Excerpt from Modern Languages, Vol. 2 The reopening of Germany to foreigners will make possible many delayed visits. It would seem appropriate that some of the first travellers should be students and teachers of German, for they, more than most people, will be capable, not only of presenting English views of current international politics, but of learning the trend of public opinion in Germany. In this connection, the interesting communication from Professor Scripture, which will be found on another page, should be of service. The tension which, for some time past, has marked Anglo-French political relations, shows signs of relaxing. We who have no devastated areas, whose sufferings have been so much less terrible than those of the French, have some difficulty in appreciating the French point of view. On the other hand, suffering tends to blind the sufferer to practical considerations. Should the cordiality disappear from the entente, irreparable harm would ensue throughout civilization. Happily the possibility is remote, but those of us who have friends among the French can help to ease the situation considerably by putting more ardour than usual into our relations, and by writing more frequently and at greater length, so proving that, whatever may be the political situation, sympathy between individuals is ever possible. It is hoped that Members of the Association will try to make the Year Book a success; the method to be employed is obvious. The Bibliographies - to mention but one of the many useful features - are indispensable to everyone interested in foreign letters and art. We regret to announce the death of Dr. Aloys Weiss, who, after a long illness, died on November 1 at the age of sixty-nine. He was formerly professor at the R.M.A. at Woolwich, and had been a member of the M.L.A. for twenty-five years. He leaves a widow and son and daughter, to whom we extend our sincere sympathy in their loss. The British School at Rome has awarded the Gilchrist Studentship for 1920 to Mr. O. Keith Struckmeyer, B.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, who passed first class with distinction in the Italian Tripos at Cambridge in June last. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.