The History and Geography of Greece, by THOMAS SWIN , . BURNS
CARR, Hitherto the smaller histories of Greece have been mere compilations from the classical writers, not properly under- stood, or from modern historians, who read their authorities with an eye not much more discerning than the compilers. Mr. TninmALL, in his elaborate work, was the first Englishman who applied the discoveries and annotations of modern scholars to ex- plain the facts and illustrate the truths of Grecian story. Mr. CAltR, already favourably known by his "Manual of Roman Antiquities," has adopted the same plan upon a smaller scale. Studying the original authorities, availing himself of the labours of modern criticism, not neglecting the lights which preceding his- torians have thrown upon the subject, and bearing in mind the divisional arrangement of Mr. THIRLWALL, by which epochs, events, or topics, being separately considered, were massed or ex- panded without regard to mere chronology, Mr. CARR has pre- med a very full and informing compendium, though somewhat deficient in the art of narrating strikingly.
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