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monument of Greek lexicography, we consider 

 that it reflects the highest honor upon American 

 scholarship. After a careful comparison of results 

 obtained from the long-continued use of other 

 Greek lexicons, we feel constrained to pronounce 

 the present one a marvel of accuracy. In his 

 modest preface the editor expresses a keen sense 

 of the shortcomings of his work, and seeks to 

 enlist the co-operation of fellow-laborers to help 

 rid it of every remaining blemish. Surely all 

 who profit by his labors must rejoice to be able 

 to serve him in this way. We will accordingly 

 make such few suggestions as have occurred to us 

 in the course of our examination of the volume. 



In the summar\7 of the interminable discussion 

 about the distinction between (iovTio/Liac and deXu, 

 which is found upon p. 386, it may be advisable to 

 quote also the opinion of such an eminent Helle- 

 nist as the late Professor Shilleto. He states in a 

 note to Demosthenes {De falsa legatione, 348, 14) 

 that in Attic writers (iovlofiai. implies a positive 

 wish, and dtXu the merely negative idea of will- 

 ingness, having no objection. This is the view also 

 of Sauppe, on Demosthenes (24, 3), who cites to the 

 same effect Gottfried Hermann (Zimmermann, 

 1835, p. 299). 



The very unusual expression ek tuv Idiuv, which 

 is found in John viii. 44, may be illustrated by the 

 example of the same idiom in Thucydides (ii. 42). 

 where it is opposed in signification to koi.vuq. It 

 occurs also upon a bronze tablet containing a de- 

 cree of the senate and people of Assos, in honor 

 of Germanicus, discovered in the course of the 

 explorations made upon that site by the Archaeo- 

 logical institute of America (Clark's Report upon 

 the investigations at Assos, p. 134). It is there 

 translated, ' at their own expense ; ' but the ren- 

 dering, ' in a private capacity,' would seem to be 

 more in conformity with the other instances of its 

 use. 



In the text the statement is made that the word 

 Karapyeu is found frequently in Paul's writings, 

 who uses it twenty-five times ; while elsewhere 

 in the New Testament it occurs only twice ; viz., 

 in Luke xiii, 7 and in Hebrews ii. 14. We recollect 

 that this exceptional use by Paul of one word is 

 referred to by Rev. Robert Aris Wilmott, in his 

 charming little volume on the pleasures of litera- 

 ture, as characteristic of his style. This would 

 seem to make the word a proper candidate for a 

 place among the words peculiar to Paul, contained 

 in Appendix iv. 6, unless that term is intended by 

 the editor to be restricted to words used by him 

 alone among the New-Testament writers. 



Under the word irdax^ we are told that it no- 

 where occurs in a good sense, unless either the 

 adverb ev, or an accusative of the thing, is 



added. Sophocles' Electra (v. 169) is an instance 

 to the contrary. 



This slight contribution we offer towards the 

 perfecting of a work whose beautiful mechanical 

 execution makes it a delight to use it, and which 

 testifies to a liberality on the part of the publish- 

 ers as creditable as is the quality of the editing. 



H. W. H. 



THE WINNIPEG COUNTRY. 



It is with genuine pleasure that the critic takes 

 hold of a volume like the present, so daintily got- 

 ten up with illustrations made for the book, and 

 evidently the work of a practised hand. Then 

 the story is told in such a simple and attractive 

 manner, that one unconsciously drifts into the 

 places of the astronomers, and feels each mosquito- 

 bite as keenly as though he had actually experi- 

 enced the bites in the flesh. 



The journey was undertaken in 1860, before the 

 days of railroads in that part of the continent, or, 

 indeed, of steamboats — with the exception of 

 the solitary stern-wheeler on the Red River, which 

 broke down before our voyagers returned. The 

 portion of the route lying beyond Fort Garry — 

 the site of the now live city of Winnipeg — was 

 made in the North canoe, a giant of its kind, 

 which had been constructed years before for the 

 accommodation of Sir George Stimson. Delay 

 after delay occurred, for in even such a big canoe 

 one could not brave the waves of Winnipeg with 

 impunity. Then the current of the Saskatchewan 

 proved to be unusually swift. The result of this 

 combination was, that on the day of the eclipse 

 the observers had not reached their destination : 

 nor. in fact, had they advanced much beyond the 

 outskirts of the eclipse belt. However, there was 

 nothing for it but to get out on the first bit of 

 sohd ground that showed itself above the ever- 

 lasting flooded marsh. An alcohol can on top 

 of four stakes served as a pedestal for one tele- 

 scope, while a birch-tree with lopped-off branches 

 did similar duty for the other. Then, while the 

 naturalist carefully beat time with a screw-driver, 

 the clouds obscured the sun so that the astrono- 

 mers who had dared hunger and mosquitoes could 

 only note the minor Jihenomena of the last phase. 

 It was provoking, but nothing could be done. By 

 the tioae the instruments had been repacked, the 

 river had risen higher and submerged the little 

 island. A rest of one day, and then the home- 

 ward journey was begun. The delights of that 

 portion of the trip can best be understood from 

 the following : " Our long canoe- voyage of forty- 



The Winnipeg country ; or, Roughing it with an eclipse 

 party. By A ROCHESTER Fellow. Boston, Cupples, Up- 

 ham, c& Co., 1886. 



