12 JUNE 1897, Page 14

CICERO AND HIS FRIENDS.

[To TEE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTATOR."]

SIR,—At the end of the notice in the Spectator of Jane 5th of a translation of M. Gaston Boissier's work the reviewer- expresses his "confident trust that it will soon make its way into our Universities and high-class schools." As a matter of fact the original work has been one of the "additional sub- jects " at Oxford " Responsions " for several years. The careful attention that the University bestows upon its pass examinations is well exemplified here, for Mr. Boissier's book is, according to my experience, an almost exact substitute, as. regards the time and attention required to master it, for, e.g.,. Livy XXI.-XXII.—I am, Sir, &c., 48 Comeragh Boca, W., June 7th. J. P. OWEN.