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VI.-HORACE. 



By Theodore Martin. 



" Though we have neither quoted it, nor made use of it, we have no 

 hesitation in saying that the reader who is wholly or for the most part 

 unable to appreciate Horace untranslated, may, with the insight he 

 gains from the lively, bright, and, for its size, exhaustive little volume 

 to which we refer, account himself hereafter familiar with the many- 

 sided charms of the Venusian, and able to enjoy allusions to his life and 

 works which would otherwise have been a sealed book to him." — Quar- 

 terly Review. 



" We wish, after closing his book, to be able to read it agam for the 

 first time ; it is suited to every occasion ; a pleasant travelling com- 

 panion; welcome in the library where Horace himself maybe consulted; 

 welcome also in the inten'als of business, or when leisure is abundact." 

 — Edinburgh Review. 



" In our judgment, no volume (of the series) hitherto has come up to 

 the singular excellence of thai now under consideration. The secret of 

 this is, that its author so completely puts himself in Horace's place, scans 

 the phases of his life with such an insight into the poet's character and 

 motives, and leaves on the reader's mind so little of an impression that 

 he is following the attempts of a mere modem to realise the feelings 

 and expressions of an ancient. Real genius is a freemasonry, by which 

 the touch of one hand transmits its secret to another ; and a capital proof 

 of this is to be found in the skill, tact, and fellow-feeling with which Mr 

 Martin has executed a task, the merit and value of which is quite out 

 of proportion to the size and pretensions of his volume." — Saturday 

 Review. 



VII.-/ESCHYLUS. 



By Reginald S. Copleston, B.A. 



■ ' A really delightful little volume. " — The Examiner.. 



' ' The author with whom Mr Copleston has here to deal exemplifies 

 the advantage of the method which has been used in this series. . . . 

 Mr Copleston has apprehended this main principle, as we take it to be, 

 of his work : has worked it out with skill and care, and has given to the 

 public a volume which fulfils its intention as perfectly as any of the 

 series." — Spectator, 



VIII.-XENOPHON. 



By Sir Alexander Grant, Bart, 



' Principal of the University of Edinburgh. 



"Sir Alexander Grant tells the story of Xenophon's life with much 

 eloquence and power. It has evidently been with him a labour of love; 

 while his wide reading and accm-ate schoJarship are manifest on nearlj 

 every page." — The Examiner. 



