120 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY. [May. 



NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



Homer's Odyssey, Books I-IV. Edited by Prof. B. Perrin, of Adel- 

 bert College. 8°, 230pp. Ginn&Co., Boston. (Price $1.40). 



This volume constitutes one of the college series of Greek authors 

 edited under the supervision of Prof. White of Harvard and Prof. Sey- 

 mour of Yale. A dozen volumes are now ready, and include writings 

 of Homer, Plato, Thucydides, Xenophon, Sophocles, Euripides, and 

 Aristophanes. 



This volume has a number of attractions to the student. Each page 

 is from one-third to one-half text (clear and beautiful type) and half or 

 more is foot-notes. These are claimed to be sufficient to enable any 

 good teacher to introduce the pupil to the study of Homer, — not an ex- 

 travagant claim. The presence of notes with text is to be commended 

 as a time-saving arrangement. The absence of a vocabulary will cause 

 a loss of time (to be put on a large lexicon) and will prevent the stu- 

 dent getting his lesson in the class-room (a still further loss of time, he 

 will probably say) . There are two good indexes. 



The German edition has been freely changed to adapt it to the needs 

 of American college classes, but record is made in the appendix of all 

 important deviations from the opinions of the German editors. Refer- 

 ences are rather liberally given to the American grammars, and also to 

 Monro's Homeric Grammar. As the gist of matter referred to is al- 

 ways given in the current note, such references are visually meant for 

 those who desire to collect further illustrative material. Much attention 

 has been paid to the indication or citation of iterati, conventional 

 phrases, and metrical formula?. The student should realize in some 

 measure both the bulk of this material and its bearing on the critical 

 analysis of the poem. The latest accepted views in Homeric Archaeol- 

 ogy are presented. The Appendix gives not only strictly critical data, 

 but also material which should enable a student with limited apparatus 

 to understand the historical and literary status of controverted views. 



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