19 APRIL 1890, Page 23

Andocide.s de Mysteriis et de Beditu. Edited by E. C.

Merchant, B.A. (Rivingtons.)—The historical and linguistic interest of the speeches of Andocides amply justifies the labour spent upon them. It is only indirectly, perhaps, that they help us in our search for the truth of the Hermes mystery ; but as specimens of Attic prose they are of great value. Mr. Marchant prefixes a careful intro- duction, and adds a continuous annotation.