The Iliad of Homer, I. AIL Edited by Walter Leaf,
Litt.D., and M. A. Bayfield. (Macmillan and Co.)—Mr. Hayfield has adapted to school purposes, altering and supplementing as his experience in education bast suggested, the matter provided by Dr. Leaf in his edition of the Iliad, and in his Companion to the Iliad. Other authorities have been laid under contribution. For epic usages, in particular, Monro's Homeric Grammar has been used; more generally, references are made to Kiihner's Greek Grammar, and Professor Goodwin's (of Harvard) Moods and Tenses. Then there are various appendices, the first, taken from Dr. Wolfgang Reichels' monograph on Homeric armour, with six illustrations (the horns of the helmet, nciaot, as in applaaaos and TpufActor, are curiously like what we are familiar with in Scandinavian helmets). Finally, the new type has been employed, much to the improvement of the look of the page, if somewhat to the dis- comfiture of old fashioned readers. Altogether, this is an edition which can scarcely fail to make its way. We do not know of any that, for compactness, general utility, and inclusion of the latest results of criticism, can be compared to it. A second volume (XIII. XXIV.) is to follow.
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