3 NOVEMBER 1888, Page 43

—It is not necessary to say more about Messrs. Bond

and

Walpole's book than that it is as complete as care and experience can make it. Faults that occur in the larger volume have been

omitted. We should be inclined to say that too much assistance is given. The habit of depending on notes for every little difficulty must be it would seem, somewhat injurious to the power of translating at sight; which is, after all, one of the best tests of scholarship. Which of the two systems is the better, time alone can show. If it should give its verdict in favour of that so widely adopted at the present time, those who have studied Messrs. Bond and Walpole will have cause to rejoice.