26 JULY 1913, Page 29

Ancient Greece. By H. B. Cotterill, M.A. (George G. Harrap

and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—Mr. Cotterill's principal interest is with the art, literature, and philosophy of Greece; but he fits his account of them into a narrative of the external facts of Greek history, and so helps greatly towards their comprehension. The volume is too short to allow of much detail, but Mr. Cotterill has none the less produced an interesting work. Readers will find the earlier part dealing with the prehistoric and archaic periods specially good. Mr. Cotterill's aesthetic criticism is, on the whole, satis- factory, though we fear he will not find much support to-day for his statement that the Apollo Belvedere "remains unquestionably one of the most magically beautiful of all Greek statues."