The Wanderings of yEneas. By Charles Henry Hanson. (Nelson.) —This
book seeks to present the Amid in a popularised form. Mr. Hanson tells the story in an easy style that does not, however, in any way mall the original. He was scarcely well advised in having recourse to the obsolete translation of Davidson, as revised by Buckley, when he had the choice of the " Globe " version of Messrs. Lonadale- and Lee, and of Professor Coniugton's translation. Of Dryden, of course, lie was right to avail himself ; bat here, again, Conington, who is certainly eminently readable, ought not to have been neglected. The volume is copiously adorned with illustrations, after Pinelli, we presume, though the name is not given. The frontispiece is not a peculiarly happy specimen, as it represents YEneas telling his story to Dido as she sits attended by her maidens, and totally ignores the company of Trojans and Tyrians, in whose presence it was really delivered.
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