THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



most stupendous problem of statecraft is the ultimate fate of Constanti- 

 nople in case of modifications in the east. Its transfei'ence from the 

 hands of the Ottomans involves a reorganization and readjustment of 

 European interests no less momentous than resulted from the wars of the 

 Reformation or of the French Revolution. There are but three possible 

 solutions of the problem, none of them satisfactory to all and each dis- 

 tasteful to some one or more of the powers most directly concerned. 

 Between these three time is to choose. 



The lecture will treat as fully as possible of the many-sided city, but the 

 central thought will be its political prominence and destiny. 



April 19. Venice and Genoa, by Prof William H. Goodyear, of the 

 Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 



The German precision and the Byzantine culture in western Europe. 

 The position of Italy in mediaeval history as mediator for Byzantine influ- 

 ence in Europe. The Italian towns which were active in this influence. 

 Predecessors of Venice and Genoa. The monuments of Genoa. The 

 monuments of Venice. The painters of Venice. 



April 26. America. Arrangements not completed. 



{These lectures will he delivered in the Columbia theater, Washington, D. C, 

 on nine successive Monday afternoons, commencing March 1. Each lecture mill 

 be accompanied by lantern-slide illustrations. ) 



