_Roman Imperialism. By Tenney Frank. (Macmillan and (Jo. 10s. fid.
net.)—The author of this book is Professor of Latin at Bryn Mawr, one of the leading Colleges for women in the United States. He undertakes to analyse " the precise influences that urged the Roman Republic towards territorial expansion." It is misleading to regard Rome simply as "ass irritable and pugnacious state," dominated by the national expression of the individual's "will to live," and driven by the overcrowding of her population to make for herself "a place in the sunlight" This view is too often assumed in historical works that emanate from the Continent Every instance of Rome's territorial expansion must be judged on its merits as an individual problem. This is the task which Professor Frank has undertaken, from the earliest days of Rome to the establishment of the Empire.
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