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PLATO'S PHÆDO,

literally translated, by the late E. M. COPE, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Demy Octavo. 5s.

ARISTOTLE.

THE RHETORIC. With a Commentary by the late E. M. COPE, Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, revised and edited for the Syndics of the University Press by J. E. SANDYS, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of St John's College, Cambridge, and Public Orator. With a biographical Memoir by H. A. J. MUNRO, M.A. Three Volumes, Demy Octavo. £1. 11s. 6d.

"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.

"Mr Sandys has performed his arduous duties with marked ability and admirable tact, so that it may fairly be doubted whether the Commentary really suffers from want of the author's own editorial care. He has everywhere tried, with reverent fidelity, to do as Mr Cope would have done, had he not been prevented by untimely fate. Besides the revision of Mr Cope's material already referred to in his own words, Mr Sandys has thrown in many useful notes; none more useful than those that bring the Commentary up to the latest scholarship by reference to important works that have appeared since Mr Cope's illness put a period to his labours. When the original Commentary stops abruptly three chapters before the end of the third book, Mr Sandys carefully supplies the deficiency, following Mr Cope's general plan and the slightest available indications of his intended treatment. In Appendices he has reprinted from classical journals several articles of Mr

Cope's; and, what is better, he has given the best of the late Mr Shilleto's 'Adversaria.' In every part of his work-revising, supplementing, and completing-he has done exceedingly well."-Examiner.

"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.... 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.

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"Mr Cope was an excellent Greek scholar; he had a copious and at the same time minute knowledge of the writings of Aristotle, and he shows both very wide reading and, what we think, very good judgment, in his explanation of the innumerable difficulties of Aristotle's language. His grammatical notes are of unusual value; and almost everything needed for a comprehension of the book was brought together by him."-Contemporary

Review.

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, 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.

ARABIC AND SANSKRIT.

POEMS OF BEHÁ ED DÍN ZOHEIR OF EGYPT.

With a Metrical Translation, Notes and Introduction, by E. H. PALMER, M.A., Barrister-at-Law of the Middle Temple, Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic and Fellow of St John's College in the University of Cambridge. 3 vols. Crown Quarto.

Vol. I. The ARABIC TEXT.

Vol. II.

IOS. 6d.; Cloth extra, 155.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION.

"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 College, 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.

10s. 6d.; Cloth extra, 155.

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.

"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.

NALOPAKHYANAM, OR, THE TALE OF NALA; containing the Sanskrit Text in Roman Characters, followed by a Vocabulary in which each word is placed under its root, with references to derived words in Cognate Languages, and a sketch of Sanskrit Grammar. By the Rev. THOMAS JARRETT, M.A. Trinity College, Regius Professor of Hebrew, late Professor of Arabic, and formerly Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Demy Octavo.

IOS.

London: Cambridge Warehouse, 17 Paternoster Row.

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MATHEMATICS, PHYSICAL SCIENCE, &c.

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A TREATISE ON NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. By Sir W. THOMSON, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S., Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Glasgow, Fellow of St Peter's College, Cambridge, and P. G. TAIT, M.A., Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh; formerly Fellow of St Peter's College, Cambridge.

ELEMENTS OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. By Professors Sir W. THOMSON and P. G. TAIT. Part I. 8vo. cloth, 9s.

"This work is designed especially for the use of schools and junior classes in the Uni versities, the mathematical methods being limited almost without exception to those of the most elementary geometry, algebra, and

trigonometry. Tyros in Natural Philosophy cannot be better directed than by being told to give their diligent attention to an intelligent digestion of the contents of this excellent vade mecum.”—Iron.

THE ELECTRICAL RESEARCHES OF THE HONOURABLE HENRY CAVENDISH, F.R.S. Written between 1771 and 1781, Edited from the original manuscripts in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire, K. G., by J. CLERK MAXWELL, F.R.S.

THE ANALYTICAL THEORY OF HEAT. By JOSEPH FOURIER. Translated, with Notes, by A. FREEMAN, M.A., Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge. Demy Octavo. 16s.

"Fourier's treatise is one of the very few scientific books which can never be rendered antiquated by the progress of science. It is not only the first and the greatest book on the physical subject of the conduction of Heat, but in every Chapter new views are opened up into vast fields of mathematical speculation.

"Whatever text-books may be written, giving, perhaps, more succinct proofs of Fourier's different equations, Fourier himself will in all time coming retain his unique prerogative of being the guide of his reader into regions inaccessible to meaner men, however expert."-Extract from letter of Professor Clerk Maxwell.

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"It is time that Fourier's masterpiece, The Analytical Theory of Heat, lated by Mr Alex. Freeman, should be introduced to those English students of Mathematics who do not follow with freedom a treatise in any language but their own. It

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lation of Fourier's investigations into English
has been ably effected by Mr Freeman, who
has also well and thoroughly annotated the
work."
·Contemporary Review, October,
1878.

"There cannot be two opinions as to the value and importance of the Théorie de la Chaleur. It has been called 'an exquisite mathematical poem,' not once but many times, independently, by mathematicians of different schools. Many of the very greatest of modern mathematicians regard it, justly, as the key which first opened to them the treasurehouse of mathematical physics. It is still the text-book of Heat Conduction, and there seems little present prospect of its being superseded, though it is already more than half a century old."-Nature.

AN ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON

QUATERNIONS.

By P. G. TAIT, M.A., Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh; formerly Fellow of St Peter's College, Cambridge, Second Edition. Demy 8vo. 14s.

London: Cambridge Warehouse, 17 Paternoster Row.

A CATALOGUE OF AUSTRALIAN FOSSILS (including Tasmania and the Island of Timor), Stratigraphically and Zoologically arranged, by ROBERT ETHERIDGE, Jun., F.G.S., Acting Palæontologist, H.M. Geol. Survey of Scotland, (formerly AssistantGeologist, Geol. Survey of Victoria).

"The work is arranged with great clearness, and contains a full list of the books and

papers consulted by the author, and an index to the genera.-"Saturday Review.

THE MATHEMATICAL WORKS OF
ISAAC BARROW, D.D.

Edited by W. WHEWELL, D.D. Demy Octavo. 7s. 6d.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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TOMY, VERTEBRATE AND INVERTEBRATE, for the Use of Students in the Museum of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. Second Edition. Demy Octavo, cloth, 2s. 6d.

A SYNOPSIS OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE BRITISH PALEOZOIC ROCKS, by the Rev. ADAM SEDGWICK, M.A., F.R.S., formerly Woodwardian Professor, and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; with a systematic description of the British Palæozoic Fossils in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge, by FREDERICK MCCOY, F.G.S., Professor of the Natural Sciences in the University of Melbourne ; formerly Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in the Queen's University in Ireland; with Figures of the New and Imperfectly known Species. One volume, Royal Quarto, cloth, with Plates, £1. Is.

A CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF CAMBRIAN AND SILURIAN FOSSILS contained in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge, by J. W. SALTER, F.G.S. With a Preface by the Rev. ADAM SEDGWICK, LL.D., F.R.S., and a Table of Genera and Index added by Professor MORRIS, F.G.S. With a Portrait of PROFESSOR Sedgwick. Royal Quarto, cloth, 7s. 6d.

CATALOGUE OF OSTEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS contained in the Anatomical Museum of the University of Cambridge. Demy Octavo. 2s. 6d.

ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS

made at the Observatory of Cambridge by the Rev. JAMES CHALLIS, M.A., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy in the University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Trinity College. For various Years, from 1846 to 1860.

London: Cambridge Warehouse, 17 Paternoster Row.

LAW.

THE FRAGMENTS OF THE PERPETUAL
EDICT OF SALVIUS JULIANUS,

collected, arranged, and annotated by BRYAN WALKER, M.A. LL.D., Law Lecturer of St John's College, and late Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Crown 8vo., Cloth, Price 6s.

THE COMMENTARIES OF GAIUS AND RULES OF ULPIAN. (New Edition, revised and enlarged.) With a Translation and Notes, by J. T. ABDY, LL.D., Judge of County Courts, late Regius Professor of Laws in the University of Cambridge, and BRYAN WALKER, M.A., LL.D., Law Lecturer of St John's College, Cambridge, formerly Law Student of Trinity Hall and Chancellor's Medallist for Legal Studies. Crown Octavo, 16s.

"As scholars and as editors Messrs Abdy and Walker have done their work well. For one thing the editors deserve special commendation. They have presented Gaius to the reader with few notes and those merely by way of reference or necessary explanation. Thus the Roman jurist is allowed to speak for himself, and the reader feels that he is really studying Roman law in the original, and not a fanciful representation of it."-Athenæum.

"The number of books on various subjects of the civil law, which have lately issued from the Press, shews that the revival of the study of Roman jurisprudence in this country is genuine and increasing. The present edition

of Gaius and Ulpian from the Cambridge University Press indicates that the Universities are alive to the importance of the movement, and the fact that the new edition has made its appearance within four years from the original production of the book, should encourage the Syndics to further efforts in the same direction. The auspices under which Messrs Abdy and Walker produce their book are a guarantee that it is a scholarly and accurate performance; and Mr Abdy's practical experience as a County Court Judge supplies a link between theory and practice which, no doubt, has had a beneficial effect upon their work."-Law Journal.

THE INSTITUTES OF JUSTINIAN,

and formerly Law Student of

translated with Notes by J. T. ABDY, LL.D., Judge of County Courts, late Regius Professor of Laws in the University of Cambridge, and formerly Fellow of Trinity Hall; and BRYAN WALKER, M.A., LL.D., Law Lecturer of St John's College, Cambridge; late Fellow and Lecturer of Corpus Christi College; Trinity Hall. Crown Octavo, 16s. "We welcome here a valuable contribution to the study of jurisprudence. The text of the Institutes is occasionally perplexing, even to practised scholars, whose knowledge of classical models does not always avail them in dealing with the technicalities of legal phraseology. Nor can the ordinary dictionaries be expected to furnish all the help that is wanted. This translation will then be of great use. To the ordinary student, whose attention is distracted from the subject-matter by the difficulty of struggling through the language in which it is contained, it will be almost indispensable."-Spectator.

"The notes are learned and carefully compiled, and this edition will be found useful to students."-Law Times.

"Dr Abdy and Dr Walker have produced a book which is both elegant and useful..

Instead of a general historical summary in the form of an Introduction, we find a number of disquisitions on various points, partly historical and partly purely legal, in the Appendix at the end. We conceive that these short essays, treating of patria potestas, marriage, adoption, and the like, will be of much service to the student, as presenting, in a compendious form, yet not too scantily to be useful, that which would otherwise have to be gleaned with labour from a large surface. The new book is also distinguished by another special feature; an 'Analysis of the Institutes' is given, in a tabular form, at the beginning... The Analysis' is, undeniably, a useful addition, and the authors deserve credit both for the idea and for the style of execution."—Athenæum.

GROTIUS DE JURE BELLI ET PACIS,

with the Notes of Barbeyrac and others; accompanied by an abridged Translation of the Text, by W. WHEWELL, D.D. late Master of Trinity College. 3 Vols. Demy Octavo, 30s. The translation separate, 105.

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