CLASS AND SCRODL BDOK3.—XeMphOn : Anabasis, i. Edited by H.
R. Heatley, M.A. (Percival and Co.)—Mr. Heatley adds some notes, which he has made very brief. In viii., sec. 10, he takes, we see, the participles Aiivra Kai Savaltkovra as accus. sing., and remarks that the construction is very difficult ; "the absolute use of the accusative is so unusual." But surely they are nom. neut. pl., agreeing with gpeara. It is difficult to see what the accusative singular could agree with. In see. 14, ob 7rcivu is not very well given as equal to " a short distance." It modifies the word signifying "riding along," and emphasises the distance, not the nearness. Hence the force of the personal anecdote which Xenophon tells of him- self, that he rode up to Cyrus and asked him whether he had any message. He was too far off to be heard. A vocabulary has been added, and there are exercises for retranslation into Greek, a useful feature in books intended for junior forms.—Xenophon : Anabasis, iii. By the Rev. G. H. Nall, M.A. (Macmillan.)—This is a volume in the series of "Elementary Classics." The Prolegomena are more than usually copious. They include an account of Xenophon and his writings, a sketch of the history of the Eastern Monarchies, an essay on the Greek mercenary army which accompanied Cyrus, and some illustrations of arms and armour,—a novel and useful feature, which, in helping students to realise the story, is highly to be commended. The notes are very full, and as far as we have examined them, seem excellent.—Virgil Bucolics. Edited by T. E. Page, M.A. (Same publishers.)—Another volume in the same series. It shows all the intelligence and accuracy which are characteristic of Mr. Page's work. The annotation is excellent ; even on so well-worn a subject as the " Bucolies " Mr. Page contrives to be fresh.—We have also received :—Liry : Legends of Ancient Rome. By H. Wilkinson, M.A. (Same publisbers.)—Ccesar : Gallic War, vi. Edited by M. F. Brackenbury, M.A. (Percival.) —A Second Latin Reader and Writer. By C. M. Dix, M.A. (Swan Sonnenschein and Co.)—Macsni/tan's Latin Course : Second Part. By A. M. Cook. (Macmillan and Co.)—This is a useful book, as was its predecessor ; but where did Mr. Cook get his Latin story of Joseph from ? Surely the style needs a little revision. For in- stance, "in saeculis suis pecuniam reponere" should be in sacculos sues, or rather, eoruna; and, again, " pretium quod dedit tritici pone in ore sacci junioris" can hardly be right for "put in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, the price that he gave for the wheat." It was, we imagine, the invariable practice of the Romans to latinise foreign names. They would have written " Josephus," " Benjaminus."—A Sixth-Form Greek Syntax and Note-Book, by Theo. B. Rowe, M.A. (Spottiswoode and Co.), is a con- tribution towards the "Self-made Syntax" which Mr. Rowe thinks is the best and most useful that a student can give. He has carefully collected and classified a great number of examples, and he furnishes his book with blank leaves on which the learner is to enter the results of his own observations.—The Simple Sentence in Greek. By W. J. Harding, M.A. (Rivingtons.)— The First Greek Grammar Syntax. By W. Gunnion Rutherford. (Macmillan.)—A First Latin Verse-Book. By W. E. P. Pantin, M.A. (Same publishers.)—All teachers of verse-writing know what it is to be puzzled by the lines which are sometimes set for their pupils. As far as we have tested Mr. Pantin's little volume, it avoids this difficulty. In short, it is likely to serve its purpose well. Indeed, we understand from the preface, that it has stood satisfactorily the test of actual usage.—It will be quite safe to recommend another manual of composition, Models and Materials for Greek Iambic Verse, by J. W. Sargent, M.A. (Clarendon Press). The first 152 pages are given to the "Models," which vary from connected pieces down to single lines. These are arranged under heads in alphabetical order, as "Advice," "Advo- cates," "Age." The "Materials" follow, occupying about the same space, and similarly arranged. There are frequently versions of the tragic poets, sometimes extracts from English writers. A "General Index of References" completes the volume. There is no greater expert in composition than Mr. Sargent, and his book will be unquestionably useful.—Of English Class-Books, we have three of the series of Shakespeare Plays, edited by Mr. K. Deigh- ton (Macmillan), of which we have before spoken with praise. These are Antony and, Cleopatra, King Lear, and Coriolanus Pope's translation of Homer is, it is true, very unlike the original ; but it is a fine poem nevertheless. For this reason, therefore, we welcome Pope's Iliad of Homer, Selections from Books i.-viii., with Introduction and Notes, by H. L. Earl (Percival and Co.) Mr. M. E. Glazebrook, who is the general editor of the series, writes : —" Long experience has convinced me that Pope's Iliad is one of the very best books for teaching both the English language and the understandings to boys of between thirteen and fif teen."— Other English classics, edited with the same object, are : —Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel, edited by G. H. Stuart, M.A., and E. H. Elliot, B.A. (Macmillan) ; Macaulay's Essay on Sir William Temple, by E. Cripps (Griffith, Farran, and Co.); and the same publishers also send us Selected English Ballads, "First Series," edited by H. L. Withers, and "Second Series," edited by W. J. Morice. —Philip Sidney. Edited by Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, 31.A. (Cambridge University Press.)—We have also received :— Essay-Writing and Paraphrasing. By C. I. Dawson. (Joseph Hughes and Co.)--- —Recitation : a Handbook for Teachers. (Griffith, Farran, and Co.) —In Geography, we have The Geography of Europe, by James Sime, M.A. (Macmillan) ; and from the same publishers, Maps and Map-Drawing,by William A. Elderton ; and The School History and Geography of Northern India, by Sir W. W. Hunter (S. K. Lahiri, Calcutta ; H. Frowde, London.)
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