The Retreat of the Ten Thousand. Translated from the German
of Professor C. Witt by Frances Younghusband. (Longmans.)— Professor Witt has made a few omissions, as, indeed, was neces- sary; he has interspersed some illustrative observations (as, for instance, on p. 31 about the pay of a Greek soldier) ; but, on the whole, his book represents the real Xenophon, and Miss Young- husband has done well to make it accessible to English readers. The story of the " Anabasis" is one of the books which are spoilt to many readers by early associations. Spelt out bit by bit, of course it is dreary reading, and many retain this impression during after-life. Yet what a story it is ! We do not know whether the author or the translator is responsible for what looks like the mistake of stating that Xenophon lived at Scyllus till he was ninety. "In this beautiful place he settled down on retiring from the cares of public life, and here he spent many happy years with his wife and two brave sons, living to the age of ninety." Xenophon was expelled from Scyllus in 371 B.C. (when he was probably about sixty-two), and does not appear to have returned to it.
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