Cornelius Napes. Edited by James Stobo, M.A. (J. Thin, Edin-
burgh.)—Here is another edition for beginners. Notes are not supplied, bat a full vocabulary has been given. Some teachers find vocabularies useful, and, indeed, young boys have a fatal difficulty in. finding out the right meaning when the dictionary article is at all full. Mr. Stobo marks the quantities of many syllables. This is a good practice if it is done on sound principles. We take it that syllables short by position should never be marked. What can be the use of thus marking " Cornelium " ? On the next page we see " Applan," equally useless, and " Apriles," a very bad misprint. In the next line we get " sosio." Of course, the scholar may be able to quote "sera merent Sosiis," and so know that the first "o" is short ; but if he can do this, he will probably know that the "i" before a vowel is short. The marking of " Syria " is equally absurd.
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