interesting problem of this kind, and no one can terminate a study of
the subject without asking himself the question, "What is going to come
out of it all?" No one can tell, and so we have not ventured beyond the
attempt to present the case as it actually exists.

Let me here also offer an expression of gratitude to Professor Adolphe
Cohn and to Professor Henry A. Todd of Columbia University for their
advice and guidance during the past six years. Their kindness and the
inspiration of their example must be reckoned among those things that
cannot be repaid.

NEW YORK, March, 1901.




CONTENTS


PART FIRST

THE REVIVAL OF THE PROVEÇAL LANGUAGE

CHAPTER PAGE

I. Introduction. Life of Mistral 3
II. The Félibrige 24
III. The Modern Provençal, or, more accurately,
The Language of the Félibres 43
IV. The Versification of the Félibres 75