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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 



The Annals of Tacitus^ I-VI. William F. Allen. 8^,444 pp. 

 Ginn & Co., Boston. (Price, $1.65.) 



The reputation of Tacitus during his own lifetime both as an his- 

 torian and an orator was very high ; and the stately, earnest style in 

 which his Aniials are written fully warrants the long and concentrated 

 study which they have received in past years. 



Professor Allen's intimate acquaintance with Roman history and the 

 interest which he has felt in the character of Tiberius have given him 

 exceptional qualifications for editing the Annals^ and the present work 

 is clearly marked with the care and precision of his style. 



In editing this volume Prof. Allen took as his basis the text of Halm's 

 fourth edition of Tacitus (Leipsic, 1883). Deviations, however, in 

 the line of a closer adherence to the reading of the manuscript, are 

 noticeable. As a leading aim of the present commentary is to present 

 a connected view of the character and reign of Tiberius, to make the 

 view more complete, the lost portions of the fifth and sixth books have 

 been in a measure supplied by extracts from Dio Cassius, Suetonius, 

 and Juvenal. 



The presence of the notes at the foot of the page, together with the 

 supplement of an index to names and an index to notes, add greatly to 

 the value of the volume. 



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