„GREEK PROSE COMPOSITION. J. A. Nairn. (Cam- bridge. 6s.)—To say
that this book is a fitting companion to Dr. Nairn's earlier volume, Latin Prose Composition, would seem to be praise enough ; but one can go further, There are many excellent manuals on Latin prose, written by men who are at once scholars and teachers ; no book dealing with Greek prose seems to us as inspiring and stimulating as this. It sets before us, with appropriate comments, examples taken from the masters of Attic prose; and then, before providing seventy-five pieces of English for translation into Greek (the choice of those being in itself a tribute to the excellence of the author's taste and reading), shows the learner how to turn into Greek prose of various styles four specimen passages of English. There is a misprint on page 94, line 12, aeretaiiivor for icervaaivog. The whole book is admirable, and should do much to revitalize the study of Greek.
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