THE ATTICA. OF PAUSANIAS.
The Attica of Pausanias. Edited by Mitchell Carroll, Ph.D. (Ginn and Co. 7s. 6d.)—The Attica occupies the first of the ten books of Pausanias's "Description of Greece." In length it is about one-eighth of the whole. Professor Carroll, following the greatest of authorities, past or present, on the subject, defends the veracity of Pausanias against the attacks of sundry critics. Did he describe Greece as he saw it, or as he read of it in books ? The argument that things which had been destroyed before his time figure in his pages is really futile. They had been restore& Corinth was a waste in 144 B.C.; but in little more than a century it had become a flourishing city, with its ancient glories restored. After the introduction comes a highly useful "Topographical Outline," under such headings as "Maritime Athens," "The Athens of Hadrian," Icc. Then follows the text, with notes, chiefly historical and archaeological. No one reads Pausanias for his style, which is that of a businesslike guide-book ; but in the matter of classical archaeology he is of supreme interest and value, and Professor Carroll has done well in giving us this very useful edition of the most important portion of the " Description.'
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