laws given by Peters, it hardly contains more than a half dozen in all, and none of those which are commonly cited as characteristic specimens of blue legislation. A writer who can appeal to such evidence as conclusive may still be a quick observer and a lively reporter of linguistic oddities; but he has not the sound judgment and the logical power which are essential to success in linguistic studies.

LIDDELL & SCOTT'S GREEK-ENGLISH LEXICON.*-Few books so good have been made so much better as the Lexicon of Liddell and Scott. Twenty-five years ago it was an excellent compend of Passow's great work. Its compilers, however, have steadily extended their personal researches, incorporating the labors of other lexicographers like Rost and Palm, of grammarians like Veitch, and of philologists like Curtius, till even in the fourth edition they were entitled to drop the name of Passow from their title-page, and in the sixth edition may still more fittingly place there their names alone.

The improvements extend in every direction: in the range of authors examined, a vast army; the exhaustive array of grammatical forms; the more careful etymologies; the later and wider exhibition of philological relations; and the considerable and often great simplification and yet expansion of the definitions. This last improvement is the one most valuable to the mass of students. It shows itself, first, in the greater care to give the fundamental meaning; secondly, in the more copious exhibition of the various applications; and thirdly, the better subordination of those various significations to certain broader classes, and of those to the primary meaning. One or two examples will illustrate as well as many. Under the word λaléw we find twice the amount of matter that was in the early editions. The general definition, to "talk, chat, babble, prattle," conveys a truer notion of the general force of the word than the former, "talk, chatter, babble; "while two additional meanings are given, viz: "to talk of," and "in later writers just like Aéyo, to speak,"-the last a very important addition. The word ex after an elaborate statement of its various forms, is treated in three broad classes of significations (instead of two formerly): A, the radical meaning, "to have or

* A Greek-English Lexicon. Compiled by H. G. LIDDELI., D.D., and ROBERT SCOTT, D.D. Sixth Edition, revised and augmented. Oxford, 1871. Sold by Ginn Brothers, Boston and Chicago. Pp. 1865.

hold;" B, "to hold oneself;" C, "to hold oneself fast, cling closely." The class A is divided into 3 divisions, with 12, 11, and 2 subdivisions, respectively; B into 4 divisions, with 3, 3, 4, 3 subdivisions; and C into 5 divisions and 10 subdivisions. Numerous examples, with exact references, support the various cases. These instances show the elaborateness of the present edition. To claim ideal perfection for it, even now, would be going further than its authors go. Sometimes one raises the question of a still greater simplification by further classification and combination; although the ideal perfection might be a practical inconvenience to ordinary students. We are also occasionally reminded that the system of development might be still more rigidly adhered to. Thus in lalé, already referred to, the second main division gives "the proper sense, to chatter, sometimes opposed to articulate speech." But this, if correct, as probably it is, should be given as the radical and first meaning, afterwards extended and expanded There are occasional instances of this kind, showing the vastness and minuteness of labor requisite in making a great lexicon, to carry out perfectly its own fundamental principles.

All things considered, this sixth edition is a noble monument of learning and labor. It contains in the most condensed form almost everything that even the advanced student could ask in a lexicon of the Greek language in the present state of Greek philology. This is high but merited commendation. Whatever errors the work may contain, it also furnishes the means of correcting, in its abundant quotations and exact references.

PROF. HENRY N. DAY'S LOGICAL PRAXIS* is an attractive volume of 148 pages, and has been carefully condensed by him for use in the class-room. The author has had the advantage of previously publishing two volumes on the subject, one alridged from Hamilton and another carefully thought out by himself. His well known acuteness of mind, extensive reading, and patient labor warrant us in recommending this volume to the careful consideration of teachers. We regret not to have found time to examine it in

detail.

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Logical Praxis; comprising a summary of the principles of Logical Science and copious exercises for practical application. By HENRY N. DAY, author of Elements of Logic, Rhetoric, Rhetoric Praxis, Esthetics, etc. New Haven, Conn,

Charles C. Chatfield & Co. 1872.

PROF. H. N. DAY'S SCIENCE OF ESTHETICS.*-In this work Prof. Day applies the philosophical views which he has so carefully elaborated in his previous works on logic and rhetoric to the arts in general. Correct ideas with regard to "the philosophy of form"-so necessary in "the art of constructing discourse"-are equally necessary in architecture, in painting, in sculpture, in musical composition. The line of discussion which he follows leads him to consider the "nature of beauty"-"the kinds of beauty"-"the laws of beauty" and "the relations of beauty." The book is illustrated with fine steel engravings, among which are the Madonna di San Sisto-the Cathedral at Cologne-and the Laoccoon.

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