" 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 manysided charms of the Venusian, and able to enjoy allusions to his life and works which would otherwise have been a sealed book to him.”—Quarterly Review. "We wish, after closing his book, to be able to read it again for the first time; it is suited to every occasion; a pleasant travelling companion; welcome in the library where Horace himself may be consulted; welcome also in the intervals of business, or when leisure is abundant.' -Edinburgh Review. "In our judgment, no volume (of the series) hitherto has come up to the singular excellence of that 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 modern 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.-ÆSCHYLUS. 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., "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 accurate scholarship are manifest on nearly every page."- -The Examiner. 16 ANCIENT CLASSICS FOR ENGLISH READERS. 4 IX. CICERO. BY THE EDITOR. "No charm of style, no facility and eloquence of illustration, is wanting to enable us to see the great Roman advocate, statesman, and orator, in the days of Rome's grandeur, in the time of her first fatal hastening to her decadence, with whom fell her liberty two thousand years ago. The first lines of introduction to this fascinating book are full of help and light to the student of the classical times who has not mastered the classical literature, and in whose interests this book is done, simply to perfection."-Saunders' News-Letter. X.-SOPHOCLES. By CLIFTON W. COLLINS, M.A. "Sophocles has now been added to the acceptable and singularly equal series of Ancient Classics for English Readers.' Mr Collins shows great skill and judgment in analysing and discriminating the plays of the sweet singer of Colonus."- Guardian. The Rev. W. J. BRODRIBB, M.A. This is one of the best volumes of the series called 'Ancient Classics "Mr Lucas Collins's very useful and popular series has afforded a fit opportunity for a sketch of the life and writings of the younger Pliny; and the writers of the volume before us have contrived, out of their intimate and complete familiarity with their subject, to place the man, his traits of character, his friends, and his surroundings so vividly before us, that a hitherto shadowy acquaintance becomes a distinct and real personage."-Saturday Review. XII.-EURIPIDE S. By W. B. Donne. XIII.-JUVENAL. By EDWARD WALFORD, M.A. Other Authors, by various contributors, are in preparation. W. BLACKWOOD & SONS, 45 GEORGE STREET, EDINBURGH; |