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of eminence is held by one or more French scholars. 

 The thing which stamps their learning with its own 

 peculiar mark is literary appreciation and sanity, since 

 few of the phantastic theories which have wasted and 

 diverted sound scholarship originated in France. 



Museums and Libraries. Paris, because of its valuable 

 collections of many of the most important Greek manu- 

 scripts, its original works of Greek art, its unrivaled 

 wealth in collections of inscriptions, and its immense 

 libraries, offers to students of Greek life, history, litera- 

 ture, or language, facilities possessed by no other center 

 of learning. This preeminence in original material has 

 drawn to Paris most of the great scholars of France. 

 Accordingly American students in Greek will find it to 

 their advantage to begin, at least, their work in Paris; 

 hence the work done in other parts of France will be 

 passed by in this brief summary. 



Courses. In Paris, courses in Palaeography and Epig- 

 raphy are given by HOLLEAUX, HOMOLLE, HAUSSOULLIER, 

 and FOUCART. As the French conducted the important 

 excavations at Delos and Delphi, an unprecedented 

 wealth of material came into their possession, and most 

 of the inscriptions thus found have been interpreted by 

 these four scholars. Courses in Greek History and Ge- 

 ography are given by BERARD, BOUCHE-LECLERCQ, GLOTZ, 

 and BABELON. Here too the abundance of original mate- 

 rial has given these scholars peculiar advantages. 



Courses in Greek Language and Literature are given 

 by Maurice and Alfred CROISET, PUECH, GIRARD, 

 BOURGUET, MAZON, JACOB, JOUGUET, SERRUYS, BREAL, 

 DESROUSSEAUX, HA VET, and TOUTAIN. Even this list 

 makes no reference to the courses in Greek Art, Greek 

 Philosophy, Latin, Sanskrit, or to the many courses of 

 great interest to Greek students in allied departments. 



