Concise Dante Dictionary. By Paget Toynbee. (Clarendon Press. 7s. 6d.
net.)—In Serravalle's commentary on the Divines Commedia, written at the beginning of the fifteenth century, it is stated that Dante studied at Oxford during his exile. "In the absence, however, of more trustworthy evidence," Bays Mr. Toynbee, "the fact of this alleged visit to England must be regarded as extremely doubtful." But Oxford could not have done more for the study of Dante if he had in truth been her foster-son. Dr. Moore's edition is the best and handiest text possible, and Dr. Toynbee's Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante is the best companion to the text for the English student. It has unfortunately been out of print for some time, and the learned author now gives us a condensed and revised edition in which practically nothing of importance is omitted. We are very grateful for his illuminative work.
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