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ScwooL-BooKs.—Livy, Book II. Edited by A. F. Hort. (Rivingtons. 2s.)—A

book, though often edited before, may yet be edited again to good purpose. Mr. Hort has a definite idea of what notes should and should not do for the learner. As this is a text-book for "middle forms" he has, of necessity, to be some- what copious.—First Steps in French Reading and Composition, by J. Duhamel (same publishers, 3s.), is a grammar, reading- book, and exercise-book in one.—The Preceptor's Trigonometry, edited by William Briggs (W. B. Clive, 2s. ad.), is one of the " Preceptors' Series," and is specially intended to meet the re- quirements of the College of Preceptors.