Virgil's Eneid: Books I-VI.

Edited by Professor CHARLES E. BENNETT, of Cornell University. With Introduction, Notes, Vocabulary, Illustrations, and Map. 12mo, cloth. Ready in January, 1905.

Latin Composition.

By Professor CHARLES E. BENNETT. 16mo, cloth, 172 pages. Price,

80 cents.

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HIS book has been prepared with the conviction that the primary function of Latin Composition in secondary schools is to extend and strengthen the pupil's knowledge of Latin grammar. Accordingly, the lessons are devoted mainly to exercises in applying the principles of the various case and mood constructions recognized in our Latin Grammars. In order that the writing of continuous discourse may not be neglected, passages of simple English narrative, involving the principles covered in the previous exercises, are frequently introduced.

Grammatical references are to Bennett, Allen & Greenough, and Harkness.

The illustrative examples given at the beginning of each lesson have been drawn with great care from Latin literature — mainly from Cicero's speeches. The English sentences set for translation into Latin have also, in most cases, been suggested by passages occurring in the works of classical authors.

The Quantitative Reading of Latin Poetry.

By Professor CHARLES E. BENNETT. 12mo, paper, 49 pages. Price, 25 cents.

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ELIEVING that a more thorough study of the oral reading of Latin Poetry may prove a source of pleasure and profit, not only to the pupils but also to many teachers of the language, Professor Bennett has prepared this little monograph emphasizing the importance of the knowledge of quantities as well as of rhythm.

Ancient History.

By Professor W. M. WEST, of the University of Minnesota. thirty-six maps and plans, and numerous illustrations. leather, 606 pages.

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complete harmony with the report of the Committee of Seven of the National Historical Association. It deals with the Eastern nations and with the Greeks, Romans, and Teutons, the elements from which the modern world has grown. Its aim is to show the continuity of history. Little space is given to legends, or to anecdotes, or to wars; attention is directed to the growth of society, to the development of institutions, to the fusion of peoples.

The book is accepted as marking a new epoch in the study of History in this country.

Professor C. W. A. Veditz, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine: I like the book because it does not waste any time over the mere curiosities of history. I like it because it puts wars into the background and institutions into the foreground. I like it because it is well balanced; because it breaks away from traditions, where traditions have had nothing but age to recommend them; because it omits the ephemeral and accidental incidents, and emphasizes the lasting influences of ancient history; because it contains frequent, well-chosen quotations from the best authorities, and thus inspires a desire to read further.

Principal H. P. Warren, Albany Academy, Albany, N. Y.: I have read it from cover to cover with critical interest. The book is remarkable for breadth of scholarship and skill in treatment. How a man can cover so much ground, and with proper emphasis, in 500 pages, is beyond my ken. All facts relating to a nation are always before him, and he marshals them as a great general arranges a great army.

Professor George S. Goodspeed, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.: West's Ancient History is evidently the work of an experienced and skillful teacher. My attention has been specially caught by the admirable organization and selection of material, as well as by the skill and general accuracy of presentation. It will occupy a high place among the textbooks of its class.

Professor D. M. Fisk, Washburn College, Topeka, Kansas: West's Ancient History is more than mere annals; it is the rarer thing― historical interpretation, a chapter out of the evolution of human progress. Wisely minimizing the details of battles, the personal chronicles of courts, it emphasizes the broadly human, the economic, the social. Its abundance of exquisite maps would by themselves win study.