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68 Besides the work at the museum, there is at Paris a very broad work centering at the School of Medicine. This work is carried on through three distinct agencies, the society, the school, and the museum and laboratory. The Société d'Anthropologie de Paris was founded May 19, 1859, by Paul Broca and a handful of other interested men. It is the oldest existing anthropological society, and perhaps the largest. Always aggressive, it has done much to develop anthropological study throughout the world. During his lifetime Broca continued to be a power in its work, and his influence largely trained a body of younger men to take his place. The society publishes its Bulletin, and has accumulated a library of some eight thousand volumes. The School of Anthropology is an outgrowth of the society. At first an individual enterprise, it was "recognized of public utility," March 23, 1889, and now receives support from the Government. This season lectures were given on various subjects, more or less directly included under the name anthropology, by twelve professors. The schedule is here copied:

Monday, 4, G. de Mortillet: Prehistoric Anthropology. 5, Mathias Duval: Anthropogeny and Embryology.

Tuesday, 3, Fr. Schrader: Geographic Anthropology. 4, André Lefevre: Ethnography and Linguistics. 5, Georges Hervé: Ethnology.

Wednesday, 4, J. V. Laborde: Biological Anthropology. 5, Mahoudeau: Zoölogical Anthropology.

Friday, 3, Fauvelle: Conferences. 4, Bordier: Medical Geography. 5, L. Manouvrier: Physiological Anthropology.

Saturday, 4, Ch. Letourneau: Sociology. 5, A. de Mortillet: Comparative Ethnography.

All these courses are absolutely free to the public, and an average attendance of some two hundred persons shows that they are appreciated. The Museum and Laboratory of Broca is the