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Libre, the study of economics is pursued with special 

 reference to meeting the examination requirements for the 

 higher branches of the administration. The ficole 

 Libre also offers a course for prospective business men. 

 In the domain of industrial legislation, the greatest 

 activity of studies is found, as appears not only from the 

 treatises of Pic, JAY, CAPITANT, CABOUAT, and BELLOUR, 

 but from the numerous courses of instruction offered in 

 nearly every university. 



Reference must here be made to the remarkably 

 good work of French writers on cost analysis, in which 

 they are decidedly in advance of the United States, and 

 perhaps of other countries. Much of the good practical 

 work which is being done in the application of statistics 

 to business in America at the present day is a tardy 

 reflection of the method of cost analysis employed in 

 France. This work has been so fruitful that it may be 

 regarded as one of the parts of economics where our 

 students have most to learn from France. 



There is much writing on economic theory, as each 

 professor usually publishes his course-lectures. COLSON 

 has published one of the most extensive works, "Cours 

 d'economie politique" (1901-07), and issues an annual 

 supplement. The work of GIDE is well known through 

 the translation so frequently used in our colleges. The 

 most original work on economic theory is that of LANDRY, 

 "L'interet du capital" (1904). The most distinguished 

 economists of the generation have been Paul LEROY- 

 BEAULIEU and the late fimile LEVASSEUR. The works 

 of LEROY-BEAULIEU cover a wide range: "L 'adminis- 

 tration locale en France et en Angleterre" (1872); 

 "L'etat moderne et ses fonctions" (1890); "Le collec- 

 tivisme" (1894, 1909); "De la colonisation chez les 

 peuples modernes" (1874-1908); "Essai sur la reparti- 

 tion des richesses" (1883); "La question ouvriere au 



