TANAGRA FIGURES. • By Wilfranc Hubbard - . . 7s. 6d.)-Just as
. the • little terra-cottas _ made at Tanagra reflect the domestic life of ancient Greece, so Mr. Hubbard 's vivid and graceful sketches recall Greek society With its mingling of culture and barbarism: He is a delightful writer, reminding us not a little of Landor in his ironical humour and occasionally of-Walter Pater in his appreciation of the austere element in Greek religion, but always More gay and dramatic than either. " An Apology for Xanthippe is a gem of delicate satire, as told by a worker in clay who matched Xanthippe restoring to a girl the lover who had been led away, momentarily, by the teaching of Socrates. Poor Xafithippe, drudging away at home while the philosopher is conversing with his followers elsewhere and his two dull sons are at the
tavern, has her revenge for once. "The Road, to : after the manner of Pater, hints at the sterner side of the mysteries... " Celena at Howie " has a touch of the AristO- phanie, and "Artemis in Tatiris " is a tale of romantic advea- titre such as the Greeks loved. Mr. Hubbard knows his classics, but he knowS human nature too, and so he will charm many a -reader- who is- innocent -of Greek. -
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