Greek and Latin Compositions. By R. Shilleto. (Cambridge University Press.
7s. 61. net.)—Mr. Shilleto is a scholar whose reputation rests more largely on the tradition of what he was as a tutor than on his published work. There is, therefore, a special interest in this volume of the compositions which he gave as models to his pupils. We find in the book signs of such broad and deep scholarship as is associated with Mr. Shilleto's name; the Greek iambics in particular seem to have caught a true breath of Attic inspiration., It is interesting to note in looking through these compositions how attention to the minutite of scholarship has advanced within these last years : in a Trinity "fair copy" of to-day one would probably not find the un- Ciceronian adhuc (adhuc in mains promoveri) that occurs on p. 355, nor yet obortae tenebrae (p. 419) in prose. But these are small matters and easy to compass, while it is not easy to trans- form a piece of English till it assumes a Roman or an Attic semblance that is more than word-deep. We feel sure that these compositions will be found helpful and inspiring by those who are themselves attempting the task.
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