Latin Pascages adapted for Practice in Unseen Translation. By J.
G. Sargent, MA. (Rivington.)—This is a most convenient and use- ful little volume. Mr. Sargent utilises his large experience as a teacher and an examiner to bring together a collection of well- chosen and well-arranged passages. He has wisely taken a wide range in making his choice, selecting his examples "from the chief Latin prose writers of the century before and the two centuries fol- lowing the Christian era." It is quite right to recognise the fact that Latin literature has wider limits than are commonly recognised in the ordinary Academical course of study. A scholar whose reading ends with Tacitus is likely to be but imperfectly furnished for what is after all one of the most important demands that will be made upon him,— the being able to master any Latin that may be put before him. Mr, Sargent adds also some epitaphs and " grafiti " which will be in- teresting and instructive puzzles to the student.
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