“If the time should ever come when men will no longer be led by revelation, when they will reject miracle and prophecy, and determine to be led by the mere light of reason ... there will still remain the ethical types which Zeno and Epicurus have crystallized in their systems--there will always remain the man of duty and the man of pleasure, the man who lives for others and he who lives for himself, in terms of modern philosophic jargon, the Altruist and the Egoist, the Spiritualist and the Materialist.” It were well for our youth and their teachers to bow before a race who in that dim and early age could think the thoughts and set in motion the influences which are most vital among us of the later time. * * * * * The Fall of the Curtain. A formal presentation of the closing scenes of purely Greek history is precluded by the foregoing notice of Professor Mahaffy’s work. It may suffice to point out the three subjects most worthy of emphasis. These may well be: 1, the failure of the Greek federations before and after Alexander, owing to jealousies; 2, the extent and the political failure of the work of Alexander, and 3, the Hellenizing of the Mediterranean basin and the lasting benefits accruing therefrom. FOOTNOTE: [6] What Have the Greeks Done for Modern Civilization? The Lowell Lectures for 1908-9 by John P. Mahaffy, C. V. O., D. C. L., (Oxon.), of Trinity College, Dublin, Pp., ix, 263. New York, G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Price, $2.50. European History in the Secondary School D. C. KNOWLTON, PH.D., Editor. THE RELIGIOUS WARS. Some General Considerations.