Short Notices [pp. 675-680]

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and will be pronounced an unusually fresh, vigorous, compact,
and comprehensive discussion of the general value of the argu
ment from analogy, with very rich and apposite illustrations.
The argument on the llomeric question is a strong defence of
the authenticity and substantial integrity of the Iliad and
Od~sse~. We have supposed that in England and in this
country there was all but universal assent to the correctness of
this award. Mr. Grote has stood almost alone as a dissentient.
We observe, however, that Mr. Parry, the editor of llomer in
the Bibliotheca Classica, takes strong ground, in the preface to
a new school edition which has just appeared, against the high
antiquity of our "llomer." On philological and arch~ological
grounds he insists that the present Iliad and Odyssey cannot
be older that the time of llerodotus.
"Grammatici certant et adhuc sub judice lis est."
The other articles in our volume present the results of prolonged and thorough studies, both in the original authors, and
in all the illustrative works in which Germany and England
have been so productive. It is certainly an important service
to Natural Theology to exhibit so fully and minutely the doetrine of the three most truly representative and influential of the
Greek poets on the great question of religion. We have no
space to exhibit results. The author reveals himself everywhere as an experienced and accomplished teacher, as well as
a thorough scholar. While accumulating he has well trained
himself to communicate.
The English of Shakesreare; illustrated in a Philological Commentary
on his Julius C~sar. By George L. ~raik, Queen's College, Belfast.
Edited from the third revised London edition, by W. J. Rolfe. I2mo.
Pp. 386. Boston: Crosby & Ainsworth. 1867.
We welcome all such works as this, whether reprinted or
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also our mother tongue. Prof. Craik's works have been favourably known in previous reprints, and this volume will add to
his reputation. The American editor has made considerable
and important additions to the illustrative material of the work.
The book will make its way into many homes where Shakespeare is loved, and into many of our literary institutions where
English is really studied.
31y LitITh Library. Sixty-four Stories, bound in sixteen volumes, each
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