26 MAY 1906, Page 25

An excellent text-book for somewhat advanced pupils in secondary schools

will be found in Selected Poems of Matthew

Arnold, Edited by Richard Wilson, B.A. (E. Arnold, la. 6d.) There is a brief introduction, written in a sympathetic and appreciative spirit, and some useful notes. Among the poems are Sohrab and Rustum," " Balder Dead," " The Strayed Reveller," and " Memorial Verses." What would Matthew Arnold think of this promotion, for a promotion it is ? He has got into the hands of English boys sooner, we imagine, than Virgil found his way into Roman schools.