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A Collation of the Athos Coder of the Shepherd of

Hernias. By S. P. Lambros, Ph.D. Translated and edited by J. Armitage

Robinson, MA. (Cambridge University Press.)—The history of the teat of the Shepherd is curious. The book was known through a Latin translation till about thirty years ago. Then the notorious Simonides sold to the Library of Leipzig University what pur- ported to be a MS. from Mount Athos. This he had largely tampered with. Then Tischendorf discovered the book at the end of the "Codex Sinaiticus." And now Professor Lambros has gathered, during a visit to Mount Athos, some additional information, which is given in this volume. An interesting appendix, "Hermas in Arcadia," discusses the scene of the vision :n the "Ninth Similitude."