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... ntent at http://about.jstor.org/participate--jstor/individuals/early-journal--content. JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary source objects. JSTOR helps people discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content through a powerful research and teaching platform, and preserves this content for future generations. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not--for--profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org. t2 THE CLASSICAL WEEKLY ROMAN RErIAINS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE At the first meeting of the Association Professor Wilfred P. Mustard, then of Haverford College, now at Johns Hopkins, spoke in interesting and suggestive fashion on Roman remains in southern France. The paper was well illustrated by lantern slides. Professor Mustard began with a brief sketch of the Roman occupation of ancient Gauil and then discussed an impressive group of Roman monuments situated on or near the lower course of the Rhone. At Arles, he said, one may see a great stone amphitheater, 500 yards in circumference, as well as the ruivs of an ancienit theater, the remains of the Palace of Constantine and some traces of an old Roman cemetery, now known as the Aliscamps. At Glanum there is a small triumphal arch and the socalled Tomb of the Julii-two structures which seem to* date from the Republican period, and are probably two of the oldest Roman buildings standing in France. At Nimes there is another great amphitheater, a little smaller than that of Arles, but in a much better state of preservation. Indeed, the outer wall is far better preserved than that of any other amphitheater in Italy or France. There, too, is the Maison-Carree, one of the finest and best preserved Roman temples in the world, a part of the old Roman baths, the so-called Temple of Diana, the Tour Magne and the Gate of Augustus. The Pont du Gard is part of a great aqueduct which once carried water 25 miles to the ancient city of Nimes. This part, which strides across the river Gardon, is about 88o feet long and i6o feet high. It is composed of three rows of arches; the lowest tier contains 6 arches, the second ii, the third 35. At Orange there is a great triumphal arch and an enormous theater. The arch is 68 feet high, 65 feet wide and 25 feet deep. It probably is one of the oldest triumphal arches known. It certainly is one of the most richly and profusely decorated, and, withal, one of the best preserved. The theater is unique among the ancient theaters of Europe in that its stage wall is well preserved. The faqade is 335 feet long and I20 feet high. The interior shows clearly that this theater once had a sloping roof of timber over the stage. Since I8)4 it has been made a national monument, and the seriotus work of restoration has been steadily going on. Since that time, too, some notable representations of classical plays have been given there, and the place promises to be some day a place of pilgrimage for lovers of the drama, just as Baireuth is a place of pilgrimage for the worshipers of Wagner. REVIEWS