Old Etruria and Modern Tuscany. By Mary Lovett Cameron. (Methuen
and Co. 7s. 6d. net.)—Miss Cameron states the case, and states it fully and intelligently, with a clear appreciation of the difficulties which encompass it. She does not attempt, and is right in not attempting, a solution. The language remains the chief puzzle,—till that can be solved we must be content with our ignorance. If only something like the Rosetta or the Moabite Stone would turn up I At present we have nothing more illuminating than formal sepulchral inscriptions. The second part of her book Miss Cameron devotes to an itinerary of Tuscany as far as it coincides with Etruria. This gives us ample instructions as to where to go and what to look for. Outside these limits there is, of course, Rome itself. Not the least interesting and valuable
chapter is that in which the author discusses the supposed remains of Etrurian influence in Rome. The chief remains which show that influents beyond all question would seem to be the Cloaca Maxima and th.s Sernian agger.
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