Great Hen's Sons. By Elbridge S. Brooks. (G. P. Putnam's
Sons.)—Mr Brooks takes us through the stories of some seventeen great men's sons. Some of these stories are nothing more than episodes in the lives of their fathers. Mahomet's son died in h:s second year, and is remembered by what his father said about mourning. About Shakespeare's son we have not even so much. An Englishman may be proud that among the few sons who were not unworthy of their parentage were Edward the Elder and Henry Beauclerk. Mr. Brooks has made a pleasant, readable book out of his subject. We do not know where he found such precise information about the college allowance of the younger Cicero. He puts it at £1,000; but it is really not known for certain. We do not think that anything like a satisfactory de- fence has been set up for Faustina, wife of M. Aurelius. There is a misprint on p. 10, 469 B.C. as the date of the death of Socrates.
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