that the author does not seem to wish it to be considered as a second edition, but as an entirely new work. The text is more correct than in any other edition; the most important various readings are given at the foot of the page, and the explanatory commentary, which is a model of precision and completeness, follows after the text, from p. 323 to p. 434. The volume concludes with three copious indexes. The manner in which the first edition was received, and the great improvements of the present one, cannot fail to secure to the latter a most welcome reception from all lovers of Roman literature.

HANDBUCH DER REMISCHEN ALTERTHUEMER, nach den Quellen bearbeitet, von Wilhelm Adolph Becker, Prof. an der Univ., Leipzig, Zweiter Theil, Erste Abtheilung. Leipzig, 1844, 8vo. (London: Williams and Norgate.)

THE author of this work is well known in this country by the excellent account which he has given of the private life of the Greeks and Romans, in his Charikles, and Gallus; and his reputation will be still further increased by this Manual of Roman Antiquities, which is certainly very far superior to any other systematic work of the kind. It is to be completed in three volumes. The first volume, which was published at the latter end of last year, contains an account of the sources, and what is called in Germany the literature of Roman antiquities (pp. 1-68), and likewise a description of the city of Rome, which occupies nearly seven hundred pages. It is only to be regretted that Professor Becker speaks of his predecessors with that want of respect and courtesy, to which their honest researches, though they may occasionally be mistaken, entitle them. The first part of the second volume, which has only just reached this country, is devoted to the political antiquities of Rome. Though this part contains upwards of four hundred pages, it will require at least another part of the same size to finish this branch of the subject; but the author informs us that the work will be completed in three volumes. The part, which has just appeared, is divided into three sections: the first contains an account of the origin of the Roman state (pp. 3-25); the second, of the different elements of the Roman population and its organization (pp. 26-290), which subject is treated of in ten chapters, namely: (1.) On the Ramnes, Tities, Luceres, Curia, Gentes; (2.) On the Free and Slave Population; (3.) On the Cives, Latini, Peregrini; (4.) On Caput and Capitis Deminutio; (5.) On the Patroni and Clientes; (6.) On the Patricians and Plebeians; (7.) On the Country

and City Tribes; (8.) On the Classes and Centuries; (9.) On the Nobilitas; (10.) On the Equestrian Order. The third section gives an account of the constitution under the Kings (pp. 291-393,) which is treated of in three chapters: (1.) On the Royalty, Reges, Interreges ; (2.) On the Senate; (3.) On the popular assembly.

Among the many merits of Professor Becker, there are two which deserve particular mention, and which render the above-mentioned work of such great value. The first is, the clear and accurate conception which he has of the subjects which he discusses, renders his work very pleasing to read; and the second is, his extensive acquaintance with the ancient writers. So that while he avails himself, of course, of the labours of modern scholars, he has not merely compiled his work, like Ruperti has done in his Manual of Roman Antiquities, from the works of his predecessors, and without understanding them, but has drawn his conclusions from a diligent study of Greek and Roman literature. We trust that this work will not remain long untranslated into our language.

ARISTOPHANIS COMEDIE, CUM SCHOLIIS. Ex recensione Roberti Enger. Vol. I., parts 1 and 2, containing the Lysistrata and Thesmophoriazusæ. Bonn, 1844, 8vo. (London: Williams and Norgate.)

THERE is, apparently, no lack of good editions of Aristophanes; and the names of Bekker, Dindorf, and Mitchell, who have of late years laboured in the same field, might seem to throw an air of presumption around a man who ventures to hope for a rich harvest in the same department. But matters are far different from what they appear to be. Even Dindorf, whose best edition (Oxford, 1835-37) alone can, properly speaking, claim the merit of being a new recension of the text of Aristophanes, has retained a great number of unnecessary conjectures of Brunck; and as for the explanation of his author, he has done little more than transcribe the notes of his predecessors. But what is worse than this is, that Dindorf did not collate the editio Juntina. He, indeed, mentions the readings of that edition, but misrepresents them almost throughout. With the same carelessness, he attributes to other more recent editions readings which are not to be found in them. The consideration of this state of things has induced M. Enger to undertake a new recension of the text of Aristophanes. Through the assistance of friends he obtained accurate collations of the editio princeps (which was copied from a very good MS. at Urbino), and of MSS., and the

care and conscientiousness with which the two plays before us are edited, are deserving of the highest commendation; and it is, perhaps, not saying too much, that the Lysistrata is now produced for the first time in a correct and readable form. The Scholia are occasionally accompanied by brief comments and various readings; and the commentary on the plays is chiefly critical, though the explanation of difficulties in the text is not neglected.

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