And when we come down to the story of Socrates, who literally died because he strove to teach that which he knew to be right, we feel that we tread on sacred ground: “Seeking there, Calm converse with the great dead, soul to soul, Who laid up treasure with the like intent.” Space forbids, or it would be possible to write pages on the delights of Greek literature. But to any girl who has leisure and inclination, the study of the Greek language itself is most strongly recommended. Translations abound, and are excellent, but the best translation cannot give the beauty of the original. The study of the lovely, flexible language is in itself an education; it is surely an inducement that the New Testament is written in comparatively easy Greek; and the wealth of literature to which Greek constitutes a title-deed may well repay hard labour. “Can a girl learn Greek quite alone and unaided?” it may be asked. Well, it can possibly be done, but a little help is invaluable, and there are correspondence and other classes of which anyone who is in real earnest can ascertain particulars and avail herself, if she cannot get individual tuition. The task is not easy, but it is worth while to attempt it. There is a book which, perhaps better than any other, can help the young to enter into the Greek spirit: _The Heroes; Greek Fairy Tales for my Children_, by Charles Kingsley. If all the other advice of our chapter proves unpalatable, surely this may be accepted, as the legends are told in the most fascinating and simple way. Nathaniel Hawthorne, in _Tanglewood Tales_, has embodied olden legends, but in a less charming manner. Dean Church has recounted for boys stories from Homer, Herodotus, and the Greek tragedians, also from Livy and from Virgil. The works of Virgil, in Dryden’s translation from the Latin, are published in Morley’s Universal Library for one shilling. Some knowledge of Latin is more frequently found among girls than a knowledge of Greek, but it seldom extends so far as to afford the enjoyment of reading the classic lore they have learnt with difficulty to spell out at school. And it must be acknowledged that the fascination of Greek literature is altogether different. Two small books published by the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, _Epicureanism_, by W. Wallace, M.A., and _Stoicism_, by Rev. W. W. Capes, are very useful to those who wish to understand a little about the chief philosophies of the ancient world. To older readers the _Meditations of Marcus Aurelius_, and the _Discourses of Epictetus_, will be valuable.