At ix 127 he cites the sixth-century Wolfenbüttel fragment in support of the unassimilated spelling _adscite_ (the assimilated form _ascite_ is supported by the inscriptions and by the ancient manuscripts of Virgil). In fact, the word is not found in the fragment, which preserves only the first three letters of the line. Finally, André shows insufficient knowledge of the Heinsius-Burman vulgate; this is evident not only from the text but from the introduction, where he prefaces his list of principal editions by saying 'Nous ne mentionnerons que les editions fondées sur des principes scientifiques, dont la première est celle de R. Merkel, Berlin, 1854' (the edition was published at Leipzig in 1853). In spite of what I have said against it, André's edition has considerable merit. His apparatus is the first to supply a lemma for each variant reading reported, and is clear and easy to read. His selection of manuscripts is inadequate, but at least he makes a full report of the four manuscripts he uses. The apparatus is in every way a great improvement on that of Lenz. At the same time, he provides a clear prose translation, an informative introduction, ample footnotes, and thirteen pages of "notes complémentaires". His notes sometimes come close to forming a true commentary, and I often quote from them. In preparing this edition of the fourth book of the _Ex Ponto_, I have carefully read all the editions discussed above, and have attempted to include a comprehensive list of conjectures in the apparatus. I have read Burman's variorum edition with particular attention, and have often restored readings favoured by Heinsius to the text. A complete examination of the manuscripts must await a full edition of all four books of the _Ex Ponto_; but on the basis of published editions I have selected the nine manuscripts that appeared most likely to assist in establishing the text, and have included full reports of their readings in the critical apparatus. I believe that even this preliminary apparatus gives a clearer picture of the evidence for the text of _Ex Ponto_ IV than any previous edition. P. OVIDI NASONIS EPISTVLARM EX PONTO LIBER QVARTVS CONSPECTVS SIGLORVM _G_ Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel: Cod. Guelf. 13.11 Aug. 4° (fragmentum Guelferbytanum) saec v/vi continet ix 101-8 et 127-33, xii 15-19 et 41-44. uersus saepe non integri. _B_ Monacensis lat. 384 saec xii _C_ Monacensis lat. 19476 saec xii _M_ Antuerpiensis Musei Plantiniani Denucé 68 saec xii/xiii codex Moreti Heinsianus _F_ Francofortanus Barth 110 saec xiii _H_ Holkhamicus 322, nunc British Library add. 49368 saec xiii _I_ Laurentianus 36 32 saec xiii primus Mediceus Heinsii _L_ Lipsiensis bibl. ciu. Rep. I 2° 7 saec xiii _T_ Turonensis 879 saec xii/xiii * * * * * Interdum aduocatur: _P_ Parisinus lat. 7993 saec xiii Regius Heinsii I