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for decades to come. In 1911 he was made professor of 

 the languages and history and archaeology of Central 

 Asia at the College de France. 



Instruction. Lectures for oriental students are 

 numerous and are given in the College de France and at 

 the Sorbonne. At the latter is located the ficole pratique 

 des Hautes fitudes, which has a section devoted particu- 

 larly to the science of religion. In addition to these 

 three, there is a practical National School for Living 

 Oriental languages (ficole speciale des Langues orientales 

 vivantes), where courses are given for three successive 

 years in the modern languages of Arabia, Persia, China, 

 Japan, Siam, Annam, India (Hindustani and Tamil), 

 Armenia, Turkey, Russia, and Greece, with comple- 

 mentary courses (by CORDIER) on the history and legis- 

 lation of Moslem races (in Morocco, Algeria, etc.). This 

 school has a special library of 75000 volumes and numer- 

 ous manuscripts and maps. 



As an example of the wealth of instruction given in 

 one year on Oriental subjects, the courses offered in 

 1914-1915 may be briefly enumerated. They are chiefly 

 one-hour courses. In the College de France, MASPERO 

 gave a course on Egyptian grammar and one on the 

 religious and political crisis under Amenothes; FOSSEY, 

 a course on Babylonian law; CLERMONT-GANNEAU, a 

 course on Semitic epigraphy and antiquities; LODS, one 

 course on Hebrew grammar and one on the history of 

 Hebrew religion; CASANOVA, a course on the Koran 

 and another on different forms of Islam; Sylvain LEVI, 

 one course on Indian literature and one on the Sikhs and 

 Gurkhas; and CHAVANNES, one course on Chinese 

 literature and one on Buddhism in China. There were 

 also general courses on the archaeology of Central Asia, 

 by PELLIOT; on the languages and nations of the 



