A survey of the whole field of the Greek classical literature,
including the prose as well as the poetry, treating in a general
way its life and growth and the mutual relations of its various
masterpieces. * * * A clear, simple, and accurate statement of general
facts and principles, bringing the whole of the immense subject into
one connected view.--_N. Y. Times._
No other work written upon these subjects in English during the past
twenty years is as valuable as this elaborate compendium. * * * It
should be found in the library of every scholar and student.--_N. Y.
World._
Among recently published works designed to aid in the attainment of
sound classical scholarship, there have been few that are so well
adapted to their purpose as this. * * * To his task he has brought the
qualifications of his own fine and approved scholarship, his practical
knowledge of the exact wants of the class for whom he writes, and a
thorough familiarity with the general literature of the subject.--_N.
Y. Evening Post._
By far the best account of the literature of Greece that has hitherto
appeared in English. * * * It is emphatically a good book, a worthy
introduction to the noblest of all literatures, and a grateful boon
to ripe scholars, no less than to the younger students for whom it is
expressly intended. Mr. Mahaffy’s chief merit is the great verve and
animation with which he handles his subject.--_Pall Mall Gazette_,
London.
It is a work of immense learning and practical value. Indeed, it is a
complete hand-book of Greek classical literature, giving the results of
the research and speculations of the best German and French, as well
as English, scholars, and stating his own conclusions with a modesty
which inspires confidence, especially as they are supported by thorough
knowledge of the subject and ample reasons. There is no work in the
English language covering the same ground.--_Evangelist_, N. Y.
PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.
☞ HARPER & BROTHERS _will send the above work by mail, postage
prepaid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of the price_.
STUDIES OF THE GREEK POETS.
BY
JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS.
Revised and Enlarged by the Author.
2 vols., Square 16mo, Cloth, $3 50.
Mr. Symonds has here brought his rich classical learning and excellent
critical taste to the illustration of the Greek poets, forming an
admirable introduction to that branch of ancient literature. * * *
Apart from the original criticisms and bright descriptive passages
which give an uncommon value and attractiveness to these volumes, they
abound in liberal specimens of translations by different writers, which
form a highly agreeable body of poetry, and present a peculiar and
striking illustration of a department of English literature not very
widely known to general readers.--_N. Y. Tribune._
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