The Teaching of Latin. By W. H. S. Jones, M.A.
(Blackie and Son. ls. net.)—Mr. Jones gives some very valuable hints. The truth is that the results of the teaching of Latin, so far as they are visible—say to an examiner—are lamentably poor in a very large proportion of cases. If Mr. Jones should help teachers to raise the average, if it be by but a little—and more we cannot reasonably expect—he will have done excellent service. We believe in Latin as the best subject of teaching ; but the belief meets with some rude shocks in actual practice. We cannot epitomise Mr. Jones's book ; it is, indeed, highly concentrated altogether ; but we recommend teachers to study it. One excellent counsel we may quote,—postpone Caesar to the third year, if you are laying out a three years' course ; it is too often put into the first. Younger boys are not fit to grapple with the style, nor capable of appreciating the subject-matter.
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