6 NOVEMBER 1909, Page 43

Handbook to Dante's Works. By F. S. Snell. (George Bell

and Sons. 6s.)—The special value of this volume will be found in the attention which is given to Dante's works other than the " Commedia." The author begins with a Life of Dante, and proceeds to discuss the Epistles and Eclogues. These two divisions make up the "Biographical" section. The " Artistic " follows, with an estimate of "Dante's Place in Literature," and a review of the "De Vulgari Eloquentia." The third section is the "Political," with an account of the " De Monarchia." So far we havo Dante's Latin writings. The first part of Book II., "Moral and Philosophical," deals with the "Vita Nuova," the "Canzoniere," and the "Convivio " ; the second part, "Spiritual," with the "Commedia."