In concluding these remarks upon one of the three chief writers of Greek Romance, one more observation of Mr. Dunlop will not be out of place.--"Tatius," he says, "has been much blamed for the immorality of his Romance, and it must be acknowledged that there are particular passages which are extremely exceptionable; yet, however odious some of these may be considered, the general moral tendency of the story is good; a remark which may be extended to all the Greek Romances. Tatius punishes his hero and heroine for eloping from their father's house, and afterwards rewards them for their long fidelity." * * * * * Several French translations of Achilles Tatius have appeared; an Italian one by Coccio; also an English one published at Oxford in 1638, which the present writer, after many inquiries, has been unable to procure a sight of. R. S. _October_, 1855. [Footnote 1: In the opening of his celebrated novel, the "_Golden Ass_," Apuleius says--"At ego tibi _sermone isto Milesio_ varias fabulas conseram," &c.] [Footnote 2: Author of article in Blackwood.] [Footnote 3: N.B.--There have been two other English versions of the work of Longus, one by George Thornley, in 1657, another by James Craggs, in 1764. There are translations in Italian by Caro and Gozzi, and a French one by Amyot; the first version of the Romance into a modern language, which gives the sense of the original with fidelity, and at the same time with great spirit and quaintness.] HELIODORUS. ETHIOPICS: OR, ADVENTURES OF THEAGENES AND CHARICLEA. SUMMARY. As the thread of the story in the Ethiopics is rather entangled, through the author's method of telling it, the following summary from Dunlop's "History of Fiction," will be useful.