It is a pleasure to welcome a dainty piece of
scholarly work from the United States. A Walk to Horace's Farm is published in Oxford (B. Blackwell, 6s.), but Mr. E. K. Rand hails from Cambridge, Massuchusetts, where the book, too, was printed. It is very slight, though the author has studied the literature of his subject. He describes the efforts of himself and some friends to identify the farm near Tibur. It was not to be hoped that he would do so with more certainty- Than Professor Lugli, the chief authority, or even than Dean Wickham or a resident close by, that old friend of the Spectator, Mr. G. H. Hallam. The true Fons Bandusiae is equally elusive. Some small reproductions of old prints and photo- graphs taken by Mr. Rand's party, with plans of the excava- tions, add to the information and charm to be found here.
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