The Art of Horsemanship. Translated from the Greek of Xenophon
by Morris H. Morgan, Ph.D. (J. M. Dent and Ca.) —This is a very careful translation, executed with a conscien- tious resolve to do complete justice to the original. This original, indeed, is a treatise which well deserves study. It is written in Xenophon's best style, and this style, though not grammatiCally perfect, was delightfully plain and graphic. Nor is it to be despised from the point of view of instruction. Even now a reader may learn a good deal from it. (It must be understood that Xenophon's point of view is military. "I assume," he says, in chap. 3, "that the horse to be bought is meant for war.") Pro- fessor Morgan adds a treatise on " The Greek Riding Horse," in which he includes a sketch of Xenophon's life, and a running commentary on which he brings to bear no inconsiderable stock of learning. The volume is good.
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