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1907. Vicomte G. d'Avanel: Histoire economique de la 

 France. 



1908. Andre Tardieu: La France et les alliances. 



1909. AbelLefranc: Moliere. 



Nearly all of these men have, after visiting us, recorded their 

 impressions of American life in books that students will have pleas- 

 ure in familiarizing themselves with. This is likely to have a 

 broadening effect upon their own point of view of a foreign country. 

 Moreover, under the auspices of the Alliance Francaise, or pos- 

 sibly, at times, independently, Germain Martin, Jules Huret, 

 Andre Michel, F. Funck-Bretano, Louis Madelin, Edmond Rossi er, 

 Bonet-Maury, Marcel Poete, and other Frenchmen of note have 

 lectured in various parts of the United States and Canada. Dis- 

 tinguished Italians, Angelo de Gubernatis, Novell!, Guglielmo 

 Ferrero, have also addressed many groups of the Alliance. 



So much activity on this side of the water has initiated a recip- 

 rocal movement in France. In 1904-1905, through the generosity 

 of Mr. Hyde, who has done so much to promote a good mutual 

 understanding between France and America, Professor Barrett 

 Wendell, of Harvard University, was invited to deliver a course of 

 lectures on American literature at the Sorbonne and at the uni- 

 versity towns in France. Students who intend studying in France 

 will do well to profit from Professor Wendell's experience by reading 

 his book, "The France of Today." He was followed by Professor 

 A. C. Coolidge, and he in turn by Professor George Pierce Baker, 

 also of Harvard University. 



Of late years a number of French students have registered in 

 our leading universities, and not only pursued courses, but given 

 instructions and lectured in French at the university and outside. 

 This idea of foreign students coming here to study in our institu- 

 tions has been favorably received and encouragement is offered 

 them to come. In 1896, for the first time, a fellow of the Univer- 

 sity of Paris, Charles Cestre, was sent to Harvard. An interesting 

 contribution by him on the French Universities will be found in 

 the Harvard Graduates' Magazine for December, 1897. About 

 eight years later, in 1903-1904, a fellowship of the Cercle Francais de 

 1'Universite Harvard with a stipend of $600 was offered by Mr. 

 Hyde and has been since then continued annually. The French 

 fellow is selected by the Minister of public instruction in France. 

 According to the conditions of the fellowship, the young French- 

 man is expected to give a certain amount of assistance to the depart- 



