Marcus Tullius Cicero : Ten Orations. Edited by Richard Alexander
von Minckwitz. (Macmillan and Co. 7s.)—This is an excellent and eminently " practical " book by an experienced Latin teacher in New York. It consists of the text of ten of the best and best known of the orations of Cicero and the letters to his wife, with introductions, notes, illustrations, and vocabulary. Mr. Min' ckwitz can write a clear, crisp style, as when he describes the weakness and strength of Cicero :—" Imaginative, emotional, pure in thought and upright in purpose, over-con- fident of his ability, childishly vain of his achievements, morbidly sensitive to every breath of criticism, he broke where an un- imaginative man would not have bent, and failed pitifully where a less scrupulous man would have triumphed gloriously. His strength lay in his inherent patriotism, his absolute incorrupti- bility, his marvellous persuasive eloquence, and his superior administrative ability." The vocabulary is full, but not over- done; the notes are concise and to the point ; in every respect this edition of Cicero is one that can be recommended for the use of students.
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