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372 those enumerated by the Ratio. As we have seen, the matter and the order in which the different subjects are to be taught are not essential to the Ratio. Consequently it is not necessary to follow strictly the given list. If in any point the Ratio can and must be adapted to the times, it is in the choice of authors. Therefore, those which are generally read in other classical institutions of the country, should be preferred and taught according to the spirit and method of the Ratio. In fact, all authors read in the modern classical schools are mentioned in the Ratio or by Jouvancy.

In different ages we find different tastes and opinions. We must not, therefore, be surprised to find authors recommended as school books which do not suit our taste. We give here a list of authors as contained in different documents of the Society. When the Ratio enumerates many authors for one and the same class, it is understood that the choice was left to provincial or local superiors.

(first high school class): Latin: easy selections from Cicero, if possible in separate editions; Fables of Phaedrus, Lives of Nepos.

Latin: Ratio Studiorum: the same as preceding. Jouvancy: somewhat more difficult letters of Cicero, Virgil's Bucolics, selections from Ovid and other poets. – Greek: Fables of Aesop.

Latin: Ratio Studiorum: Letters of Cicero, Caesar's Commentaries, easy poems of Ovid. Jouvancy: Cicero's Somnium Scipio-