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what he learned in those countries to the improvement of histori- 

 cal teaching in his own neighborhood. The historical courses at 

 both the Dutch and the Belgian universities are characterized as 

 quite meagre, the subject not having been accorded due promi- 

 nence by the authorities. The teaching is mainly what M. Frede- 

 ricq calls theoretical, the object being to impart historical infor- 

 mation without any attempt at original investigation. M. Fr6de- 

 ricq has perhaps too low an opinion of such teaching, and lavs 

 almost the whole stress of his remarks on the need of practical 



courses'for the study of history in its sources Some of the Bel- 

 gian professors, including the author himself, have established 

 volunteer courses of this kind ; but something more effective and 

 permanent is, in his opinion, necessary to place the study on a 

 satisfactory basis. In Holland the state of things seems to be 

 rather worse than in Belgium, though at the University of 

 Amsterdam there is an important course iu political geography, 

 under the guidance of M. Kan, which extends over a period of 

 three years. 



CATARRH. 



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 permanently cured in from one to three simple 

 applications made at home by the patient once 

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N.B. — This treatment is not a snuff or an 

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