Last evening Prof. Frothingham lectured before a large audience on Assyrian Literature. He said that in spite of the fact that a very large number of the Assyrian writings had been lost, a great mass still exists. An idea of its quantity can be had from the fact that an index to the existing literature, published in Munich, was an octavo volume of four hundred pages.
The literature is divided into three classes, Religious, Scientific and Historical. The first class consists of epic poems, hymns, prayers and incantations; the second of books of astronomy, mathematics, medicine, grammar, etc.; the third of law documents, lists of magistrates, records of the dynasties, etc. Dr. Frothingham dwelt on the Mythology of the Assyrians, comparing it with the Mythology of Greece. He read several interesting extracts from poems and historical accounts. He will devote the next lecture solely to Assyrian and Babylonian art.
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