424 Royal Irish Academi/. 



" Eegia Universita degli Sttjdi, Roma, 

 ''March 27, 1902. 

 " C. J. JoiT, Esq., 

 " Secretary of the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. 



" Deak Sie, 



' ' I beg to apologise for the delay in acknowledging the 

 receipt of yoiir most kind letter of March 18, infoi-ming me of 

 my election to an Honorary Membership in the Section of Polite 

 Literature and Antiquities of the Royal Irish Academy of Dublin. 



" I happened to be away from home at the time, and it was only 

 yesterday morning that I found waiting for me your welcome letter 

 and the Diploma of Membership. 



" "WiU you please express my deep gratitude to the President and 

 to the Members of the Section for the great honour which they have 

 been pleased to confer on me and which I fully appreciate. 



" I hope to bring out before the end of April, the first of the five 

 volumes of my *' Storia degli scavi e dei Musei di Roma," and I shall 

 be very happy to offer the first copy to the Royal Irish Academy. 



" Believe me, 



"Dear Sir, 



" Your obedient servant, 



"Peofessoe Rodolfo Lanciani. 



" 2, Via Goito, Rome. 



Aj^ die Rotal Ieish Academy, 

 Dublin. 



Westend (Berlin), 

 S.April, 1902. 



Heimkehrend von einer Erholungsreise finde ich das Diplom vor, 

 durch welches Sie mich zu Ihrem Ehrenmitgiiede erwahlen, und ein 

 freundliches Schreiben Ihres Secretares, das, mich von dieser Wahl 

 vorher in Kenntnis setzen sollte. 



Leider hat meine Abwesenheit mir den Schein der Undankbarkeit 

 zugezogen, da ich erst heute antworten kann. 



