Professor Allen gave the last of his series of ten lectures on "The History of Classical Studies" yesterday afternoon.
The bibliography of the various branches of Greek and Roman culture was taken up, particular attention being paid to the studies of philosophy, medicines, astronomy. grammar and inscriptions. The study of the two classes of inscriptions, sepulchral and dedicatory, was shown to be steadily growing in importance. The works on the Greek and Latin languages were then discussed and the lecturer stated that much greater attention had been given by the grammarians to the former than to the latter language.
The lecturer closed with a review of books on the ancient Italian dialects, classical metres, history and chronology.
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