Lysias Epitaphios. With Introduction and Notes by F. J. Snell,
B.A. (Clarendon Press.)—For schoolmasters who are in want of a Greek book for the fourth or fifth forms which is not too hard, Mr. Snell's book will be very useful. The introduction is in- teresting and instructive, and the notes give assistance wherever it is necessary. The latter, perhaps, err slightly on the side of brevity. There are a few things to which we should like to draw attention. On p.8 of the introduction, the foot-notes are misplaced ; on p. 9, Mr. Snell writes that "we are nowhere explicitly told when the custom of public funerals in the Ceramicus commenced." This is scarcely correct. Diodorus tells us that it was after the Battle of Plattea. It is a little confusing, on p. 18, to have the great Battle of Corinth described as the battle at Nemea. In section 20 of the text, there is a misprint of wads for epos. On the whole, however, there is not much to find fault with in Mr. Snell's book.
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