ABSTRACT
Foreign visitors to the University of Vienna in the 1880s were often struck by the attention Carl Menger paid to his best students. One visitor would write in 1889 that ‘one of Menger’s best qualities’ was that he was a ‘devoted teacher’: 2
His teaching is done not so much in the university as in his home. He cordially gathers around him all those students who come seeking his advice. He directs their research and discusses the work they submit to him for several hours. He has a library that is a treasure of rare and wonderful things and he is pleased to place its riches at the disposal of his students.
