Teuffel's History of Roman Literature. Revised and enlarged by Ludwig
Schwabe. Authorised Translation of George C. W. Warr, M.A. Vol. II.," The Imperial Period." (Bell and Soils.)— This second volume completes the work, a treasury of knowledge on the subject such as is not to be found elsewhere. It cannot be said that the book is attractive to a reader. Compared, for instance, with Mr. Simcox's "History of Latin Literature," it will appear technical and dry ; but to the student it is simply in- valuable. He may be sure that he has in these pages all the information available, and that this information is exact. The translator has not always made the additions representative of English work on the classics that he might have made. Some of the English translations might, for instance, have been mentioned, as Sir H. Savile's and Richard Grenewey's translation of Tacitus, and Philemon Holland's "Natural History of Pliny," to speak of one only of Holland's works. This is not a matter of much importance, practically ; the references which the English student especially needs, to Continental literature, he gets.
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