have been busy on the poet during the interval. Mr.
Bailey's new version, therefore, has justification. He is, of course, under obliga- tions to his illustrious predecessor : of these he makes ample acknowledgment ; and he has availed himself of this as well as of other help to good purpose. Hero is a specimen of his work " 0 miseras hominum mentes," II. 14-19 :—" Oh ! miserable minds of men, blind hearts I in what darkness of life, in what great dangers ye spend this little span of years ; to think that ye should not see that nature cries aloud for nothing else but that pain may be kept far sundered from the body and that, withdrawn from care and fear, the mind may enjoy the sense of pleasure." In the last clause Mr. Bailey reads with Brieger mensgue fruatur, a decided improvement on the *tents fraatur, mans being a far more suitable subject for the verb than the dolor of the preceding clause.
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