SOME BOOKS OF THE WEEK.
..1.174t.drfort hr(e..6!Ladoin !ale, ot ie.) such Books of the week as have not gen C. Dili Caesaris Commentarii. Edited by T. Rice Holmes. (Clarendon Press. 8s. 6d. net.)—The use of Caesar as an elementary Latin book in schools has, for many English readers, obscured his true greatness as a writer. We know no historical narrative more fascinating than Caesar's own account of his conquest of Gaul, and we are grateful to Dr. Holmes for giving us another opportunity to read it. In this handsome volume he presents an admirable text of the eight Looks De Bello Galileo, together with such explanatory notes as are needed to make the story clear to 'general readers who may wish to become acquainted with Caesar's masterpiece." It is a long-desired supplement to Dr. Holmes's classic works on Caesar's exploits in Gaul and Britain, which should be in the library of every man who has not altogether forgotten his Latin. As Mommsen wrote, "the noble work deserves all the labour that can be spent upon it," and Dr. Holmes's labours are worthy of his subject.
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