See (in this volume) KENTUCKY: A. D. 1895-1900. Of President Heureaux. See (in this volume) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: A. D. 1899. Of King Humbert. See (in this volume) ITALY: A. D. 1899-1900; and 1900 (JULY-SEPTEMBER). Of Professor Mihaileano. See (in this volume) BALKAN AND DANUBIAN STATES. Of Nâsr-ed-din, Shah of Persia. See (in this volume) PERSIA: A. D. 1896. Of M. Stambouloff. See (in this volume) BALKAN AND DANUBIAN STATES (BULGARIA). ASSIOUT, Nile barrage at. See (in this volume) EGYPT: A. D. 1898-1901. ASSOCIATIONS BILL, The French. See (in this volume) FRANCE: A. D. 1901. ASSOUAN. Nile barrage at. See (in this volume) EGYPT: A. D. 1898-1901. ASSUMPTIONIST FATHERS, Dissolution of the Society of the. See (in this volume) FRANCE: A. D. 1899-1900 (AUGUST-JANUARY). ATACAMA, The question concerning. See (in this volume) CHILE: A. D. 1894-1900. ATBARA, Battle of the. See (in this volume) EGYPT: A. D. 1897-1898. ATHENS: A. D. 1896. The revival of Olympic games. As the result of a movement instituted in France by the Baron de Coubertin, an interesting attempt to give athletic sports the spirit and semblance of the ancient Olympic games was made at Athens in the spring of 1896. A number of wealthy Greeks in different parts of the world joined generously in the undertaking, one gentleman especially, M. Averoff, of Alexandria, bearing the cost of a restoration in marble of the stadium at Athens, for the occasion. The games were held in April, from the 6th to the 15th, and were witnessed by a great number of people. Besides Greek competitors, there were 42 from Germany, 23 from England, 21 from America, 15 from France. The great event of the occasion was the long foot-race from Marathon to Athens, which was won by a young Greek. The U. S. Consul at Athens, writing of the reconstruction of the ancient stadium for the games, described the work as follows: {28} "The stadium may be described as an immense open air amphitheater constructed in a natural ravine, artificially filled in at the end. It is in the shape of an elongated horseshoe. The spectators, seated upon the sloping sides of the ravine, look down into the arena below, which is a little over 600 feet in length and about 100 feet wide at the widest part. … The stadium, as rebuilt for the games, will consist of (1) the arena, bounded by a marble curbing, surmounted by an iron railing adorned with Athenian owls; (2) a walk between this curbing and the first row of seats; (3) a low retaining wall of marble on which rests the first row of seats, the entire row being of marble; (4) the seats; (5) the underground tunnel.