In 1882 the activities of the Bollandists were exerted in a new direction, with a view to bringing the work more into line with the progress of historical methods. A quarterly review was established under the title of _Analecta Bollandiana_ by the Jesuit fathers C. de Smedt, G. van Hooff and J. de Backer. This reached its 25th volume in 1906, and was edited by the Bollandists de Smedt, F. van Ontroy, H. Delehaye, A. Porcelet and P. Peeters. This review contains studies in preparation for the continuation and remoulding of the _Acta Sanctorum_, inedited texts, dissertations, and, since 1892, a _Bulletin des publications hagiographiques_, containing criticisms of recent works on hagiographic questions. In addition to this review, the Bollandists undertook the analysis of the hagiographic MSS. in the principal libraries. Besides numerous library catalogues published in the _Analecta_ (e.g. those of Chartres, Namur, Ghent, Messina, Venice, etc.), separate volumes were devoted to the Latin MSS. in the Bibliotheque Royale at Brussels (2 vols., 1886-1889), to the Latin and Greek MSS. in the Bibliotheque Nationale at Paris (5 vols., 1889-1896), to the Greek MSS. in the Vatican (1899), and to the Latin MSS. in the libraries of Rome (1905 seq.). They also prepared inventories of the hagiographic texts hitherto published, and of these there have appeared the _Bibliotheca hagiographica graeca_ (1895), the _Bibliotheca hagiographica latina_ (1899) and the _Bibliotheca hagiographica Orientalis_. These indispensable works delayed the publication of the principal collection, but tended to give it a more solid basis and a strictly scientific stamp. In 1887 appeared vol. i. for November; in 1894, vol. ii., preceded by the _Martyrologium Hieronymianum_ by J.B. de Rossi and the abbe Louis Duchesne; in 1902, the _Propylaeum ad Acta Sanctorum Novembris_, comprising the _Synaxarium ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae_. There are three editions of the _Acta Sanctorum_: the original edition (Antwerp, Tongerloo and Brussels, 63 vols., 1643-1902); the Venice edition, stopping at vol. v. of September (1734-1770); and the Paris edition, stopping at vol. xiii. of October (61 vols., 1863-1883). In addition to these, there is a volume of tables, edited by the abbe Rigollot. See _Acta Sanctorum apologelicis libris ... vindicata_ (Antwerp, 1755); L.P. Gachard, _Memoire historique sur les Bollandistes_ (Brussels, 1835); van Hecke, "De ratione operis Bollandiani" (_Acta Sanctorum Octobris_, vii.); and Cardinal J.B. Pitra, _Etudes sur la collection des Actes des Saints_ (Paris, 1880). (H. De.)