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ical data selected from published observations, and to give the compu- 

 tations in full, so that they may serve the inexperienced computer as 

 models. 



Etiripides^ Iphigenia amo)ig the Tanriatis. Edited by Prof. Isaac 

 Flagg. 12°, 197 pp. Ginn & Co., Boston. (Price $1.^0.) 

 This volume is one of the college series of Greek authors, and is not 

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 thetic study ot this most charming and justly celebrated drama of Eu- 

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The Irregular Verbs of Attic Prose. By Addison Hogue, Professor 

 of Greek in the University of Mississippi. 12°, 26S pp. Ginn & 

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In writing this book the author has aimed at helping students in the 

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Greek Moods and Tenses. By W. W. Goodwin, LL. D. 8°, cloth. 

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 Since the publication of Goodwin's '' Greek Moods and Tenses" in 

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