Mr. Raffety aspires to guide his readers through the chief literatures of the world. Now the task of a reviewer, who has a conscience, is not always a cheerful one, and we confess that, when we had generally surveyed Mr. Raffety’s work, we resolved to amuse ourselves by trying to discover of which of the literatures, to which Mr. Raffety constitutes himself a guide, Mr. Raffety is probably most ignorant. It is a nice point. Let our readers judge. We will begin with Mr. Raffety and the Classics. Of Theognis, the most voluminous of the Greek Gnomic poets, it is said that “only a few sentences”--Mr. Raffety is presumably under the impression that Theognis wrote in prose--“quoted in the works of Plato and others survive.” “The Greek Anthology,” we are astounded to learn, “is by Lord Neaves” and “is one of the best volumes in the A.C.E.R. series.” What Mr. Raffety no doubt means is, that Lord Neaves is the author of a monograph on the Greek anthology, as he certainly was. With regard to Herodotus, Mr. Raffety has evidently got some information not generally accessible. His _History_, we are told, “is a great prose epic.... The second book is of the most interest. In other works are the histories of Crœsus, Cyrus,” etc. It would be interesting to know what other works besides his _History_ Herodotus has left. Of the _Prometheus Bound_ of Æschylus Mr. Raffety gives the following interesting account. It contains, he says, “the story of Prometheus and his defiance of Jupiter, who condemned him to be bound to a rock, where he died rather than yield.” We exhort Mr. Raffety, before his work passes into a second edition, to consult his Classical Dictionary.