A very important contribution to the study of archaeology will be the forthcoming publication of a reproduction in facsimile of the Codex Venetus of Aristophanes. The publication will be undertaken upon the joint responsibility of the Archaeological Institute of America and the English Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. The Introduction to this reproduction of the Codex Venetus is by Professor J. W. White of the Greek Department, who is president of the Archaeological Institute of America.

The Codex Venetus of Aristophanes is a manuscript generally assigned to the twelfth century, containing 172 leaves, which measure 11 1-4 by 8 1-2 inches. It contains only seven plays (Plutus, Clouds, Frogs, Knights, Birtis, Peace, and Wasps), but is held to be superior to the "Ravennas" manuscript in the character of its text and in the importance of the scholia which fill the margins of its pages. These scholia have not been readily accessible to scholars hitherto, and the publication of this facsimile will meet a long felt need. It is proposed to issue two hundred copies of the facsimile, which will probably be ready in the autumn of 1901.

The Archaeological Institute will also publish the result of the excavations in 1881-3 at Assos, in five portfolios, containing 125 large plates in all. Over two hundred subscriptions for this work have already been received. A third work to be published by the Institute will be the results of the excavations at Argos, under the direction of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.