27 FEBRUARY 1932, Page 28

The last two volumes of the Shakespeare Head Edition of

Homer (The Whole Works of Homer. Translated by George Chapman, illustrated by John Farleigh, Basil Blackwell, Five volumes, £15 15s.) have appeared. This magnificent edition of the work that marks in so perfect a form the dawn of Western literature is now compleW„ rendered into the English of our greatest literary epoch by a master mind and produced with the artistry of illustration and bookmaking that is, perhaps, the most justifiable boast of modern England. Mr. Blackwell has deserved well of the Republic of Letters.