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Show At WORK ON DICTIONARY New life is Inspiring tho monumental monumen-tal dictionary of the French language which it Is the duty of tho, French Academy to product. The venerable M Oaston Hoiwler, the permanent secretary, sec-retary, scarcely had the energy In his later years to keep hi colleagues at heir work His successor. M Thuteau bansln, to tho new broom. He keeps quorum of the Illustrious gentlemen together nt each soiwlon until they have traced all tho llturary ramifications ramifica-tions of one word. If they eonllnuo ut this rate a new edition of the famous work will be ready tor publication publi-cation n about ten yenrs Kach edition edi-tion has taken, hitherto, an average ot 50 years to prepare, and the academicians academi-cians are only at tho letter V. Kach slltlne lasts two hours. Thirty mem- bors attended tho first, thero wero 18 at the following ono und ten nt the third. |