Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Vol. XV. (Longmans and Co.
Gs. 6d. net.)—The most generally interesting of the five essays contained in this volume is the first, dealing with the curious question of the religious position of Boethius as shown in the " Consolatio Philosophise." Mr. E. K. Rind, the author, comes to the conclusion that it is an attempt to apply a philo- sophical support, independent of Revelation, to the conclusions of theology. "There are naturally no traces of Christian doctrine in the Consolatio,' for the reason that Philosophy speaks, and not Faith." Mr. Floyd G. Ballentine brings together a great
amount of recondite learning in his paper on " Some Phases of the Cult of the Nymphs." He concludes that these beings were worshipped as the givers of water, whether as supplied from springs or falling in rain. The catalogue of nymph-names is a notable monument of research. These, whether of classes or of individuals, amount, for Greek and Roman mythology, to a total of between five and six hundred. The last paper deals, in Latin, with the subject of the Greek comic poets as literary critics. The "Studies," as usual, show us an eminently satisfactory aspect of the post-graduate work of the American Universities.
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