C. Rini Caeei/i. Sectmdi Epistularum Liber Sextus. Edited by
I. D. Duff, M.A. (Cambridge University Press. 2s. 6d.)—This Sixth Book contains, among other interesting letters, the two in which Pliny describes the eruption of Vesuvius and the death of his uncle, and one which relates his experiences as assessor in a Court of Justice held by Trojan at Centumcellae. Mr. Duff leaves little or nothing in the way of difficulty unexplained,-and does not forget to point out the occasional departures of Pliny from the rule of the best Latinity. The rather curious expression, used of the great jurist Iavolenus, " erat omnino dubiae sani- tatis," might have been noticed. It probably means that he was excessively absent-minded. This is likely to be a most useful school-book, if the Ciceronians will allow so much of any author belonging to the Silver Age.
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