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Professor Abel Lefranc, the eminent authority on the literature of the French Renaissance, delivered the first of this year's Hyde lectures on "Moliere" yesterday afternoon in the New Lecture Hall. Professor C. H. Grandgent '83 introduced the speaker...
These lectures are held under the auspices of the Circle Francais, and have been made possible by fund of $30,000 given in 1898 by James Hazen Hyde '98. a series has been given each year since then on subjects varying from the history of French romanticism ot a study of finance in France...
...Lefranc, who will deliver the lectures this year, is an eminent authority on the literature of the French Renaissance. He is also the author of a large number of books on French history and literature. He began his career as a student of French municipal history. In 1888 he became interested in the research study of the French Renaissance. One of his greatest achievements, in this connection, was the discovery in "la Bibliotheque Nationale" of a large number of poems by Marguerite de Navarre, the existence of which had up to that time been unknown. These poems wee published...
...Able Lefranc, professor of French language and literature at the College de France, Paris, will deliver the first of a series of four lectures on "Moliere" in the New Lecture Hall this afternoon at 4 o'clock...
...Abel Lefrance, professor of French language and literature at the College de France, Paris, will give the first of the series of four Hyde lectures on "Moliere," in the New Lecture Hall, tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. These lectures, which are given in French under the auspices of the Cercle Francais, are open to the public. Seats will be reserved for ticket-holders until five minutes before the beginning of the lecture. The remaining lectures of the series will be given on April...