Pictorial Atlas to Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. By Dr. R.
Engle- mann and W. C. F. Anderson. (H. Grevel and Co.)—This is a largely increased and-improved edition of a work which appeared some time ago. "The present edition," writes Professor Anderson in his preface, "is about three times as bulky as the original work. It contains 225 illustrations of the poems, almost equally divided between the two. An epitome of the Iliad and the Odyssey is given, and the pictures are assigned to the passages to which they refer. These pictures include designs actually illustrative of the poems, cognate designs from other sources, and some representing legends to which Romer alludes. They come from all sources, Greek, Oriental, and Roman. The text supplies a useful comment on their characteristics, &c. Every school library should possess this book. It is of the very highest interest. —We may also mention the appearance of a new edition of a most readable volume, Letters to Dead Authors, by Andrew L9.ng (Longmans).
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