Pompei, as it Was and as it Is. By Bag,ot
Molesworth, M.A. (Skeffington and Son. 25s. net.)—Mr. Molesworth has evidently ex- pended no little labour on this book, labour which entitles it to a distinct place among the authorities on the subject. He digresses somewhat for the sake of illustrating his matter, giving in summary, for instance, Pliny's descriptions of his Laurentine and Tuscan villas. These help us to realise what the "country house" of the wealthy Roman was in the first century, and consequently to realise what has been so wonderfully preserved at Pompeii. But why the letter from Bithynia about the Christians should come in we really do not understand. How- ever, this matters little. What Mr. Molesworth writes is worth reading, and the interest and appropriateness of his photographs are beyond question.
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