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science) ; MARTIN, DUVAL, and NAU (Syriac studies espe- 

 cially); DE VOGUE, BERGER, and CHABOT (Epigraphy); 

 Joseph and Hartwig DERENBOURG (Hebrew, Arabic, 

 South Arabian and other studies) ; and THUREAU-DANGIN 

 in the field of Old Babylonian science, may also receive 

 mention here. 



Instruction. Courses of interest to students of Semitic 

 philology are given in the following institutions: Uni- 

 versite de Paris; College de France; Ecole pratique des 

 Hautes fitudes; ficole speciale des Langues Orien tales 

 vivantes; ficole du Louvre; ficole Coloniale; Institut 

 Catholique de Paris; Cours de Langues vivantes. 



It must suffice here to mention the men giving instruc- 

 tion in Semitic philology in the first three of these in- 

 stitutions, with a statement of the lectures or courses 

 they have offered, and of the institution in which the 

 instruction was given. The names of the instructors 

 are arranged alphabetically, and in certain cases attention 

 is called to some of their published works. The state- 

 ment of courses is based on the "Livret de 1'etudiant," 

 1914-15. Following the name of the instructor are, 

 in order, the name of the institution, the title of his chair, 

 and the subject of his courses. 



BARTHELEMY (Adrien). ficole des Hautes fitudes. 



I. Classical Arabic. Interpretation of the Beyrouth 

 Madjani 1'adab. II. Arabic Dialectology. 



CASANOVA (Paul). College de France. Arabic lan- 

 guage and literature. I. The schools and sects of Islam. 



II. Interpretation and critical study of the most ancient 

 parts of the Coran. (Casanova is the author of 

 "Mohammed et la fin du monde, etude critique sur 

 1'Islam primitif," the first part of which was published 

 in 1911; but much of his best work has appeared in 

 the "Memoires publics par les membres de la mission 



