^{page 415 note 1} Seven parts, containing some 3,700 inscriptions, have already appeared. The full number of inscriptions to be included is given as 7,000. The costs of publication are defrayed by the Prussian Academy, Berlin, and the Saxon Society, Leipzig. I hope that the undertaking will meet with the favourable reception that it deserves, so that no financial difficulties may arise. Curators of museums or owners of private collections in which there is any Etruscan inscription should let Prof. Pauli (address: Lugano, Switzerland) know of it without delay.

^{page 417 note 1} Deecke solved the problem in a characteristic manner. The word that looked most like a Latin numeral was θu, suggesting Latin duo. Deecke took this equation as the starting point of his investigations. Unfortunately θu turns out to be ‘three’ and not ‘two.’