The following extracts from the report of the Managing Committee of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens will undoubtedly interest many of our readers:-

"The last report of your committee recorded the generous offer of the government of His Majesty, the King of the Hellenes, to confer upon the American School at Athens the site for a building near the plot of ground bestowed upon the British school.

"On October 31, 1885, the president of the Archaeological Institute of America and the chairan of the committee issued the following circular:-

"The American School of Classical Studies at Athens founded under the auspices of the Archaeological Institute of America, is now entering upon its fourth year, and the committee in charge of the school believe that the time has come for endeavoring to obtain the means to provide for its permanent and appropriate quarters of its own. Up to the present time it has occupied a hired house for the residence of its director and for the accommodation of its library, and has paid an annual rental of $1,000."

"The Greek Government has offered to the Committee on the School an admirable site for building, of little less than two acres in extent, and of an estimated value of about $13,000. On account of lack of means for building, the committee have not been able definitely to accept this liberal and gratifying offer. A similar offer of an adjoining site has been made to and accepted by the committee in charge of the British School; the means for building have been secured by them; and, plans having been prepared by Mr. F. C. Penrose, the work of building, at an estimated cost of over L3,000, is already far advanced.

"The committee on the American School believe that it is desirable, for the interest of both schools, that their respective buildings should be in close proximity. They are assured of the cordial co-operation of the committee on the British School in their common work, and it is their confident hope that the advantages afforded by either school to its pupils will be freely shared by the pupils of both.

"If the estimate for the building of the British School be adopted for that of the American, the sum of $20,000 will be required. The annual interest upon this sum is not greater than the amount now paid for rent. A suitable building of its own will not only add to the dignity of the School, but will secure it against the chance of hereafter having to change its quarters, with the inevitable attendant expenses, and risk of injury to its library and other property."

Then follows a minute description of the building for the British School, which is too long to be inserted here.

"Professor Ware submitted to the committee, at the meeting held on May 21, 1886, plans for a building and an estimate of its cost. The plans were accepted, with the thanks of the committee, and Mr. S. B. P. Trowbridge, a graduate of Trinity College and of the School of Mines of Columbia College, was appointed to take charge of the erection of the building under Professor Ware's direction. Mr. Trowbridge proceeded to Athens, and ground was broke in the autumn. The corner-stone of the new building was laid on March 12, 1887, with appropriate ceremonies, a full account of which will be given in the forthcoming bulletin of Professor D'Ooge, who was then director. The building will be ready for occupation in January, 1888.

"The committee are under great obligations to Professor Ware. He has prepared its construction without charge. The sole responsibility for a trust of unusual difficulty has rested upon him. He has successfully overcome all obstacles as they have arisen, and has substantially lessened the cost of the building by enlisting the interest of many American manufacturers who have supplied material. No one else is so well prepared to speak about the building, and at my request he has prepared the following account, which he permits the committee to make a part of this report:-

"'On the southern slope of Mount Lycabettus, about fifteen minutes' walk from the centre of the city, is an open reservation about a quarter of a mile square, partly laid out as public grounds, partly occupied by public buildings. Here on the western side is the hospital Evangelion, and higher up the hill a plot of ground for a Normal School, the building for which has not yet been erected. On the eastern side is the old monastery of the Asomaton, now occupied as officers' barracks, standing picturesquely in the midst of trees, one of the few groves in Attica, the successor of the ancient sanctuary and gymnasium of Cynosarges, which occupied this spot. In the central portion is a small park, and above this and the open grounds of the hospital is the plot of ground, containing about three acres, which the Greek Government, with a liberality which has characterized all its relations to them, has given to the British and American schools. The lower part of this space is occupied by a sparse grove of olive trees, and the buildings of the two schools stand near one another at the highest part of the field, about 400 feet above the Aegean, the British School next to the Normal School, the American towards the east next to the groves of the Asomaton. To the north rises the steep rock of Lycabettus, cutting off the winter winds; on the east, south and west stretches the unrivalled panoramafrom Pentelicus and Hymettus to Salamis. 'The view,' wrote the American Minister, 'is one of une of unequalled loveliness, even in this land of beauty.' Happily, the open ground on all sides promises to leave it to us forever. Moreover, the site is not only high, but dry, and, being what is practically virgin soil, is free from any suspicion of the malaria that infects the older and lower parts of the town. Yet it has an abundant supply of water, for the Aqeduct of Hydrian flows past the door. All the sanitary conditions seem to be of the best.'"