31 OCTOBER 1914, Page 23

Republican Rome. By H. L. Havell. (0.0. Harrap and Co.

7s. 6d. net.)—Old-fashioned readers may be somewhat startled at first by the fact that each paragraph in this work is decorated with what newspapers call a " cross-heading " in small capitals. But this is quite in keeping with the readable qualities of the late Mr. Haven's flowing narrative, which is well adapted for the general reader who wants to get an idea- of the birth, growth, and death of the Roman Republic.