Primary Latin Exercises. By E. P. Rooper, M.A., and Francis
Herring, M.A. (Rivington, Percival, and Co.)-A book edited on a good plan, and very well calculated for rudimentary classes ; but we do not believe that real progress in Latin composition can be effected without careful and extensive reading of the best authors. To aim, as we know has been done, at teaching a lad to turn into Ciceronian Latin a page from an English prose-classic, when he cannot, even to save his life, translate viva voce an ordinary passage of any Roman writer, seems to us a mis- chievous practical joke.-A Classical Compendium. By Charles E. Brownrigg, M.A. (Blackie and Son.)-A large mass of valuable information in a small and convenient compass. We would direct the student's attention specially to the collection of Greek and Latin proverbs and technical terms, which is not only improving, but amusing, and throws much light on racial pecu- liarities and the usages of domestic life.-Damon: a Manual of Greek Iambic Composition. By J. Herbert Williams, M.A., and W. H. D. Rouse, M.A. (Rivington, Percival, and Co.)-We believe the composition of Latin prose and of Greek Iambic verse to be eminently useful to mental culture, and consider " Damon " an excellent introduction to the latter subject, the exercises being easy and well-selected.
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