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collection of mortuary objects in the Fitzwilliam 

 Museum ; and Assyriology, although the professor of 

 Assyriology at King's College, London, lives in 

 Cambridge, is wholly unrepresented. No provision 

 is made for the teaching of the Iranian dialects. 

 Altogether some ;£'2,ooo a year could well be spent in 

 Oriental languages alone. 



There is no chair of English literature in the 

 University. The professorship of Anglo-Saxon is a 

 recent endowment. By the exertions of the occupant 

 of that chair a sum of ;^2,ioo has been collected, which 

 yields an endowment of £60 a year for an English 

 lectureship. To this small stipend the University adds 

 ;^5oayear. It is not surprising that the distinguished 

 student who has so long occupied the post should at 

 last have been attracted to London by a higher 

 stipend. 



French and German are represented by two readers, 

 who in the last twenty years have taken a large share 

 in the development of a sound and growing school. 

 In the provision for the teaching of modern languages, 

 Cambridge ought not to be behind the northern 

 Universities ; and it is most desirable that professor- 

 ships should be established in at least French and 

 German. The University is indebted to a private 

 fund for a small endowment for the lectureship in 

 Russian and other Sclavonic tongues. This lecture- 

 ship should be made permanent; and lectureships 

 should be established in Spanish and Italian. 



As in the case of classics and mathematics, the 

 University teaching in history is largely supplemented 

 by the colleges ; but the Regius professor pleads for 

 an additional reader and two lecturers. A central 

 building with professors' rooms and lecture-rooms 

 and accommodation for the professorial library is 

 urgently required. 



The newly-established school of economics and 



