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Abstracts of Reports. — Mr. Van Bureti's report relates particularly to his 

 studies in topography, epigraphy, and paleography. The results of inves- 

 tigations carried on by Mr. A. S. B. Wace and Mr. Van Buren at Demetrias 

 in Thessaly have been incorporated in an article which appeared in the Ath. 

 Mitteilungen for 1905. An account of the remainder of their Magnesian 

 journey has been prepared by Mr. Wace for publication in the Journal of 

 Hellenic Studies. Various periods of construction visible in the temples of 

 Castor and of Concord in the Roman Forum have been investigated, and a 

 preliminary statement of results was published in the Berliner Philologische 

 Wochenschrift for January 27, 1906. A fuller account will probably be pub- 

 lished in the Classical Review for February, 1907. Mr. Van Buren also 

 conducted six Campagna excursions of the American School, and lectured 

 informally on the sites and monuments visited. Work on a monograph on 

 Ostia was delayed and finally abandoned because the work was being under- 

 taken by other agencies. 



An article on ' ' Stamps on Bricks and Tiles from the Aurelian Wall at 

 Rome, ' ' done in collaboration with Dr. Pfeiffer and Professor Armstrong in 

 1902-1903, and a paper on " The Text of Columella," written in 1903, have 

 appeared in volume I of the School Papers. An article on ' ' Greek Inscriptions 

 from Asia Minor, Cyprus, and the Cyrenaica ' ' has been submitted for pub- 

 lication among the Papers of the School, and some notes on " Inscriptions 

 from Sinope" will be published in the Journal of the Archeological Insti- 

 tute. Papers on the " Inscription of the Charioteer Menander," recently 

 obtained by Professor Norton; "A Bronze Statuette from Norba," and 

 "A Marble Frieze from Side" have been submitted for publication in vol- 

 ume II of the School Papers. 



In the Classical Review for 1905 Mr. Van Buren published a " Note on 

 Pliny, Epp. III. 6, IX. 39," and now has in preparation an article on the 

 water supply of ancient Rome and a catalogue of all the inscriptions at the 

 American School. 



Miss Ballou has been working upon a collection of the Scriptores Historise 

 Augustse. The first draft has been thoroughly revised with reference to the 

 Palatine and Bamberg manuscripts and by comparison with other manu- 

 scripts in Florence, Milan, and Paris. Surmises in regard to the extent to 

 which Plutarch worked over and emended the Palatine have been confirmed 

 by this second examination. Continual work in this field has postponed a 

 contemplated work on the palimpsest of Aulus Gellius. Two days were 

 spent at Monte Cassino in the collation of the ' ' Liber de Locis Sanctis ' ' of 

 Pietrus Diaconus, a manuscript of the 12th century, in very bad condition. 



{b) No publications have yet been issued under these grants, but the 

 preparation of a new volume of School Papers is progressing under the edi- 

 torial supervision of Prof. John C. Rolfe, of the University of Pennsjdvania. 

 This volume will contain papers of original scientific interest, prepared by 

 members of the school. 



