30 MARCH 1889, Page 23

Analecta: Passages for Translation. Selected by John Strachan, MA., and

A. S. Wilkins, Litt.D. (Macmillan.)—There is always a demand for fresh books of this kind, books intended to exercise the student in the translation of unprepared passages. The volume before us purports to be supplemental to Dr. Reid's selections. It contains 161 Greek and 116 Latin passages. The former range from Homer to Polybius, and take in some little- known pieces, fragments of Simonides, Eupolis, &c. ; the latter begin with Plautus and end with Tacitus.