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also be made of fimile THOMAS, author of many mono- 

 graphs and editions of classical authors (Cicero, Cat- 

 ullus, Petronius, Servius), and of a vivid presentation 

 of Roman civilization under the early empire ("Rome et 

 1 'Empire aux deux premiers siecles de notre ere," 1897). 



Instruction at the Universities. The remainder of 

 our account concerns the men who are now teaching in 

 universities or other institutions of similar rank. It 

 is to be regretted that the limits of our task make it 

 necessary to omit the names of a number of distinguished 

 scholars who are not attached to any teaching body. 



The attribution "Paris" is to be understood as cover- 

 ing the University of Paris (which includes the ficole 

 Normale Superieure), the College de France, the ficole 

 Pratique des Hautes Etudes, and the ficole Nationale 

 des Chartes. The teaching in these different institu- 

 tions in Paris is to a large extent connected, and all of 

 it will be available. The professors will be found to be 

 cordial and generous of help in their dealings with their 

 students. It may here be noted also that, outside of the 

 teaching institutions, Paris and its neighborhood afford 

 rich material for the advanced scholar in certain fields. 

 The general reading room of the Bibliotheque Nationale 

 contains a splendid working library for students of the 

 classics and related subjects; while the Salle des Manu- 

 scrits, in the same building, has a smaller but generally 

 sufficient collection of texts and works of reference, with 

 the largest apparatus of catalogues of manuscripts 

 anywhere to be found. The distinguished curator of 

 manuscripts, Henri OMONT, is one of the most genial 

 and helpful of librarians. Finally, the department of 

 Greek and Roman Antiquities in the Louvre, and the 

 Museum of Saint Germain, are extraordinarily rich in 

 material that concerns the classical student; and their 



