 

 years. A diploma is given when evidence is shown of good 

 ability to investigate problems. There is an enrollment fee of 

 $14.00 a year. 



Social doctrines may be profitably pursued at the College libre 

 des sciences sociales, 28 rue Serpente. Of such institutions as the 

 Museum d'histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, where courses are given 

 in zoology, anthropology, and kindred subjects; the Ecole nationale 

 superieure des mines, 60 boulevard Saint-Michel, for the training of 

 mining engineers ; the Ecoles des ponts et chaussees, 292 rue Saint- 

 Martin, for bridge-builders and constructors; the Conservatoire des 

 arts et metiers, 292 rue Saint-Martin, for sciences and their indus- 

 trial application, in all of which the instruction is absolutely free, 

 nothing need be said other than that they represent the best modern 

 types of the kind. Such schools as the Ecole nationale et speciale 

 des beaux-arts, 14 rue Bonaparte, for the study of painting, sculp- 

 ture, architecture, and allied subjects, and the Conservatoire na- 

 tionale de musique et de declamation, 15 rue du Faubourg-Poisson- 

 niere, for vocal and instrumental music and the study of the voice, 

 will long continue to attract, as in the past, foreigners from distant 

 countries. 



It is perhaps needless to say that the mere enumeration of 

 special schools that offer the foreign student as well as the native a 

 most attractive program of studies, either entirely free or at a nom- 

 inal cost, would make a long list. It must here suffice to note two 

 well-defined advantages that American students of art and language 

 may profit by, if disposed to make use of them. The American Art 

 Association has over two hundred members. Its function is that of 

 a club. It gives opportunity for American students and artists to 

 meet together informally and enjoy each other's society. The As- 

 sociation now possesses fine quarters at No. 2 Impasse Conti. A 

 large art library, fine reading rooms, recreation-halls, and a good 

 but inexpensive restaurant contribute to the comfort of the mem- 

 bers. The club is somewhat like the St. Botolph, in Boston, in that 

 art exhibitions are held in the rooms quite frequently. It is well 



