Rama-Ravana, epic poem of the Sanscrit language

4. une causerie intime, a private talk ; ad usum mundi, lit., according to the custom of the world; i. e. as is customary. Perhaps the speaker is supposed to have monde (society) in mind.

5. Théâtre-Français, also called La Comédie Française, a Paris playhouse, established in 1680, under control of the government and one of the foremost in Europe. It is liberally endowed; a committee of censors determines whether a new play shall be admitted to performance there ; the resident companies are numerous, and it is an unwritten law that each actor shall have passed through the training of the Conservatoire (see n. 6, p. 8), — a rule from which there have been few departures, and these onlyjn favor of the most marked excellence. It is also required that a

representation of some one of the best classic works of the national literature be given here once a week.