The Fourth Book of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus.
By Hastings Crossley, M.A., Professor of Greek in Queen's College, Belfast. (Macmillan.)—Seven years ago, Mr. Crossley tells us that he "conceived the idea of producing such an edition of Marcos Aurelius as should tempt those who have not ebtirely forgotten the Greek of their youth, and who are yet interested in that most fas- cinating of all studies, the history of ethics, to read the thoughts of the Emperor in their original form." Finding it impossible to secure in the present or in the near future "the ample leisure sufficient to en- able one to saturate one's mind with the literature and thoughts of the period," Professor Crossley now publishes an instalment, consisting of Book IV., with revised text, translation, and commentary. It will be seen that more than one class of readers is provided for ; for each the work has been done with a care and skill which make tie regret the book is likely at present to remain a fragment. The translation is clear and readable, while the commentary is full of valuable illustration. In an appendix is reprinted from Her-ma. thena Professor Crossley's most interesting article on the corres- pondence of Fronto and Marcus Aurelius, with an account of its discovery by Cardinal Mai.
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