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ScsooL-BOOKS.—Of school-books we have to acknowledge Odyssey, Book IX., edited,

with Introduction and Notes, by A. Douglas Thom- son, MA. (A. and C. Black, 2s. Gd.) Mr. Thomson describes in his introduction the Cyclops as he appears in Greek literature, gives a table of Homeric forms, and an essay on Homeric grammar. His annota- tion is very terse, but seems to leave little untonched.—Forunt Romanum. By E. Vernon Arnold. (Edward Arnold.)—Very useful, doubtless, in some respects, but aiming at too much. It is not meant, however, for boys, but for maturer students.—An Intro- duction to Greek Prose Composition. By H. Pelman, M A. (Macmillan and Co. 2s. 6d.)—English-Italian, .Dictionary. Compiled by E. Stokes. (Eyre and Spottiswoode. 38. 6d.)