AN ANALYSIS OF THE EXPOSITION OF THE CREED written by the Right Rev. Father in God, JOHN PEARSON, D.D. late Lord Bishop of Chester. Compiled, with some additional matter occasionally interspersed, for the use of the Students of Bishop's College, Calcutta, by W. H. MILL, D.D. late Principal of Bishop's College, and Vice-President of the Asiatic Society of Calcutta; since Chaplain to the most Reverend Archbishop Howley; and Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Cambridge. Fourth English Edition. Demy Octavo, cloth. 5s. "The 'Select Discourses' of John Smith, collected and published from his papers after his death, are, in my opinion, much the most considerable work left to us by this Cambridge School [the Cambridge Platonists]. They have a right to a place in English literary history."-Mr MATTHEW ARNOLD, in the Contemporary Review. 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With English Notes, including an abridged Translation, by W. WHEWELL, D.D. late Master of Trinity College. Demy Octavo. 7s. 6d. ARCHBISHOP USHER'S ANSWER TO A JESUIT, with other Tracts on Popery. Edited by J. SCHOLEFIELD, M.A. late Regius Professor of Greek in the University. Demy Octavo. 7s. 6d. WILSON'S ILLUSTRATION OF THE METHOD of explaining the New Testament, by the early opinions of Jews and Christians concerning Christ. Edited by T. TURTON, D.D. late Lord Bishop of Ely. Demy Octavo. 5s. LECTURES ON DIVINITY delivered in the University of Cambridge, by JOHN HEY, D.D. Third Edition, revised by T. TURTON, D.D. late Lord Bishop of Ely. 2 vols. Demy Octavo. 15s. London: Cambridge Warehouse, 17 Paternoster Row. "The fame of Mr Paley as one of the best practical Grecians of this age would alone be sufficient to secure attention for this book among the Head Masters of our Public Schools and the Tutors of our Colleges. It contains, in the small compass of 240 pages, six of the speeches of the great Athenian orator, which are less commonly read than his Philippics' and the 'De Corona,' because they rank among his 'private orations.' And yet, equally with the greater speeches of the same orator, they will be found to illustrate not only the details of finance, loans, interest, banking, and other mercantile transactions in Greece in the time of Philip, but also the laws and general polity of that Athenian State, which was the model of the ancient world.. We gather from the Preface that the task of illustrating these speeches from external sources, such as Boeckh's work on The Public Economy of Athens' and from other German books, We may has fallen upon Mr Sandys. add that the introductions prefixed to the Speeches, and also the English foot-notes, leave very little to be desired by the student in the interpretation of the author's meaning."-Times. 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It is a great boon to those who set themselves to unravel the thread of arguments pro and con to have the aid of Mr Sandys's excellent running commentary.... and no one can say that he is ever deficient in the needful help which enables us to form a sound estimate of the rights of the case.... .. [The speeches against Conon and Callicles] seem to us eminently to deserve introduction into higher school reading; if read with the notes and comments of the edition before us, they would give the tiro no vague idea of life as it was in Demosthenic Athens and Attica.. It is long since we have come upon a work evincing more pains, scholarship, and varied research and illustration than Mr Sandys's contribution to the 'Private Orations of Demosthenes'."-Saturday Review. PLATO'S PHÆDO, iterally translated, by the late E. M. COPE, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Demy Octavo. 5s. London: Cambridge Warehouse, 17 Paternoster Row. "It is into the Commentary, then, that Mr Cope has thrown all his strength. Nor do we require to read far in order to realize our anticipations with regard to his scholarship and diligence. Mr Cope was familiar with Aristotle and with Greek; but in these volumes the proof is most con- "A careful examination of the work shows that the high expectations of classical students will not be disappointed. Mr Cope's wide and minute acquaintance with all the Aristotelian writings, to which Mr Sandys justly bears testimony, his thorough knowledge of the important contributions of modern German scholars, his ripe and accurate scholarship, and above all, that sound judg ment and never-failing good sense which are the crowning merit of our best English editions of the Classics, all combine to make this one of the most valuable additions to the knowledge of Greek literature which we have had for many years.... A glance at the very complete indexes, for which our heartiest thanks are due to the care of the Public Orator, will show the extent of the contributions thus made to our knowledge of Aristotle's language. It involves, too, frequent discussion of points of syntax, in which we have again and again to admire the same precise scholarship which reproduced for us the Gorgias and the Phaedo with a photographic accuracy far more welcome than any lax paraphrase, however graceful. But what we have especially to admire is the clearness with which the train of thought is brought into the fullest light, and illustrated from a wonderful acquaintance with Aristotle's other writings.... Mr Sandys's own additions are of much value, although they are generally very brief, except in the third book. Indeed, while recognising the strong reasons against swelling the bulk of the Commentary, we are inclined sometimes to wish them a little more numerous."-Spectator. "This work is in many ways creditable to the University of Cambridge. The solid and extensive erudition of Mr Cope himself bears none the less speaking evidence to the value of the tradition which he continued, if it is not equally accompanied by those qualities of speculative originality and independent judgment which belong more to the individual writer than to his school. And while it must ever be regretted that a work so laborious should not have received the last touches of its author, the warmest admiration is due to Mr Sandys, for the manly, unselfish, and unflinching spirit in which he has performed his most difficult and delicate task. If an English student wishes to have a full conception of what is contained in the Rhetoric of Aristotle, to Mr Cope's edition he must go."Academy. P. VERGILI MARONIS OPERA cum Prolegomenis et Commentario Critico pro Syndicis Preli Academici edidit BENJAMIN HALL KENNEDY, S.T.P., Graecae Linguae Professor Regius. Extra Fcap. Octavo, cloth, 5s. M. T. CICERONIS DE OFFICIIS LIBRI TRES, new edition, much enlarged and improved, with Marginal Analysis, an English Commentary, and copious Indices, by H. A. HOLDEN, LL.D. Head Master of Ipswich School, late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, Classical Examiner to the University of London. Crown Octavo, 7s. 6d. London: Cambridge Warehouse, 17 Paternoster Row. "Professor Palmer's activity in advancing Arabic scholarship has formerly shown itself in the production of his excellent Arabic Grammar, and his Descriptive Catalogue of Arabic MSS. in the Library of Trinity Col lege, Cambridge. He has now produced an admirable text, which illustrates in a remarkable manner the flexibility and graces of the language he loves so well, and of which he seems to be perfect master.... The Syndicate of Cambridge University must not pass without the recognition of their liberality in bringing out, in a worthy form, so important an Arabic text. It is not the first time that Oriental scholarship has thus been wisely subsidised by Cambridge."-Indian Mail. "It is impossible to quote this edition without an expression of admiration for the perfection to which Arabic typography has been brought in England in this magnificent Oriental work, the production of which redounds to the imperishable credit of the University of Cambridge. It may be pronounced one of the most beautiful Oriental books that have ever been printed in Europe: and the learning of the Editor worthily rivals the technical get-up of the creations of the soul of one of the most tasteful poets of Islâm, the study of which will contribute not a little to save the honour of the poetry of the Arabs. Here first we make the acquaintance of a poet who gives us something better than monotonous descriptions of camels and deserts, and may even be regarded as superior in charm to al Mutanabbi."-MYTHOLOGY AMONG THE HEBREWS (Engl. Transl.), p. 194. "Professor Palmer has produced the complete works of Behá-ed-dín Zoheir in Arabic, and has added a second volume, containing an English verse translation of the whole. He thinks, and we believe rightly, that this is the first time a translation of the entire works of an Arabic poet has ever been produced in England; and he has done his work well. It is a difficult problem how to translate an Eastern poet. A prose version is generally unreadable; and if verse be chosen, it is still hard to give any notion of the movement of the original. Professor Palmer has, we think, grappled successfully with the problem....... It is time the English public altered their views about Oriental poetry. A fair translation has enlightened them about Omar Khayyam and Persian poetry; and 10s. 6d.; Cloth extra, 15s. now Professor Palmer's very able rendering of Behá-ed-dín should show them that they have been under an illusion about Arab poetry. It is very different from Persian; in some respects not so fine; but it is certainly worthy of careful study. And Behá-ed-din is a good specimen of the later style of Arab poetry. It is only fair to add that the book, by the taste of its arabesque binding, as well as by the beauty of the typography, which reflects great credit on the Cambridge University Press, is entitled to a place in the drawing-room."-Times. "For ease and facility, for variety of metre, for imitation, either designed or unconscious, of the style of several of our own poets, these versions deserve high praise. We have no hesitation in saying that in both Prof. Palmer has made an addition to Oriental literature for which scholars should be grateful; and that, while his knowledge of Arabic is a sufficient guarantee for his mastery of the original, his English compositions are distinguished by versatility, command of language, rhythmical cadence, and, as we have remarked, by not unskilful imitations of the styles of several of our own favourite poets, living and dead."-Saturday Review, "Zoheir is exhibited by Mr Palmer as a bold, lively, and versatile writer, who casts an unexpected light on the varied moods of thought and feeling that could gain popularity among intelligent men at Cairo in the thirteenth century of our æra."-The Guardian. "This sumptuous edition of the poems of Behá-ed-dín Zoheir is a very welcome addition to the small series of Eastern poets accessible to readers who are not Orientalists..... In all there is that exquisite finish of which Arabic poetry is susceptible in so rare a degree. The form is almost always beautiful, be the thought what it may. But this, of course, can only be fully appreciated by Orientalists. And this brings us to the translation. It is excellently well done. Mr Palmer has tried to imitate the fall of the original in his selection of the English metre for the various pieces, and thus contrives to convey a faint idea of the graceful flow of the Arabic... Altogether the inside of the book is worthy of the beautiful arabesque binding that rejoices the eye of the lover of Arab art."-Academy. London: Cambridge Warehouse, 17 Paternoster Row. |