Selections from Lucian. With Notes by W. R Inge, M.A.,
and H. Macnaghten, B.A. (Rivingtons.)—Messrs. Inge and Mae- naghten have made an excellent school-book out of these selec- tions from Lucian. The Greek is just of the kind to be even more useful foe aspirants to scholarships than more faultless specimens of Attic ; their attention is kept alive to note his occasional departures from correct idioms and the recognised vocabulary of the best period. The first extract, extending to thirty-two pages, is from that unsurpassed extravaganza, the " Vera Historia." Then we have " Charon " and " Jupiter Tragsedus," perhaps the satirist's happiest, as it certainly was his most audacious effort. What a delightful little touch is that where Zeus, having forgotten his speech, has to have recourse to Demosthenes, and addresses his Olympian audience as & &bins Beof. The notes supplied by the editor seem to be such as were wanted.
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