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...civilization of France from 1200 to the present day, in which he made elaborate tables showing the cost price of everything in the period treated. Some of these tables have been published in four large volumes by the French Ministry of Public Instruction and have been twice awarded the Prix Rossi by the Academie des Sciences Morales and Politiques. M. d'Avenel's other most famous works are: "Richelieu et la Monarchie Absolue," given the Grand Prix Gobert by the French Academy; "Le Mecanisme de la Vie Moderne," and "Les Francais de Mon Temps...
...University has just received a diploma and a Grand Prix bronze medal for the exhibit at the Paris Exhibition in 1900. The diploma has been deposited in the Library and the medal will probably be deposited there later. A Grand Prix medal and a diploma have also been received for the exhibit of the Observatory alone...
...French Academy this year awarded to him the Prix Vitet, and M. Gaston Boissier, secretary of the Academy, said in his official report: "M. de Regnier is one of the leaders of that new school which pretends to do no less a thing than modify the form and the spirit of French poetry. Everybody recognizes that M. de Regnier has very rare poetical gifts; abundance and richness in images; amplitude and harmony of the period, a grace both provoking and natural that makes him admired even by those whom his boldness displeases." M. de Regnier was made a chevalier...
...English colt Bruce won in the race for the Grand Prix-de-Paris...