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(1845-72). The Bibliotheque Nationale and the Parisian 

 bookshops are particularly rich in Spanish manuscripts 

 and printed books. 



Instruction at Paris. To the Romance student of 

 today, Paris presents not only the resources of the 

 Sorbonne, which contains the Faculte des Lettres, the 

 ficole des Hautes Etudes, and the ficole des Chartes, 

 but likewise those of the College de France, across the 

 street. Some Americans may be attracted also by the 

 Normal Schools, or by the National Conservatory, which 

 are open to foreigners under specified conditions. Many 

 will certainly take advantage of the special French 

 instruction offered to foreigners by the Comite de Patro- 

 nage des etudiants etrangers de la Faculte des Lettres 

 (November to May), by the Alliance Francaise, 186 

 Boulevard St. Germain (one group of courses in July, 

 one in August), and by the Guilde Internationale, 6 rue 

 de la Sorbonne (one set of courses during the school year, 

 another from July to September). In addition to the 

 collections of books and records in the Sorbonne building, 

 the student has at his disposal the Bibliotheque Natio- 

 nale, the Bibliotheque del'Arsenal, the Bibliotheque Sainte- 

 Genevieve, the Bibliotheque Mazarine, not to mention the 

 Bibliotheque Historique de la Ville de Paris and various 

 other special libraries. At 1 1 rue Mazarin is an informa- 

 tion bureau for students of Romance Philology; at 96 

 boulevard Raspail, a Centre d'fitudes Franco-Hispa- 

 niques. 



In the Faculte des Lettres the history of the French lan- 

 guage is expounded especially by F. BRUNOT (author of 

 "La Doctrine de Malherbe," 1891; "Histoire de la 

 langue franchise des origines a 1900," 1906); French 

 literature and bibliography, by G. LANSON (editor of 

 Racine, Sainte-Beuve, Voltaire; author of works on 



